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Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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Date: 
Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:21:33 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

part of the process after Todd gets the master made? Perhaps you can even bring
it in for 4 dollars and be a hero to everyone!

Wow, that's the patented rtlToronto response to anyone whining. :)

If it was *our* project, sure. But it's not. It's *Todd's* project. Why jiggle
his elbow this way publicly? I think it's not warranted at all to do that and I
am sort of disappointed that you feel you need to do that. Over a dollar, no
less.

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 anything less than $10 or 15 to cover my troubles.   The average duplication house wants $3-4 USD alone for the discs and dupes without a case, not to mention shipping them.

Asking for it to be lower is an insult to Todd and preying on the goodwill of
Lego enthusiasts.  You're basically saying, "Todd, I don't think your time is
worth anything, so, be a nice Lego fan and make me a DVD for NOTHING.  Times a
hundred."

Calum



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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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