If you are only after a couple of the less popular figures, it will be much cheaper for you to buy them from BBTS, or if you know someone building up a Pile of Loot, who is happy to add them to their POL. that would save a tonne on shipping.
I think the club said the right thing here, they've previously stated broadly that purchasing the figures after the pre-order window closed would be more expensive, I realise this was to promote people getting in on the pre-order, and they surely be ordered many more than the pre-order amount but if they start selling them for the same amount as the pre-order amount, people who went to the trouble of joining up during the pre-order period will feel ripped off. If stuff isn't selling 12 months after it's actually released, that's a different story.
they do need to work on the layout of the site though, the page BTT linked to is rather misleading.