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Onion game Cases
Azarkhel:
--- Quote from: Seraph Man on February 16, 2012, 08:44:46 PM ---The price is something you would cut once you have made a substantial profit. However, keep in mind that kickstarter was a suggestion. If you don't feel it's right for you, then you don't have to go that route. You could just set up a preorder page on your website, and use the money from the preorder to get production started, then when the rest of the money comes in, pay off whatever you need to.
Most people wouldn't buy 759 cases to start with anyway. They start small, see how it works out, then order more, depending on finances and other factors. Over time, sure, it will be appear expensive, but this isn't exactly the cheapest hobby to begin with. And seeing as how I've seen people try and sell individual UGCs for $3.50 a pop (plus tax and shipping) in the past, $2 isn't all that shocking.
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Exactly! I love the idea of your cases man but i'm not gunna order nearly 10000 of them in one go haha. Definitely just be ordering 100 here, a 100 there as I need them.
And yeah, if the kickstarter thing is too complicated just do a simple pre-order thing on your website and use that to get production rolling. Definitely keen to see this start happening this year.
Seymor Onion:
I found a math error! It was a genuine face-palm moment. It might even leave a scar... :o
Kickstarter will work @ $2.00 per case, shipping included, for USA customers, by way of a 50-pack for $100.
I'm now going to try to get that down to $100 for a 100 pack.
Tomorrow I'm going to have 2 friends, and 3 family members, check my math.
I know, i need a vacation; but now is a bad time... :P
Polygon:
Well, considering that the UGC is about $1 each, I wouldn't mind paying an extra $1 for cases that I don't have to modify. If you managed to get them down to the same price that would be awesome.
WolfAlmighty:
The NES cases can't come soon enough! Any idea on a time frame? ;D
Of course, then I'll have the dilemma of whether to switch out my existing cases with Onions or not. Knowing how OCD I can be with regards to my collection, I probably will. I could almost convince myself to stick with modifying UGCs if it weren't for the fact that if I were to approach a complete NES set I would still have about another 500 cases to modify. :o
Seymor Onion:
I managed to get the USA Price down to $1.55 per Case. This Includes Shipping.
Once I got that sorted, I was able to adjust all of the international prices, to accommodate their Shipping Costs.
Here's a list of the countries I'll be able to offer "Rewards" of 100-Packs of NES/SGB Cases to:
Group 1: United States
Group 2: Belgium, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands (Not Antilles), Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City.
Group 3: Canada
Group 4: France
Group 5: Germany
Group 6: Japan
Group 7: New Zealand
Group 8: Poland
Group 9: United Kingdom & Northern Ireland
All left-over Cases will be available for purchase on my website, (after I ship out the Rewards to the donators) to all of the countries above.
Once they're available on my website, I'll also open up shipping to include:
Australia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico,
the Antilles part of the Netherlands,
Philippines, and South Korea.
If I'm unable to get a Shipping Contract by that time, I'll also offer a 68-Pack and a 136-Pack,
so you guys (who live in the countries in the Blue Paragraph) can get the best bang for your buck. ;)
As to the timeframe, it's going to take 1 month (give or take a week) to set up the Listing on KickStarter, and let it run it's course.
Then I may have to wait a week or 2 for Amazon Marketplace to release the funds (assuming I hit the goal).
Once I have the funds, it will take anywhere from one month, to 6 months, to get the cases made.
So, it will be between 2 to 7 months before the cases are available. ;)
I'll update the timeline as the information becomes available.
I am going to try to get the Injection Molders to split up the order into two shipments; so I can fulfill the Rewards ASAP,
and so my house won't bust at the seams when I try putting 100,000 cases into it. @_@
They'll all fit; but I'll have to visit my folks @ bedtime, so I'll have a place to sleep, for the first couple of days,
if I can only get all 100,000 cases in a single shipment. ;D
EDIT: It will be it will be between 2 to 7 months before the cases are available On My Website, and Begin Shipping to You Guys.[/b]
The listing on Kickstarter may take up to a week to set up, because I have to sign up for an Amazon Marketplace Account and verify my identity.
I'll post here once it's up and running.
Once it starts, I have 30 Days to hit the $ goal.