PatrickIreland
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OK, people, with ref to this thread - http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=85238
The badge man has been in contact and given me prices. The more of these we can have made, the cheaper they will be.
I've asked him for a price to produce one, single, individual, on it's own, lonely, illegitimate bastard badge, to check quality.
That's going to cost me £120 ($180) regardless of what happens. I'm going to fork out the cash for it out of my own pocket, and hope the guy gets it right - I've told him you are all terrible nerds who won't accept anything less than perfect.
Then, I will post up the best pics I can take of a NOS badge which should be arriving tomorrow, and the reproduction one, side by side.
If it is good, hopefully we should be able to get a good run made - the badges will be a few dollars each, nothing more. I'm not making any profit on this - BUT I have decided to add a dollar, or possibly two dollars, onto the price of each badge to go go to charity.
The charity I chose is called Cancer Research UK - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ .
I know most of you are from the US, not the UK, but the research affects us all - and I am sure there are few of us who have not been touched by cancer in one way or another. If you don't want to donate, feel free to knock the money off. Maybe give it to another charity, of your choosing. Maybe give it to a homeless guy. Maybe keep it for yourself - I'm not going to push my morals on anyone. If you want to donate more, feel free to add some on. I will post up the cheque to them once all is done.
THE IMPORTANT BIT!!!!
Please, regardless of whether you have PM'd me about it, emailed me about it, or whatever, put your name and the number of badges you hope to buy in this thread, unless it is super-secret and you don't want anyone knowing how many you would want - in which case PM. That way I can easily keep count in the thread, and order the right amount of them. I won't hold anyone to it - this is just where to put what you think you will buy, not a contract!
Payment by any means which works - paypal is ideal, but any other method you have will do fine ( bear in mind I am in the UK, so US$ checks probably don't work, I think!)
Also, if any of our glorious sponsors would like to buy some, or lots - feel free. It's all raising money for charity.
Just think, your poor Stihl, it's white fading to yellow, it's orange peeling away... why not treat it to a brand new badge for the price of a Big Mac? (delivered - and tags don't taste worse when they are cold)
I'm only going to do this once, as I can already feel the paper cuts from licking envelopes... so get your names down and give me the numbers. Or I will flood your stores, your dealers, your homes and gardens, with BLUE MAX saws.
I have checked this with Darin and been given the go-ahead, nobody sells these so no-one is being done out of sales.
Cheers,
Patrick.
The badge man has been in contact and given me prices. The more of these we can have made, the cheaper they will be.
I've asked him for a price to produce one, single, individual, on it's own, lonely, illegitimate bastard badge, to check quality.
That's going to cost me £120 ($180) regardless of what happens. I'm going to fork out the cash for it out of my own pocket, and hope the guy gets it right - I've told him you are all terrible nerds who won't accept anything less than perfect.
Then, I will post up the best pics I can take of a NOS badge which should be arriving tomorrow, and the reproduction one, side by side.
If it is good, hopefully we should be able to get a good run made - the badges will be a few dollars each, nothing more. I'm not making any profit on this - BUT I have decided to add a dollar, or possibly two dollars, onto the price of each badge to go go to charity.
The charity I chose is called Cancer Research UK - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ .
I know most of you are from the US, not the UK, but the research affects us all - and I am sure there are few of us who have not been touched by cancer in one way or another. If you don't want to donate, feel free to knock the money off. Maybe give it to another charity, of your choosing. Maybe give it to a homeless guy. Maybe keep it for yourself - I'm not going to push my morals on anyone. If you want to donate more, feel free to add some on. I will post up the cheque to them once all is done.
THE IMPORTANT BIT!!!!
Please, regardless of whether you have PM'd me about it, emailed me about it, or whatever, put your name and the number of badges you hope to buy in this thread, unless it is super-secret and you don't want anyone knowing how many you would want - in which case PM. That way I can easily keep count in the thread, and order the right amount of them. I won't hold anyone to it - this is just where to put what you think you will buy, not a contract!
Payment by any means which works - paypal is ideal, but any other method you have will do fine ( bear in mind I am in the UK, so US$ checks probably don't work, I think!)
Also, if any of our glorious sponsors would like to buy some, or lots - feel free. It's all raising money for charity.
Just think, your poor Stihl, it's white fading to yellow, it's orange peeling away... why not treat it to a brand new badge for the price of a Big Mac? (delivered - and tags don't taste worse when they are cold)
I'm only going to do this once, as I can already feel the paper cuts from licking envelopes... so get your names down and give me the numbers. Or I will flood your stores, your dealers, your homes and gardens, with BLUE MAX saws.
I have checked this with Darin and been given the go-ahead, nobody sells these so no-one is being done out of sales.
Cheers,
Patrick.
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