On Saturday, March 26, 2011 20:14:04 Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 11:31 -0700, James Mason wrote:
> > I don't know how cheap is cheap, USB thumb drives, preloaded with the
> > Live images, would be an awesome takeaway.
> >
> > There are tons of options out there, but a few shops like usb007.com
> > offer a basic thumb drive w/ screen printing at $4.99/unit . I'm in
> > the process of getting a more firm quote, and a description.
> >
> > - James Mason 'bear454'
>
> That's still pretty pricey. :-(
We might have two different give aways:
First a pricier give away for large events as a price, e.g. during a draw or a
competition. Obviously we would only send a small number of these only to
large events.
Second, a cheaper giveaway as you propose.
> T-shirts, USB sticks, even geekos and penguins, are all very pricey
> things and restricts our ability to give out to more people. We have to
> be judicious in who we give items to. And that's always a difficult
> decision, as sooo many people want them and you just don't want to say
> no. :-)
>
> If you figure about 40-50% of total attendance giveaway at any event,
> the costs can spiral very quickly.
>
> We should be looking for things in the $1-$2 range. That doesn't really
> give us many options though, I know.
>
> The trick is to find something that people will actually want, rather
> than cheap junk. Buttons are a nice idea, people can reuse them. Do
> people actually care about them? (up for discussion I guess.)
Do you mean buttons or stickers? I see high demand for stickers to stick on
your computer...
> Removable geeko tattoos are also a cool idea and much cheaper. But
> they're one-time use items. Good idea? Probably not.
>
> It's not going to be that easy to come up with some nice goodies at a
> cheap price. I have been researching about once or twice a week for the
> past 2-3 months and still have not found something overwhelming that we
> just gotta have it at that price! But I'm sure with all our minds put
> together, we'll come up with something uber-cool and well worth the
> costs.
Yeah, that's why Jos is asking - this needs great ideas from the crowd ;)
Andreas
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