AdmiralMotti89 wrote:
That does sound a lot better, but I think that once you start putting more sets to be shipped one place, the cost of shipping per set goes down (up to a certain point). That's not really a bad thing, but it's something that when you're charging per set it's easier to be accused of doing it for profit, especially when you start saving on shipping becasue you are sending multiples at a time. Currently that's the only problem I foresee with that, but as long as the facts are ready to put down the accusations, that seems like a good new direction to go after this learning experience.
Nah, we aren't going to move to charging per set. That isn't at all the point of this process. It is, and will remain a community effort, with the community combining resources to get quality prints, and cover shipping, on an as needed basis. Sure, things could be easier to do a $20 gets you a set, and you must pay kind of deal, but that's not at all what this is about. You pointed out one of the significant reasons why we won't do that.
There are other reasons as well, like selling sets would require a personal investment up front for Dean to order for those who don't purchase ahead of time (which in this case would have been something like 400 people).
Another is that we as a community want to provide sets to anyone and everyone who wants one, to keep the game alive, so we have chosen as a group to pay the price so that others who can't can also continue with us.
The details of the logistics really don't need to be out there for public debate. Dean knows exactly what has worked, and what hasn't, and we all knew this was a learning process first time around. Second time will get better, and third time even more so. No need for people who don't know all the information to tell Dean the "best" way to do it, as he knows better than everyone else after having been primarily involved in all aspects logistically.
Here's an example - there was no way to predict that we would lose $400-500 from kickstarter donations that people didn't actually cover. Next time we will have a better guess at that. Another is, Dean didn't know the length of time required for KS, now he does. We don't need others to tell Dean how to plan it, he already knows
Not that advice isn't helpful, and there are always good ideas that we don't think of, but unsolicited help can get annoying, particularly when its not needed, or doesn't include all the necessary requirements of a given situation. (Not targeted at anyone here, just making points).