Re: [LUNAR general:] New fins & Cans
William Kellermann
On Mar 19, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Allen J. Palmer wrote:
> Tom Rouse seems to be having trouble posting and asked me to post this for
> him. Contact Tom directly if you want to place an order. Sounds as though if
> he gets enough pre-orders he will do another run of them.
>
> Hi everyone-
> The fins were 20 each.
> The fins can be made again. No problem. I called them today. New owner.
> Waiting for updated pricing. They will need a bulk order and I can price
> them according to quantity.
>
> The fin cans were 90.00 and av bays 80 I think.
> Maybe, the machinist will make the fin cans again. He buys the pipe in 20 ft
> sticks, so the order needs to be multiples of 20 ft.
> Again, if the club can get together a bulk order, I can try to get the
> machinist to quote them again.
>
> I just can't spend 2K for 100 fins (minimum order may be 50, but the price
> goes up)
> and spend another 1,600+- on 20 fin can/av bays. This would take years to
> sell and the profit is not there to support the sales at these low prices
> since I sold them for basically cost.
>
> If people were willing to pay 25/fin and 130 for a fin can, maybe I could
> invest the cash and sell them over the next three+ years until they again
> run out.
>
> In the past, helping out ARLISS was a fun thing to do by providing these for
> flyers. That was when the economy was better and money was not so tight.
> (and kids weren't sooooo expensive with their college!!!)
>
> Can't do it now. :-(
>
> Tom
>
>
> Allen Palmer
>
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