Re: GNOME 3 Launch Parties

[Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan gnome org>]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Pockey Lam <pockeylam gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Srinivasa,
>
> In order to send out goodies in early March, we will need to start printing
> tshirts starting from tomorrow.
> Please let us know if there is any update on the quotation so we can confirm
> the quantity with the suppliers.
>
> Otherwise, you may consider to help us to dispatch goodies and send to
> organizers locally.
>
> In this case, we will pack every package of each organizer with their
> contact detail on it and then group them in a bigger parcel. What you need
> to do is just to open the big package and send out each packages with a
> local courier.
>
> However, since I don't know if there is any tax that might incur and the
> cost of local courier, do you think it's more cost efficient to do this
> dispatch trick in India? (e.g. in China, it costs really nothing to send
> parcels from one city to another city, it costs a few ten cents $ / kg)
>
> For reference the cost of sending 1 x 2.5kgs package from China to India
> cost is around $36.
>
> E.g. If we have 21 packages:
>
> 21 smaller packages x 2.5kgs = ~$ 760
> 1 big package x 52.5kgs  = ~$ 500
>

Sorry, I just got back from Mynthra.com and they aren't doing any more
custom orders like before. :-(

-Srini.

> Pockey
>
> On 02/15/2011 05:25 PM, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just sent a email req to the marketing head at  http://www.myntra.com/
>>>>
>>>> I donno if they make stickers, baloons, which we can make at
>>>> http://www.printo.in/
>>>>
>>>> Oh, dont' look at the Myntra site, they are atleast 2 fold expensive
>>>> that I can get over the phone. Assume that Rs43 = $1 leaving all
>>>> transaction loss, bank charges etc.
>>>>
>>>> -Srini.
>>>>
>>>> Pockey
>