[Ncabs] more krispy kreme

Wed Oct 6 22:21:22 UTC 2010

I think that's a good idea Justin. I don't know how well other people
are going to like the idea of sending off money, but I think if you
stress that they should only buy as much as they feel they can sell,
it might put them more at ease.

On 10/6/10, Salisbury, Justin Mark <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu> wrote:
> Please note- I made that proposal provided that the tickets work at all
> Krispy Kreme locations.  Not too many people in Charlotte are going to want
> to buy tickets that only work at a Raleigh Krispy Kreme.
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
> Undergraduate Student
> The University Honors Program
> East Carolina University
> salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu
>
> "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
> without accepting it."    -Aristotle
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> Salisbury, Justin Mark [SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 4:56 PM
> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] more krispy kreme
>
> I certainly agree with Cindy's interpretation of the options.  My personal
> belief is that we're best off buying a set number of tickets up front and
> distributing them to members to sell.  I don't think many people are going
> to buy tickets from someone they don't know well if they can't get the
> tickets from the seller on the spot.  In other words, I think that I would
> only be able to sell tickets to people who know me well because others would
> not trust that they would ever see me again for me to give them the tickets.
>
> I think that having a station set up with actual doughnuts may be fun, but I
> think it would be what's called a "skinny rabbit."  We shouldn't hunt skinny
> rabbits because there's not a lot of meat on their bones.  Plus, I would
> hate for us to buy more doughnuts than we can sell that day.  I'm sure the
> vouchers will last longer than the doughnuts themselves, you know?  I think
> buying vouchers with NCABS money and mailing them to members to sell is the
> key.  We have to then make sure that our members actually sell them so that
> we can get the money back.  When I was a sighted kid selling candy bars for
> little league, the players all had to pay the full amount of money that they
> expected to receive from selling the candy bars when receiving the case of
> candy bars.  It gave us the incentive to actively sell the candy bars
> because it was the only way for us to get our money back.  I don't think any
> NCABS member would have a hard time selling 20 or 25 vouchers.  Would you
> all agree with running our fundraiser similarly to the little league ones I
> described?
>
> If we let members commit to selling a certain number of tickets, they will
> send us the money, we will send them the tickets, and they will sell the
> tickets.
>
> Does anybody else have ideas?
>
> Justin
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
> Undergraduate Student
> The University Honors Program
> East Carolina University
> salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu
>
> "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
> without accepting it."    -Aristotle
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> From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Cindy
> Bennett [clb5590 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:33 PM
> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] more krispy kreme
>
> I think what Preston is saying is that we can sell the tickets 2 ways.
> We can either purchase the tickets from Krispy Kreme and sell them, or
> we can take orders from people who are interested in buying a ticket,
> and then take that list of people to Krispy Kreme and buy a ticket for
> every person who has given us money. The advantage to purchasing the
> tickets beforehand is that once we interact with buyers, we don't have
> to arrange to see them again, but we also run the risk of purchasing
> too many tickets which would then be a cost to NCABS. The advantage to
> taking orders from people who want to buy a ticket is that NCABS won't
> buy too many tickets, but the disadvantage is that we have to talk to
> people multiple times, we have to take their order and collect their
> money, and meet up with them again to give them their actual ticket.
>
> The third option would be for NCABS to purchase actual doughnuts and sell
> them.
>
> I personally believe that we should set up a station and run it for a
> few mornings. Perhaps a place on NC State's campus would be good, but
> i understand sometimes campus's have rules about noncampus orgs
> selling stuff, so maybe we could find a place right off campus, or we
> could set up a station where cars would be driving out of an apartment
> complex in the morning, or where people would be getting on the bus. I
> think we should also buy tickets and give each member some that they
> must sell. That way, once they make the sale, we have the money, and
> there isn't need to meet up again.
>
> Preston, you might have answered these questions, and I'm sorry if you
> have, but is there an expiration date on the tickets? Also, can these
> tickets be redemed at any Krispy Kreme? If so, that would be awesome,
> because otherwise, members outside of Raleigh can't really help.
>
> Thanks, and Jewel, i hope that clears up some of your confusion. If
> not, please let me know.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 10/5/10, Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe I'm just being a dunce, but that made absolutely no sense to
>> me...how are the three ways different? We buy tickets and sell them,
>> but you want to do another way to start...I don't understand what that
>> other way is. I think I'm just being a total dunce, so please be
>> patient with me!
>>
>> On 10/5/10, psjohnson2 at my.waketech.edu <psjohnson2 at my.waketech.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> We can sell any of three ways. We can sell tickets for a free dozen of
>>> original glazed doughnuts, or we can presell with money up front, or we
>>> can
>>> presell without money. I have order forms but if we sell tickets we have
>>> to
>>> pay out of pocket to Krispy Kreme first. If we chooses the presell option
>>> we
>>> can collect at least some of the money first to minamize the risk out of
>>> our
>>> treasury. If we sell pver a hindred dozens our price goes down to three
>>> dollars a dozen, and we make three dollars a dozen proffit.
>>> Preston S Johnson
>>> psjohnson2 at my.waketech.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:09:20 -0400
>>>> From: herekittykat2 at gmail.com
>>>> To: ncabs at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] more krispy kreme
>>>>
>>>> Do individuals pre-order dozens? Do you pay for them before you sell
>>>> them, or how is it done? Where do we get the tickets to sell? I'm a
>>>> bit confused about how to get started with this. I would like to start
>>>> selling the vouchers for ddozen donuts, though. I think this is a
>>>> wonderful fundraiser and am ready to get started on it, but am just a
>>>> bit confused about how to get started. Can y ou explain, please,
>>>> Preston?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> On 10/3/10, psjohnson2 at my.waketech.edu <psjohnson2 at my.waketech.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > I have included order forms for krispy kreme fundraisers, as
>>>> > attachments.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
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