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Re: [BB] Bills Blog 07/08/11

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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
When we ordered our extra CMP CA trophy, it was $700.
Holy Expensive Batman!

Raw Materials, Fabrication machines/tools, Shipping, Labor & Profit = $700 per trophy!???

If I could sell a few hundred at that price (>50 Regionals + Champs), I could invest in the tools and raw materials, work for 2-3 months (or weeks?) per year, and make more money than I am now.

Separate Topic:
First - No one needs to consider this statement to be a reason to try to re-emphasize to me how important some folks believe trophy size is; that has already been pointed out. However ...

There are at least two kinds of people in the world, and I am the kind that thinks large gaudy trophies are absurd.

I would rather have a small, tasteful Nobel Prize medal hanging in my trophy case than any of the cheesy, over-the-top, towers of inexpensive plastic, sawdust, pot metal, and glue that crowd most school trophy cases.

Display a modest-size, well-made, and elegant trophy in a large, well-lit, and otherwise empty space that matches its importance; and I predict it will get noticed and appreciated.

Blake
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