[Ncabs] more krispy kreme

Thu Oct 7 11:54:06 UTC 2010

As of Wednesday October sixth, I am awaiting a response from the student services department head about setting up a table to presell the doughnuts at Wake Tech's main campus. If someone can check to see if this oppourtunity is available at other campuses it would be greatly apreciated. As far as your questions Cindy;when I spoke to the manager at Krispy Kreme here in Raleigh he didn't say euther way but I will call him back today and readress these questions.
Thanks!!
Preston

> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 05:33:06 -0400
> From: herekittykat2 at gmail.com
> To: ncabs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] more krispy kreme
> 
> If you do it by requiring the member to buy the vouchers up front to
> sell them, then I am sorry, but I won't be able to buy mroe than one
> or two at the most at a time, if I can afford to buy any up front at
> all. Every dollar I get these days go into bills, groceries, or the
> Disney/convention fund, and I can't afford anything else. Mike and I
> are struggling as it is.
> 
> Buying 10 vouchers for $70 is a total imposibility for me, even though
> I know I stand a very good chance of selling them, or Mike selling
> them, just by talking to people while he is going back and forth to
> school or I am running errands. But to purchase them myself ahead of
> time? There is no way I could do that.
> 
> Yes, thank you, Cindy, that makes perfect sense to me now. I think I
> was having a 'well duh' minute.
> 
> On 10/7/10, Salisbury, Justin Mark <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu> wrote:
> > Right, thank you. It's just cleaner the way I propose we try it. I mean,
> > if we give those vouchers to a member without having the member pay up
> > front, we have to go through the tricky process of waiting until the tickets
> > sell to balance our checkbook. If there's no financial incentive to the
> > member to sell the tickets, they won't be as motivated to sell them. This
> > is just human nature and applies to everyone.
> >
> > 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
> > ________________________________________
> > From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Cala
> > Estes [cala.estes at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:21 PM
> > To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> > Subject: Re: [Ncabs] more krispy kreme
> >
> > 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
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
> >> 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
> >> ________________________________________
> >> 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.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> ~Jewel
> >>>>> Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
> >>>>> Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com
> >>>>>
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Cindy Bennett
> >> uNC Wilmington Psychology major
> >>
> >> clb5590 at gmail.com
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