Holiday Gift Ideas

[DollarBill]

Hey now, folks... I never confirmed that the profit on a single tee shirt is $2. In retail of this type (gifts and souvenirs) the general markup equation is (cost X 2) = retail. Then we have to add in just a little bit to cover the freight costs, which can be pretty high these days. We buy our tees in fairly large volume (thousands every summer) so we can usually get a slightly better profit margin than (cost X 2). So... if the regular retail of a tee shirt (at the Summit gift shop) is $20.00, and the cost is about half that, then we might make around $10 on the average per shirt.


I'll check back later to see if there are any more guesses.

[ejo142010]

thank you for all the great Christmas gift ideas Brad and Bill.

[Brad]

With that cost structure my answer is 700

[CHRIS]

Ok then I will change my answer to about 1000 t's.

[Snow Miser]

I will guess 500 tees.

[BAXTERCA2]

I was wondering where the $2 profit came from. Thanks for clarifying that Bill.
I'm sticking with my original guess of 250 t's

[DollarBill]

Bob is the winner! It would take 500 tee shirt sales to clear enough profit to pay the $5000 electric bill for The Mount Washington Observatory for the month of October. YIKES! I hope Brad's electric bill is smaller than that!

[Brad]

Bob is the winner! It would take 500 tee shirt sales to clear enough profit to pay the $5000 electric bill for The Mount Washington Observatory for the month of October. YIKES! I hope Brad's electric bill is smaller than that!

I am just used to everyone whinning about the electric bill. If it is "only" $5,000 a month . . . Sure am glad it is not mine. But, any way we can help cover that cost is a big deal.

[Snow Miser]

Bob is the winner! It would take 500 tee shirt sales to clear enough profit to pay the $5000 electric bill for The Mount Washington Observatory for the month of October. YIKES! I hope Brad's electric bill is smaller than that!

That's quite a heftly bill. Glad we can all help ease it through contributions, memberships, etc.

[h2oeco]

Bill,

Since you brought it up, how many T-shirts do you sell in the average month? Just curious. I suspect that T-shirt sails aren't going to cover the monthly electric bill... :-)

Ed