Re: Revisited: The Big Swirl Umbrella
Dne, 02. 10. 2009 11:33:49 je Adrian von Bidder napisal(a):
> Heyho!
>
> Revisiting this age-old idea of an Umbrella with the swirl on the
> whole
> umbrella (and not just on one segment.)
>
> I asked a manufacturer, he could make it, with tolerance in alignment
> between the segments in the area of 2-5mm (noticeable if you look for
> it,
> but I doubt it will jump in your eye if you just look at it, the Logo
> is not
> that fine.)
>
> BUT ... it's not cheap.
>
> I'd need to make 240 umbrellas at least.
>
> Manufacturing costs alone would be CHF 18.41, and since I'd want to
> add some
> margin for the Debian project I'd propose a selling price of CHF30.
> (And
> then there's shipping and customs/taxes :-(
>
> (That would be a collpasible Umbrella. A streight umbrella would
> still be
> CHF 15.72, not that much cheaper, and I'd prefer the collapsible one
> to take
> with me. Design: White with the big swirl and "debian" in Kabel Bk
> on
> one
> of the segments. What kind of Pink for the swirl? IIRC Debian
> doesn't have
> a defined official color?)
>
> Still .... I'm thinking about getting this started if I see a
> realistic
> chance that they'd sell. (12 weeks delivery, so too late for
> Christmas
> already :-( ) To minimize my logistics, I would only ship them in
> lots of
> at least 5 umbrellas. (I'd probably make an exception for deliveries
> within
> .ch)
>
> Given those conditions: tentative poll (please cc: me!)
> * who would buy one?
> * who would buy >=5 and organize local distribution?
>
> (if you want 5 all for yourself, go ahead, of course :-)
>
> (CHF 30 == ca. EUR 20 == ca. USD 30)
>
> cheers
> -- vbi
>
> (Oh, and: of course, it has to be said: I'm cutting my own throat
> with
> this.
>
> Think about it ... you bought that camera for 350.-- last year even
> though
> you didn't really need it, did you? And then there's that
> high-powered
> green laserpointer even though it doesn't run Linux, and that cost
> you
>
> 100.-- as well. So what's 30.-- for an Umbrella? You'll use it, you
> know!
> It's not a meat pie with non-identified bits in it, either.)
>
> --
> Perl: The Swiss Army Chainsaw
>
I'd most certainly buy one, but I'm afraid the shipping/handling costs
(to Slovenia) would be too high for just one article. Besides, are you
perfectly positively sure that adding "some margin for the Debian
project" is consistent with the legal position of non-profits such as
Debian?
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