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Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:32:56 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Stephen F. Roberts wrote:
> On 09:55 08/27/04, Abe Friedman wrote
> > > SNIP
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> > > Todd, why not kick the price up to $6 and see what's left over after all of your
> > > costs are deducted. Use any left over funds for next year's fest.
> > >
> > > -Rob.
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> > $5? $6? Makes no difference to me since it's worth it but didn't
> > BrickFest just
> > get $7,500 for the Sunday influx of people (1500 x $5). Do we really need to
> > nickle and dime folks over the DVD?
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> (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 costs of making
> and sending it.
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> If the costs to make it were much higher, BF would find a way to help
> subsidize it. But (at least IMHO), $6 is pocket change to get such a nifty
> thing and most AFOLs seem to agree.
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> All the money from those people on Sunday went to cover costs of the event
> (from rooms to prizes to the cleaning crew afterwards). If there is any
> money left over, it will go as seed money towards next year or even better,
> seed money to help someone else start a BrickFest somewhere else (tho do
> _not_ quote me on that line!!! that's just my personal hope :-)
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> wubwub
> aka stephen f roberts
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> wildbrick.com - Jain's Guide : Promoting more than just the MOC
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 using priority mail for $3.50. That's a total of $5. These prices are,
actually rather high but I'm trying to be as generous as possible. For example,
I just saw DVD cases for 22 cents and 8X DVDs for 38 cents.
Perhaps before we start jumping to the conclusion that we need to raise the
prices, maybe we need to have a realistic budget for the project.
Abe
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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)
| | | Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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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)
| | | Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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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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| | Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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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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