[Eenc-board] water bottles

[Shelby Gull Laird]

I'm for making $4 on each one!  But regardless, I agree that we should
charge some higher amount...  I would still buy one at $10!!!

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Mazie Smith <mssmith at wcpss.net> wrote:
> I think we should make at least a dollar on each one.  Most people that
> would pay $6 for a bottle would also pay $7.  We might generate enough to
> cover a scholarship.
>
>
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> Mazie Swindell Smith
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> and Professional Development
> Wake County Public School System
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> To:
> From: Diane Silver <diane at diane-silver.com>
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> Date: 03/25/2008 03:48PM
> cc: EENC Board <eenc-board at rtpnet.org>
>
> Subject: Re: [Eenc-board] water bottles
>
>
> At 6.00 @, these are a deal!!  Given the recent media attention to the
> evils of plastic water bottles, this could be a GREAT opportunity to get
> a bunch printed with our logo, and then sell them at-cost.  They're
> about half-price what they would cost at a sporting goods store.  e.g.,
> LL Bean offers a stainless steel one for $17.00;  REI $20.
>
> So, we'd have to float the cost, but we have money in the bank.  I think
> it's a great service to our members to provide a cheap non-plastic
> bottle, and great promotion to our logo on it.  And if we sell them at
> cost, rather than trying to raise sponsorship money to pay for them,
> then it's only our logo on it.
>
> Downside -- it does tie up some of our assets in outreach inventory
> until they sell.  Maybe just get 100 for starters and see how it goes at
> this year's conference.  OR, we could put a little picture and a line on
> the reg. form so people could pay for it with their conference
> registration -- tacking on 6.00 doesn't seem that bad when you're paying
> 200-250 for the conference, and it's a NICE product.  Then we could
> order only as many as were pre-paid, plus maybe just a few more.
>
> I say go for it.  Not sure if this needs an official vote at our
> up-coming meeting.
>
> If anyone thinks this is not a good idea, do speak up.
>
> - Diane
>
> Dee Thonnard Rudolph wrote:
> > I love the water bottles--and the site!  Though for something that
> > will be used so often by our members, I'd prefer to just have our logo.
> >
> > Diane Silver wrote:
> >> At 5.38 each, we could get 300 for $1614.  That would be plenty to give
> >> out (or sell) to conference recipients, with some left over.  What if we
> >> got a sponsor to donate $1500 for them, and we put our logo on one side,
> >> and theirs on the other?
> >>
> >> I like the bottles a lot!
> >>
> >> - Diane
> >>
> >> Shelby Gull Laird wrote:
> >>
> >>> Here is one from on online recycled products website:
> >>>
> >>> Recycled Aluminum Sports Bottle...
> >>> http://www.recycledproducts.com/index.php?cid=15&pcid=11
> >>>
> >>> They are 5.38 with a minimum of 36, but only in the red and blue
> colors...
> >>>
> >>> We discussed this type of thing at the last meeting...
> >>>
> >>>
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Shelby Gull Laird, M.Ed. - Science Education
PhD Student - Natural Res./Hydrology, NCSU
Vice-President - Wolfpack Women in Science
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