brophats":1a20mgig said:
Sorry for the delay everyone. It looks like he's not going to budge from the number of orders he needs in the group buy. Its seems insane that he needs 100 orders to brake even, he says his mold costs $3500. I mean at $250 a lip thats $25000.
Demetrius
Molds, labour time, materials, general business costs, profit etc. And he probably wants to pump out a bunch in one run vs ad hoc production. A lot of the time, these orders are based on someone coming to the party with the equity to bear the brunt of the costs and recoop the investment from sales later. If you are serious, you need to canvas the international forums and spread the word to get a production run done.
If you have pictures, I can provide info on my local GT Four club group page to see if people are interested, but without better information or a photos of a sample or mockup, it is very hard to commit to something.