Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-28 Thread Edward Cherlin
2009/2/18 Robert D. Fadel : > > On Feb 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM, John Watlington wrote: > >>I don't see how a non-profit can do this, as requires financing at >>risk, and >>staffing for uncertain demand.    Let me know when you have the capital. > > Absolutely true and I'm not sure the capital would be

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-28 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Mitch Bradley wrote: > Okay, so those of you who are keen on there being a way for individuals > to buy XOs at $2xx dollars should place a volume order, set up a web > site, and start raking in the dough. Earth Treasury has wanted to do that for more than a year,

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-19 Thread david
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Robert D. Fadel wrote: On Feb 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM, John Watlington wrote: I don't see how a non-profit can do this, as requires financing at risk, and staffing for uncertain demand.Let me know when you have the capital. Absolutely true and I'm not sure the capital w

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-19 Thread Robert D. Fadel
On Feb 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM, John Watlington wrote: >I don't see how a non-profit can do this, as requires financing at >risk, and >staffing for uncertain demand.Let me know when you have the capital. Absolutely true and I'm not sure the capital would be enough. Its difficult to imagine OLP

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-18 Thread Carlos Nazareno
> Okay, so those of you who are keen on there being a way for individuals > to buy XOs at $2xx dollars should place a volume order, set up a web > site, and start raking in the dough. > > Obviously you guys know something about making a few bucks per machine > that has eluded the OLPC organization,

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:24 PM, John Watlington wrote: > +1 > I don't see how a non-profit can do this, as requires financing at > risk, and > staffing for uncertain demand.Let me know when you have the capital. > The factory requires cash or irrevocable letter of credit for the > full amount

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-18 Thread Carlos Nazareno
> Okay, so those of you who are keen on there being a way for individuals > to buy XOs at $2xx dollars should place a volume order, set up a web > site, and start raking in the dough. > > Obviously you guys know something about making a few bucks per machine > that has eluded the OLPC organization,

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-18 Thread John Watlington
On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:37 PM, Mitch Bradley wrote: > Okay, so those of you who are keen on there being a way for > individuals > to buy XOs at $2xx dollars should place a volume order, set up a web > site, and start raking in the dough. +1 I don't see how a non-profit can do this, as requires f

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-18 Thread quozl
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:37:34PM -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote: > Okay, so those of you who are keen on there being a way for individuals > to buy XOs at $2xx dollars should place a volume order, set up a web > site, and start raking in the dough. +1 (I'm not volunteering to do that, but the poi

Re: Price point plus sales to individuals

2009-02-18 Thread Mitch Bradley
Okay, so those of you who are keen on there being a way for individuals to buy XOs at $2xx dollars should place a volume order, set up a web site, and start raking in the dough. Obviously you guys know something about making a few bucks per machine that has eluded the OLPC organization, so go f