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Post by coachbrook on Mar 17, 2009 18:14:32 GMT -6
Sad news I have been using them forever. I know there are some independent guys in Ohio who do the same thing, most worked for Varsity Gold at one time. If I get any info I will put it up here.
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Post by hsrose on Mar 17, 2009 21:25:04 GMT -6
RE: Doing this yourself
I was just looking at the card from last year. It's very nice artwork, schedule, there's a lot on there. But looking at the vendors I noticed that although there were 20 listed (it was a $20 card, we kept $10), 5-7 seemed to be company and not location. Meaning the guys negotiated a discount with a McDonalds/Subway that wasn't near us, but was central to our district. They negotiated 1 deal and were able to add that to 3-4-5 schools selling the cards in our district.
I have identified close to 45 businesses in our area that our kids and families frequent. If I were to do this I'd work those and try to get $2 for each discount. The thing I just realized from simulating this is that the vendors don't have to cough up any $$ up front to participate. If they agree to participate, then they don't get hit for any cash and they have people coming in that might not have come in. Just put an extra bean burrito in the $10 sale that walked in.
The cards can be had for $0.45 each for 1,000 cards, fully printed with full color artwork support from the card company. I was surprised but this is a pretty big business. Do a search on "print plastic card" and you will get a lot of hits.
If the players are selling the cards for $10, and I'm getting them for $0.45 (high number by the way), then the program is gaining $9.55 per card. I either don't have to sell as many, or we pretty much double the net. I can work with a couple of parents/boosters to do the footwork. I think that this could be done in 2-3 weeks.
I know it's a PITA to do this yourself, but a hard look at the numbers might change the evaluation.
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