[Noisebridge-discuss] Club Mate?

[Tom Longson (nym)]

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Tom Longson (nym)
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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> 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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