[Noisebridge-discuss] Club Mate?

[Christie Dudley]

I'd really rather not do a fundraiser for a fundraiser.  You're
dangerously approaching questionably legal schemes there.  If we do a
fundraiser, I think it would be far better used for applying directly
to the organization.

Christie

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 Disrupting paradigms since 1967



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Brian Ferrell<endenizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> What if we did a fundraiser to cover the cost of shipping? It seems
> there's enough excitement brewing that people wouldn't mind donating
> for the Club Mate cause (I'd throw down $20 - are there 32.86 other
> people who would do the same?). I recall some earlier discussions
> about throwing a party at dna lounge to raise money. People like to
> donate to a good cause, and this is certainly a good cause.
>
> Anyway, let's assume we gathered the $657.20 in some fashion and it
> didn't have to be repaid... (unlike "loans" from other people for the
> cost of the actual bottles - that is how we were doing that part
> right?)
>
> Bottle cost to us: $2.50
>
> Individually sold for $4/bottle - $1.50 profit
> By-the-case (20) sold for $3.75/bottle ($75/case - same as what 2600
> is charging) - $1.25 profit ($25/case)
>
> If we did a promotion like 2600 - "we'll deliver to you - one day
> only" - I'm sure we would get plenty of orders in the bay area. I'd be
> willing to take a saturday and help make that happen.
>
> Here's some more numbers if you're into that kind of thing:
>
> Let's say we sold 20 cases this way (and the other 20 at $4/bottle):
>
> $25/case * 20 = $500 profit
> 20 * 20 * $1.50 = $600 profit
>
> Total profit - $1100
>
> Regardless of these numbers, we can totally make this work so can we
> just go ahead and say "hell yeah we want Club Mate" and get it shipped
> out here already? :)
>
> On a side note - I was initially on board for getting a whole
> container of bottles but 800 bottles seems much more reasonable and
> gives us an easy way to test the demand without too much risk.
>
> -Brian
>
> PS. I think my math is ok, someone please correct me if I made any mistakes.
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