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Reply #105 - Nov 3rd, 2008, 12:36pm
 
Tom....thanks for the reply. So, $114.50 for the cards and $14.50 for postage?
 
$2.58 per card (including postage), right?
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Reply #106 - Nov 3rd, 2008, 1:39pm
 
Yes, I assume someone buying 50 would want them sent to themselves with envelopes:
 
Qty 50 (single card or a mix) = $2.29/card = $114.50
S&H at Qty 50 = $14.50
Total $129 (=$2.58/card effectively)
 
You can test this by adding 50 cards to your cart then going to checkout to see the total $.  Then remove the item rather than placing the order.
 
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Reply #107 - Nov 3rd, 2008, 1:52pm
 
Thanks again. I have a retailer who has bought my cards in the past (when I had them printed cheaper elsewhere, but of lower quality). So I'm trying to determine what to charge her per card now so that we can both still make a little money. She sells them at her shop for $3.50 each.
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Reply #108 - Nov 3rd, 2008, 10:04pm
 
Corrie
Glad to hear that you are profiting from the new structure, I think that in the long run it is a good thing...I guess, because you sell so many cards, that it isn't hitting you as hard, Corrie, but for us wee folk, ka ka poo.........
But, done is done...it is they way it is.  And I understand that it is the way it must be for GCU to survive...I do wish that GCU would go public on the market...I have mentioned that before, to date they haven't...why?
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Reply #109 - Nov 12th, 2008, 3:58pm
 
Here are some promising numbers from 3rd quarter 2008 reflecting the new price and fee changes:
 
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1226531584
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Reply #110 - Nov 22nd, 2008, 5:51am
 
I dunno maybe I'm the idiot ....
 
6 cents more on most sales and the cards went up 30 cents. well OK  
 
This Christmas on a sale of 50 I will make less here than I did last year on a sale of 50 and I made those sales after I raised my prices.  And those cards were "designed" on 3 faces with my own logo on the back.  They were also more expensive than cards here.  Frankly I was shocked people bought that many at the price ... but they did.  
 
I hope I never sell a 100 cards in one order ... it's just not worth it.  The break point is 78 cards.  If someone wants 78 cards they can get 100 for the same price.  If they order 100 the artist looses 14 dollars in commissions.
 
I don't know what it costs GCU to print each card in a batch of 100 but 12% seems ... like a big drop in the commission.
 
OK so how many times do you sell 100 cards?
 
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