Okay, here's my thoughts...
I have what seem to be 13 committed orders for a LIVEDRUNK jersey.
That's enough to hit the first good price break. I may be able to sell a
few more to others, but the next magic number would be 30 for another
price cut. Probably not going to make that.
http://www.portlandcyclewear.com/page/page/3163257.htm
Looking at that page, I note that ANY style or colour of jerseys can be
combined for the minimum order size. That means...we don't have to
choose. Long sleeve, short sleeve, and any colour you like.
The only common element will be the LIVEDRUNK logo. Flocked or
embroidered?
Flocking costs $3.50 per jersey, 1 line of text
Embroidery is $12, but we can do 2 lines. Suggestions for a second line
(rec.bicycles.racing? nothing?) encouraged.
To reiterate, we'll have to pick one or the other for ALL jerseys.
Price breakdown, typical examples:
Long sleeve jersey, embroidered: $51+$12+shipping ($6-15 non-rush) =
~$73 to you.
Short sleeve, flocked: $46.50+$3.50+shipping = ~$60 to you.
That's about the best and worst case scenarios. If we did a custom
not-just-his-stock-fonts logo, it would be more expensive.
Order details:
-site currently says shirts are back-ordered to February, so be prepared
to wait.
-Unless the site owner is prepared to ship each shirt individually, I'll
receive them all and forward them out. They'll probably go parcel post
unless you prefer to pay for a faster method. I'll charge true shipping
and repackaging costs, as best as possible. To give you an idea, I
plugged France into the Canada Post ship-o-matic calculator, and
slow-boat shipping would be about C$12, plus whatever a decent envelope
costs me.
-Unless there is strenuous objection, I intend to demand payment in
advance, by PayPal. The vendor accepts PayPal, so that seems to simplify
the agony of moving the money.
What's next:
-complain in this thread about the design, reach consensus on
embroidered versus flocking and design details (font, second line, etc.)
-I write to site guy and figure out where to send 20% "reservation"
deposit.
Then:
-"design" finalized
-website tells me when and how to pay deposit
-you pick jersey style, paypal me deposit
-I send in deposits plus jersey order
Finally:
-you pay me balance
-I pay jersey guys
-Jerseys logo-ized, shipped to me
-I break* and re-ship the order to all of you
-weeks later, you receive jersey, wear on your next club ride, hilarity
ensues. Wear to pub, get people buying you drinks. Wear to Lance
Armstrong Foundation fundraiser, get ass totally kicked.
*note use of actual shipping terminology, learned from my brother
Suggestions? Complaints? Design plans?
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