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[Furio]

I voted 10-12. I was very impressed with last years calender, and think that people need to remember that we can't compete with the calenders on the high street price wise(unless you like losing money)

Keep up the good work!

[bunch1980]

I voted up to £10 as like most I wouldnt really use it as a calendar as i never look at them enough lol and so use my phone with reminders set.
But one of these would look good on my garage wall!

Id pay £25 if my mini was in it and good enough to be in it!!

[dribble]

to be honest its going to be difficult as you get a free one with mini mag.

Last year the TMF ones images were superior!! We put the professionals to shame.

Sorry, but i dont think so.

[Ethel]

How about including a charity donation in the price? It might appeal to a wider audience and could give an alternative to refunding deposits if it does go belly up.

Apologies if we've already considered this - When's the Annual deadline? What if we ran the competitions from September to September to give a few months leeway in getting them produced in time to sell before Xmas?

[miniman retford]

I would pay £10 but think the 2011 calendars should have been finished & printed by june/july this year giving the chance to sell them on TMF stands at various mini shows, it would be a far bigger market than just TMF members buying them

[roberts]

How about including a charity donation in the price? It might appeal to a wider audience and could give an alternative to refunding deposits if it does go belly up.

Apologies if we've already considered this - When's the Annual deadline? What if we ran the competitions from September to September to give a few months leeway in getting them produced in time to sell before Xmas?

Last year the calendar made a profit of just over a £1 and that went straight to the forum - so rather than giving the money to the forum give it to charity? What do people think?

The deadline is the end of this month, so yeah it will be ready with plenty of time to get it dispatched for Christmas.

I would pay £10 but think the 2011 calendars should have been finished & printed by june/july this year giving the chance to sell them on TMF stands at various mini shows, it would be a far bigger market than just TMF members buying them

Well this works if you want to pay for the printing? As we would obviously have to have a batch printed to take to the events

[Ethel]

I'm not at all sure it would sell like hot cakes, but what if we attempted to get advance sales at events? Take the punter's cash and put them on a mailing list for the calendar to be shipped in time for xmas - a decent discount or offering it as an add on to another sale might make it more appealing. At least there'd be very little initial outlay, though it would still need a retail price working out.

[shaun617]

I'm not at all sure it would sell like hot cakes, but what if we attempted to get advance sales at events? Take the punter's cash and put them on a mailing list for the calendar to be shipped in time for xmas - a decent discount or offering it as an add on to another sale might make it more appealing. At least there'd be very little initial outlay, though it would still need a retail price working out.

i like the sound of that idea! or maybe get a raffle going at a show to win some calenders to get some money and the hopefully you would make a profit to get the ball rolling?

[Ethel]

Or add a raffle prize draw to the advanced sales as an incentive

[shaun617]

or even that! lol

[roberts]

I'm not at all sure it would sell like hot cakes, but what if we attempted to get advance sales at events? Take the punter's cash and put them on a mailing list for the calendar to be shipped in time for xmas - a decent discount or offering it as an add on to another sale might make it more appealing. At least there'd be very little initial outlay, though it would still need a retail price working out.

Bit late really, there are only a few shows left, mainly the Christmas shows - which will be too late.

[miniman retford]

Might be an idea for next season though, just have samples on the stands & take orders & payment.