Well I have to sell this batch first, but I will talk to manufacturer. Without documentation strap and higher quantity I may be able to get them down to closer to $1.50 - $1.75/ea. for 100-pack (maybe lower who knows). It may be possible to offer a plastic pocket that can be stuck inside inside cover for those who want that option.
What I may be able to do, I will have to look into final costs, but to help move this first batch out I may be able to throw in free cover art insert printing. So basically if you bought 100 pack you could also select 100 games inserts you wanted printed and I would print them off for you. I have a very nice color laser printer and a commercial stack paper cutter so they would all be cut to size.
Hmm ... you are getting my attention now.
The corners of the box still bug me though. I understand that it kind of has that ripple effect (where it comes to a point) from the material used (its not hard plastic) but i think that would drive me nuts.
I'm also not a huge fan of the excess black space of plastic above where the cover insert sits. Is there any way to trim that down closer to the edge of the outer sleeve?
The "points" as you call them are not very pronounced as they may appear in that picture. However it is the nature of the material. I obviously can not tell you what you like or dislike, but I have found that people looking at things in pictures on the internet are far more critical than when they actually see stuff in person. Now you may see these in person and still not like them, but my guess is that it may not bother you as much as you think it will. I guess if it really bothers you as much as you say, maybe it is not for you. As of right now they haven't gone on sale yet so you only have my opinion to take, which obviously would be considered bias by most people. Like I said after receiving the prototype if I would have thought the product had serious issues and/or was junk I would have not got them made. I have no interest in putting my name on something that I would consider to be an a bad product. There are already enough company's make cheap junk and they have the market cornered, I am not interested in joining them. I consider myself pretty critical of the products I sell or have sold.
The reason the sleeve doesn't go all the way up at the top is due to the rounded corner. If you went up any higher the pocket would not work correctly. The cover art pocket (unlike hard plastic) is actually sealed at the bottom. I personally really like this over the hard plastic style. That black gap at the top is about 1/6" from the end of the sleeve to the beginning of the seal. I am not sure why, maybe the angle, but it actually looks bigger in that picture than it does in real life. I may have to take some better pictures, those are of the prototype I originally received.
I hope I am not coming off as a salesmen. I don't want to sound like this case is the end-all-be-all. I think its a good case though. Yes I wish it was cheaper to make and hopefully in the future if there is enough interest I can work on the price. I did not come to this forum to try to sell anyone anything per. Its not that I don't want your money, of course, but I am a member of a lot of other retro gaming forums and I really don't like it when stores come to those forums and just try to sell stuff and really don't contribute anything. I leave all that kind of stuff for my FaceBook and Twitter. Its part of the reason I did not come here before, because the main reason would be to sell stuff. Once I saw that there were links coming from this forum I then came here and found this thread and decided to maybe answer some questions and concerns. I feel this may have been a mistake now, because I have received a lot of good input.
