[Icehouse] Anyone willing to split a Xeno set order?

[Carol Townsend]

On 8/22/07, Matthew Twomey <mtwomey at beakstar.com> wrote:[snip]

Since it's just a packaging difference, I'm not getting
> why they don't continue to offer it online? There seems to still be
> interest....?



My guess is that it's based on the packaging costs.  Not the "sticker,
tube, tape" costs...it's
the "we need to pay someone to package them up like this" costs.  A further
guess is that because the Looneys have been making/selling Treehouse, that
is how it comes to them from the manufacturer.

They're out of mono-stashes.  To make more mono-stashes, it would require:
 - going to the warehouse and picking up a bunch of Treehouse stashes
 - taking apart current Treehouse stashes
 - having extra tubes and Mono-stash stickers made
 - sorting and filling the new mono-stash tubes, putting new stickers on,
etc
 - boxing each mono-stash tube into a separate box (for SKU separation
at the warehouse)
 - returning these new mono-stashes to the warehouse.
 - boxing the extra dice and rules inserts for... later use?

And guess who would do this work?  Not the warehouse folks - they're too
busy with their warehouse/shipping business.  Nope, the folks who would do
this work are Alison, Kristin, Robin and Andy.  There are only so many hours
in a day, and they can either do things like "all the work necessary to get
Zombie Fluxx to you before Halloween" (and that's a lot, I can tell you) or
they can take apart Treehouse stashes to make mono-stashes.

The other possibility for making more mono-stashes is simply to manufacture
them as such.  They don't sell in the sort of quantities that make this a
viable option. Treehouse does.

Kristin and Andy have made the decision to go Treehouse only, fully knowing
that there's always going to be interest in mono-stashes.  From where I sit,
I think it's the right one for their very very small company at this point
in time.

Carol

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