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Originally Posted by nekokami
Phooey! 
Did you see the fancy wooden boxes at the gallery I posted the link to, above? Boxes wouldn't be too expensive to ship, so you could distribute to the various galleries in New England as well as in your area (presuming there are some). |
Yes I did. I was not impressed with the furniture though. But boxes were nice. Getting in a gallery is difficult and complicated. Compound this with not being able to meet the administrator with samples, being 1500 miles away and it may give you an idea. The selling by itself takes more time than the fabrication and can not be justified in the already high price. + A visit might cost the same price as 10 boxes.
Boxes are not inexpensive, you have to figure that a nice box takes as much time to make as a chair, mine start at 350$ ad infinitum.
I have sold six boxes through MR. It was a lot of trouble and I had reserves as to imposing commerce on the site. I like it advertisement free as much as the next person. Those boxes also cost around 25$ each to ship + Paypal charges, boxing and getting to the B..... post offices which are now zillions of miles further (because of cutbacks).
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
So very sorry to hear.
If you've made a case for someone here, could you post pics and maybe prices you would charge for other devices?
Never can tell where that will lead.......  |
The device type to fit in the box does not reflect on the price, except for the iLiad that is much bigger, and that's not counting that the design is stressed because of wood fragility which limits it to smaller sizes. (of course any device as large as an iLiad would be more expensive too)
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Originally Posted by Lady Blue
I'm so sorry to hear that.. THEIR loss (you're obviously overqualified.) At least we can keep you company until things turn around.  We're behind you all the way, succubuns.  |
I dreamt of you last night...that's all I can say here...
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Originally Posted by nekokami
Maybe you should advertise fancy Kindle cases over in the Amazon forum.... ?
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I would gladly make a box for any device but unfortunately I need an example of each for perfect fit. Fortunately for the PRS500 I had the help of NatCh and an other friend to get a device here so I could measure it accurately. BTW This sample is in service and put to good use.
Many thanks to both!
And many thanks to all of you for your suggestions.
But... and a big one at that.
If I could get my hands on several devices for a few weeks and
If I could strike a deal with MR, such as putting a decal of the MR logo on the boxes to get adverts here... That would work very nicely.