[Balug-admin] Fortune cookies, etc.

[jim stockford]

this is a great idea. i'm up for contributing $$
i suppose quality of cookie should not be an
issue and price should govern choice of
purveyor, yes?
How to make this happen?

On Jul 19, 2007, at 4:59 AM, Michael Paoli wrote:

> Fortune cookies, etc.
>
> Well, between 2007-07-17 and 2007-07-18, I managed to make several
> calls following up on recommended bakeries for having fortune cookies
> made up with custom BALUG message inside them.
>
> Here's a (legible) write-up from my notes and associated memory:
>
> Golden Gate Fortune Cookies Co.
> 56 Ross Alley
> San Francisco, CA  94108-1204
> 1-415-781-3956
> just got data (modem?) answers 2007-07-17 ... much better 2007-07-18
> 1-415-781-3956 --> call 1-415-399-9129 ask for Jennifer
> individual wrap (I asked for pricing on individual wrap - I figure if
> we're passing them out at LinuxWorld we'd almost certainly want them
> individually wrapped)
> cookie + printing costs ...
> individual wrap $20 per 100 cookies (doesn't include printing)
> printing costs (custom message, same message in all cookies - I figure
> we can probably do the same message in all cookies - simpler, possibly
> less expensive, and folks will be less inclined to hoard the cookies
> for their "different" fortunes if they've all got the same message
> inside).
> $35.00 for qty. 500
> $75.00 for qty. 5000
> I was mostly asking about qty. 500 to 5000 - we're fairly likely to be
> somewhere in that range (or perhaps higher if we come up with support  
> $$).
> That would be a total, of e.g.
> $135.00 for 500
> $1,075.00 for 5000
> (presumably that's not including any applicable taxes).
> lead time - need approximately one week
>
> Mee Mee Bakery
> 1328 Stockton St.
> San Francisco, CA  94133-3807
> 1-415-362-3204 ... ask for manager ...
> $40.00 per 100 cookies (again, individually wrapped, includes printed
> custom message (all the same) in each)
> 10% off at qty 5000
> e.g.:
> $200.00 for 500
> $1,800.00 for 5000
> (presumably that's not including any applicable taxes).
> lead time - 3 to 4 days
> message - 32 spaces/characters per line, 3 lines
>
> references:
> http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-July/ 
> 000375.html
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