Post #797864 by swizzle on Fri, Oct 4, 2019 7:44 PM

On 2019-10-04 15:30, mikehooker wrote:

........since the whole point of this ordeal is to raise money for the future betterment and sustainability of this website.

Sorry, but since when? Hamo did say something about this in his initial post but isn't this about having something made for the members of this group to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tiki Central? Unless Hanford chimes in and says that we have permission to use the TC logo and have stuff made but ONLY if X amount of 'profits' go to him for site maintenance then the whole point of this ordeal is to mark the occasion with some sort of ephemera being made.

As i've already stated i have i have no issue with donating something back to Hanford but i'm not paying $100 for 100 swizzle sticks, only keeping 20 and then donating the rest to who knows who and what they are going to do with them.

Swizzle sticks are obviously the clear favourite but the logistics of paying for 10,000 to be made and then dispatching them to all the people that have invested just doesn't seem feasible. And WHO is going to do that? Even if it's only 50 people that invest, who is going to pack up 50 packages and go to the post office?

Now just to comment on a couple of the most recent posts;

PineappleWhip, yes i did post a picture of the swizzle stick and also PinTiki's mock-ups for some square pins (although i said that they were the ideas for coasters and/or stickers. Not sure why i said that, maybe because i was a little drunk when i posted but i'm sure that would be the artwork decided on if we went down that route) but i didn't post a link to this thread. I (or someone) can do that later when a more final decision is made as to what will be happening.

PinTiki, love the new logo designs also. The yellow outline looks great and hopefully that is possible to do but i much prefer the font for '20 years' on the lower image. Also, as i've mentioned before, maybe a ring/loop could be added to top to allow for cord to be attached so it can double as a pendant. People could get two that way and just cut the pins off of the back on one of them.

Mikehooker, in regards to your comments i'm just repeating what i've already said, no matter how much i would love swizzle sticks made i just don't think it is feasible. I personally thing $100 for 100 sticks is not unreasonable (although that's different for you guys, i still have to factor in postage and convert to Aus. dollars) but i don't need 100 sticks. I'd rather pay $50 (or less) and get a pin, some stickers, coasters, cocktail umbrellas, napkins, etc. They all can be made in small amounts and are also cheap. If PinTiki is going to take the reigns on having the pins made and because he does have the infrastructure set up to sell and ship them then maybe he could put a pack together with all the other items. He could add on a handling fee but those who pre-paid via GoFundMe (or whatever platform is used) to have all the different items made could get a code so that they pay cost and anything left over could be sold on his website at a higher amount for anyone else with those profits going back to TC.