[Inpycon] Stickers for Python Express

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 08/21/2014 08:48 PM, vijay kumar wrote:
> price on there website .
> 
>  40 pieces x  10.00 each =  400.00
>  80 pieces x  9.00 each =  720.00 ( You save 10% )
>  120 pieces x  8.50 each =  1020.00 ( You save 15% )
>  200 pieces x  8.00 each =  1600.00 ( You save 20% )
>  300 pieces x  7.50 each =  2250.00 ( You save 25% )
>  500 pieces x  7.00 each =  3500.00 ( You save 30% )
>  1000 pieces x  6.00 each =  6000.00 ( You save 40% )
> 

It looks like the discounts end at 1000 pieces. :-/

Maybe we can try out if personal negotiation works any wonders. Anyone
personally knows folks at StickyStamp ?

- rejy (rmc)

> 
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Rejy M Cyriac <rcyriac at redhat.com
> <mailto:rcyriac at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 08/21/2014 06:39 PM, Shreyas Joshi wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > I was helping out with the stickers last year and yes, manually
>     sending
>     > it out to different venues was a real pain. If Sticky stamp can do
>     that
>     > we will be saving on a lot of logistic issues. Not sure if anyone else
>     > out there does the same.
>     >
>     > Given that its pretty late, it is difficult to replicate last year's
>     > plan and get volunteers to courier it manually. We should probably
>     stick
>     > to these folks and check if they can be flexible on the price.
>     >
>     > Shreyas
>     >
> 
>     Are we open to re-negotiating with StickyStamp to bring down the cost,
>     by offering to combine this order, with another order of equal number
>     for Fedora stickers ? We could insist on having the orders billed
>     separately.
> 
>     I had been considering getting Fedora stickers done, for Open Source
>     Community activities from the Red Hat Bangalore office. If everyone is
>     okay with the idea, I can discuss it with concerned folks at Red Hat
>     Bangalore, and get back to you with the feasibility details in a couple
>     of days.
> 
>     - rejy (rmc)
> 
>     >
>     > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Sanket Saurav
>     <sanketsaurav at gmail.com <mailto:sanketsaurav at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:sanketsaurav at gmail.com <mailto:sanketsaurav at gmail.com>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Compensating for the cost, StickyStamp's stickers would be of
>     better
>     >     quality than last year's. I can vouch for that, since I've used
>     >     their stickers. But yes, a three-fold increase in cost needs
>     >     reconsideration.
>     >
>     >     Sankét
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:07 PM, vijay kumar
>     <vnbang2003 at gmail.com <mailto:vnbang2003 at gmail.com>
>     >     <mailto:vnbang2003 at gmail.com <mailto:vnbang2003 at gmail.com>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >         I will speak on expense part
>     >
>     >         5000 x 6  = 30,000 is too much i feel.
>     >         5000 x 2 = 10,000 + courier charges of 1000 like last year
>     look
>     >         fine to me.
>     >
>     >         Please think about this am -1 for this cost.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >         On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Anand Chitipothu
>     >         <anandology at gmail.com <mailto:anandology at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:anandology at gmail.com <mailto:anandology at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >             Hi,
>     >
>     >             We distributed python stickers last time at the python
>     >             workshops done as part of Python Month. We would like
>     to do
>     >             the same this year.
>     >
>     >             One of the issues last time was sending the stickers to
>     >             speaker in time. We had couple of volunteers, but that
>     >             didn't workout very well.
>     >
>     >             I've spoken to Isaac of Sticky Stamp and they charge Rs. 6
>     >             per piece for 1000 and more. They are open to reduce the
>     >             price slightly and ready to take care of drop shipping
>     >             (sending the stickers to speakers directly). I think
>     this is
>     >             going to be very helpful as we plan to run Python Express
>     >             though out the year.
>     >
>     >             My plan is to send 200 stickers to each speaker so that he
>     >             can use them for about 3 workshops. If we order 5000
>     >             stickers, that'll cost slightly less than Rs. 30,000.
>     >
>     >             Please let me know if this look alright.
>     >
>     >             Anand
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