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On 09:55 08/27/04, Abe Friedman wrote (...) (Not speaking as an official of BF) Like the pins and some other stuff, things like the DVD are really powered by the volunteers (in this case, Tom) and the price is basically just enough to cover the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Now I agree that the volunteers putting this together are doing a great service but the "cost" of the DVD is, what, 50 cents for the blank DVD, 50 cents for the cover, and 50 cents for the cover. That's $1.50. You can ship anywhere in the US (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Suddenly, this thread has taken a sour turn. I don't know Todd, but I've see his sumo robots, and I'm willing to bet the budget for this project has been equally well thought out. I suspect the DVD budget planning committee sat down on Friday (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I think you forgot the cost of processing individual PayPal payments which is not trivial. But I think rather than questioning Todd (in absentia, after all it was a suggestion by others that the price be raised because we're concerned that he (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) There's no "project" , there's no "budget", it's one guy trying to do something cool for the community. But since you want to nail it down to the penny, you left out some vital things : - time it takes to compile such a DVD - time + efforts it (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Wow, that's the patented rtlToronto response to anyone whining. :) (...) You know, I don't agree with Larry a lot, but I must agree here. I was stunned at how low the $5 USD offer was at BrickFest. If I were doing it, I wouldn't ask for (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I think you are all missing the point of my post. I was responding to the suggestion that the price should be raised. This was not made my Todd but by someone with no involvement with the process. I trust Todd. If he says he can do it for $5, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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