Anyone want a Debian umbrella?

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Neil Schelly <neil at jenandneil.com> writes:
>
> I could use an umbrella.  Have you done the math to figure out how
> many takers you need to get costs into a reasonable range?

Going by the numbers on that page, ordering 3 umbrellas for shipment
to the US makes each umbrella end up costing ~$33 (CHF:USD is *almost* 1:1,
so that's ~$26 + ~$7 shipping). BUT: then there's whatever costs are
associated with doing the wire transfer....

It looks like I should expect something like $30 or $50 in wire-transfer fees,
which makes a 3-umbrella order still a little silly ($50 per umbrella?
A little less if I find a bank with cheaper wire-transfers...), but
6 umbrellas would bring it down to ~$40 per, and it's diminishing returns
beyond 9 umbrellas.

I guess I'd be OK with getting a single $50 umbrella (that'd be the same
price as my wife's NHPR travel mug...), but it'd be nice to hit the
`$40 per' mark of 6 umbrellas.

Now, the question is: does that sound reasonable to you? :)

-- 
"Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."


> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> <rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:
> > It looks like Debian Switzerland is selling these great Debian *umbrellas*,
> > and the price of the umbrella is reasonable but the cost of shipping
> > from Switzerland to the US makes it silly to buy just one; is anyone
> > interested in doing a group buy of them?
> >
> >        http://debian.ch/merchandise/#umbrellas
> >
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