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Re: LDraw CD-ROM Project
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:35:58 GMT
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lpieniazek@!spamless!novera.com
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Tim Courtney wrote:
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> In lugnet.cad.dev, John Jensen writes:
> > I'd gladly pay 10$ or 20$ for a suite with LDraw and related software, if it
> > is on a pressed CD. I would also pay beforehand if that is what it takes to
> > ensure the project.
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> As I'm sure a lot of people would do. I don't think we'll charge near that
> much for the CD, beacuse the goal isn't profit and I told the Jessimans' that
> we wouldn't collect on it. But I think donations will be accepted to cover up-
> front cost.
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> > Why not make a count of who's willing to buy such a CD?
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> Good plan.
Which is why I suggested it.
Look, my point is just this: before 1800 is shelled out, make sure that
you have some reasonable expectation of recovering all or most of it.
I'll gladly put up a hundred bucks to make this happen, with no
expectation of getting anything other than one CD back, but only if the
homework is done. Again, 650 CDs is a large number for a community this
size to absorb.
As to the price, do NOT set it so that if you sell 600, you break even.
Set it so that if you sell 100, or 150, you break even. Way less risk
that way. No one is saying that you need to be out to make a profit. Non
profit organizations often charge more than cost for a particular thing,
in order to build up funds so that they are not stumping for donations
in order to get the NEXT project off the ground. That does NOT mean that
they are making a profit, per se, it means that they are managing their
funds wisely.
The PC club I ran for 3 years had a fund of many thousands in the bank
which it used to bankroll activities without worrying about where the up
front money was going to come from or whether each activity exactly
covered its costs.
Collecting in advance is a good idea. Make it hassle free for both
parties and require that people pay by X, that is the lowest labor way
to transfer money at this point.
--
Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
Note: this is a family forum!
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| (...) How do you suggest going about determining how many people will buy the CD? BTW - the Jessiman family requested 50 copies already at cost. :) (...) Another good idea I didn't think of. Me also being banking/finance illiterate, would this go (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Project
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| (...) And DEFINITELY nix the full-color pouch or whatever it was. Full color anything is too expensive for something like this. Let the programs and the dat files wow people - don't depend on a few pretty pictures on a pouch they'll probably throw (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) As I'm sure a lot of people would do. I don't think we'll charge near that much for the CD, beacuse the goal isn't profit and I told the Jessimans' that we wouldn't collect on it. But I think donations will be accepted to cover up- front cost. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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