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Re: BrickFest 2004 Commemorative DVD
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:32:20 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> Abe Friedman wrote:
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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 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...)
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, I believe him. If it turns out
to be more, I know he won't take advantage of us and will set the price at what
is appropriate. If it turns into a 2 DVD set, I would assume the price would
change. It's Todd's call.
All I was trying to do is to let folks know that, yes, it is possible to produce
very high quality DVDs for less than $5 and that everyone should let the guy in
charge decide what he needs. At $5 it's a steal. At twice that price it would
still be worth it.
Abe
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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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