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Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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Date: 
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:27:45 GMT
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Abe Friedman wrote:

> 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.

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 takes to test the disk in several units to make sure
it's OK
- time it takes to burn a DVD
- investment in DVD burner (it wears down)
- Paypal fees
- trip(s) to stores and postoffice

Are you still saying he's overcharging? I guess you never tackled anything
like this, the amount of work is HUGE, and the rewards usually 0.00000
financially (if that...)
--
Jan-Albert van Ree   | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
Brick Piles          | Santa Fe B-unit



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  Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
 
(...) 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, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)

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  Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
 
(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)

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