Does anyone think that CA should buy a (small?) number of flags to keep as stock and sell them on for a profit to swell CA funds?
Just thinking that if the base cost is £25 then how about making some available through the site for £30, which is a 20% mark-up but in reality only a fiver? As certain super markets would have us believe "every little helps".
P.
The concept of CA holding a stock of items has been discussed and rejected a few times in the past due to potential problems with storage/wastage/cost etc.
Essentially, the various items of merchandise (T-shirts, polo shirts, lanyards, calendars, flags) have been organised by an individual who has collected the monies for the orders BEFORE placing the order on the supplier. Much of this happened prior to 2007 when CA did not have any central structure or bank accounts. It was during 2007 that we had to become a little more organised. A few items after that time - T-shirts in 2008 and 2009, and the calendars produced for 2008, were still organised by an individual, but a markup was included in the price to boost CA funds. As there were invariably people who would order an item then disappear, it was decided that orders on suppliers would only be made for confirmed customer orders (confirmed = paid!!).
Just took a look back - the original flags were generated by Robbo SPS back in around March 2005 - 30 were ordered at a cost of £10 which included postage.
Del
