Hi Jeremy, The price range sounds reasonable to me. Especially, if future games and so on will be able to use the headband etc it would be a miner upfront cost/investment.
On 6/24/11, Jeremy Kaldobsky <jer...@kaldobsky.com> wrote: > Thanks for the info Trouble, I think that pretty much closes the door on the > free shipping option. I'll admit, I'm disappointed, but honestly when I > started the idea of sending out physical items I fully expected to pay for > shipping. To get an idea, I put the package specs in to a shipping cost > estimator and came up with the following 2 estimations. If I mailed this to > Nocturnus, in Texas, it estimates a cost of $2.28 with the cheapest option. > Even this lowest option guessed the package would arrive in about 3 days. > I'm quite far across the country in Michigan, so I think this just about > represents the highest cost to ship to any of the mainland states. I put in > your address Dark, and it estimated $7.39 but was unable to guess how long > the delivery would take. > > These shipping estimates are much more reasonable now, compared to when I > first tried them. Originally I wasn't far enough along so I didn't have > exact package dimensions and weight to enter in to the cost estimator. > Apparently that helps a lot, because I'm pretty sure I remember seeing > estimates twice this size. > > If I assemble them for free, and only charge for materials, it would add > about $4 on to the shipping fees. It is a shame that those who live outside > of the US would be paying more, but does $6.30 through about $11.40 seem > like a low enough price that this is worth doing? My first thoughts would > be to charge only shipping and materials, and allow people to add in a "tip" > if they wanted to give me something toward the time of assembling > everything, but I don't know if that's such a good idea haha. This would > seem like the nicest option, but I have a feeling most people would only pay > the minimum price. I guess I don't know, so I welcome anyone else's > thoughts on this. > > Ron brings up an interesting thought. If he was able to send CDs to other > blind individuals, does this mean he could have sent this materials out for > free as well? I guess I'm just thinking out loud, but I wonder if I could > send a bunch to someone, who could then turn around and mail them out > individually for free. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
