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Cards Mold/"Tina" Alibaba Ceramics Master Consolidated Info Thread (2 Viewers)

Some things aren't about money. Some things are about community and helping others the way you wish you were helped. I will never have enough money to be able to buy a CPC set the way I want. And I wanted others to benefit by getting a custom set for rather cheap price.
Out of the over 100,000 chips I have sent out I was tipped very generously by many in the GB.
 
MatthewTreeTree said:
Probably like .02¢ per like 10 chips.

EDIT: They are probably losing money and time. Hence why they don't happen anymore.

Now it's just "Here, come and buy my design on a chip"

:ROFL: :ROFLMAO::ROFL: :ROFLMAO::ROFL: :ROFLMAO::ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

EDIT #2: Not to mention those orders are gonna take almost twice as long as a solo order. Or longer...
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Hey cool guy. I have never profited a cent off these GBs and or chip designs and only spent my time, effort, and money. But from my time donated to helping people with their designs and the other designs I created I have helped the MakeAWish Foundation collect donations of over $800 where it goes to good use. But FM right?!?!
 
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Eloe2000 said:
Hey cool guy. I have never profited a cent off GBs and or chip designs and only spent my time, effort, and money. But from my time donated to helping people with their designs and the other designs I created I have helped the MakeAWish Foundation collect donations of over $800 where it goes to good use. But FM right?!?!
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So do the donations to MakeAWish have anything to do with group buys? Or did you just toss that into your word salad to make it touch peoples heart?
 
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SeanGecko said:
Some things aren't about money. Some things are about community and helping others the way you wish you were helped. I will never have enough money to be able to buy a CPC set the way I want. And I wanted others to benefit by getting a custom set for rather cheap price.
Out of the over 100,000 chips I have sent out I was tipped very generously by many in the GB.
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This is respectable. Honesty where it's due.
 
MatthewTreeTree said:
So do the donations to MakeAWish have anything to do with group buys? Or did you just toss that into your world salad to make it touch peoples heart?
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Your reading comprehension is atrocious. It appears you are accusing me of keeping Tinas info private so I can profit off my designs by your comment that I quoted: “Now it's just "Here, come and buy my design on a chip"

When someone has wanted to use one of my designs the chip design fees from GBs and private designs have all gone to MakeAWish.

And Sean doesn’t sell anything and has only ever donated an incredible amount of time and energy for no gain whatsoever.
 
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I can't do another custom group buy like I did before. Any GB I do now has to be private and small. 100,000 plus chips moved though my place. Even if I got paid hourly I wouldn't do it again.

A lot of us also weren't advertising Tina's link since she isn't a merchant here and paying for space.
 
Eloe2000 said:
Your reading comprehension is atrocious. It appears you are accusing me of keeping Tinas info private so I can profit off my designs by your comment that I quoted: “Now it's just "Here, come and buy my design on a chip"

The chip design fees from GBs and private designs have all gone to MakeAWish.
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Nah buddy ol' pal...

Just saying that since group buys disappeared, there wasn't enough in it for those running them? Correct?

NOW, it's just buy my "design printed on a chip" so I can get myself a cheaper set. That's what it comes down too.

And you can comment on my English skills all you want, but at the end of the day, you aren't grading any papers.

The whole MakeAWish donation, good job. You did a good thing simple enough. I just never saw anything about anyone actually sending all the profits off to a charity. So does this now set the bar that all future group buys will be profiting for charity? If that's the case, shouldn't there be a new GB every month? You could literally consolidate everyone on here who wants a set of card molds, but can't pay for them at the current time being. But then again, who would do that if there's no money to be made? (Unless you're selling your design)
 
SeanGecko said:
I can't do another custom group buy like I did before. Any GB I do now has to be private and small. 100,000 plus chips moved though my place. Even if I got paid hourly I wouldn't do it again.

A lot of us also weren't advertising Tina's link since she isn't a merchant here and paying for space.
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This is reasonable. Having to ship everyones packages out takes up way too much of your own time alone.
 
MatthewTreeTree said:
Nah buddy ol' pal...

Just saying that since group buys disappeared, there wasn't enough in it for those running them? Correct?

NOW, it's just buy my "design printed on a chip" so I can get myself a cheaper set. That's what it comes down too.

And you can comment on my English skills all you want, but at the end of the day, you aren't grading any papers.

The whole MakeAWish donation, good job. You did a good thing simple enough. I just never saw anything about anyone actually sending all the profits off to a charity. So does this now set the bar that all future group buys will be profiting for charity? If that's the case, shouldn't there be a new GB every month? You could literally consolidate everyone on here who wants a set of card molds, but can't pay for them at the current time being. But then again, who would do that if there's no money to be made? (Unless you're selling your design)
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MatthewTreeTree said:
Nah buddy ol' pal...

Just saying that since group buys disappeared, there wasn't enough in it for those running them? Correct?

NOW, it's just buy my "design printed on a chip" so I can get myself a cheaper set. That's what it comes down too.

And you can comment on my English skills all you want, but at the end of the day, you aren't grading any papers.

The whole MakeAWish donation, good job. You did a good thing simple enough. I just never saw anything about anyone actually sending all the profits off to a charity. So does this now set the bar that all future group buys will be profiting for charity? If that's the case, shouldn't there be a new GB every month? You could literally consolidate everyone on here who wants a set of card molds, but can't pay for them at the current time being. But then again, who would do that if there's no money to be made? (Unless you're selling your design)
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Have you been drinking? Maybe give it a break, regroup and come back tomorrow well rested and we will understand you.
 
Moving off the porch, opening, sorting, getting payment, address, repacking, taking it to the post office, sending out tracking, trash all the boxes. This is a lot of work. Not including trouble shooting and design issues with samples.

I helped a buddy move. I'm not going to help a buddy move every 3 months.
 
spartan037 said:
I was looking for 6100 chips and got estimated $1180 for shipping alone. Granted this was at the height of supply line issues back in mid November.
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Deucekies said:
Tina just got back to me. For 5000 chips, I was quoted 30¢/chip + $728 shipping. High enough for me to wait for a group buy.
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Pawn38 said:
Shipping cost of $728 does seem really high for boat freight. Though with the way shipping prices have surged, it could just be the way it is.
My GB of 15,000 chips had a freight cost (by ship) of $670. This price was given at the end of Aug 2021.
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The increase in shipping since February 2021 is incredible. The total shipping on my 3575 Anita's chips from China to the USA to Canada with the last leg from the USA to Canada being the most expensive by far (~260 duties/ship)...here is the cost of Anita's in Feb last year in a ~25k group buy (can't remember the exact total)
:
- 24c/chip for the 39mm cards mold (that includes all fees except shipping/re-shipping)
- 26c/chip for the 43mm plain mold, smooth (that includes all fees except shipping/re-shipping)
- 3c/chip for shipping from China to USA
- reshipping from USA to your door to be added once the babies arrive in our re-shipper hands (re-shipper: SUPER MARIO)
 
MatthewTreeTree said:
What's the deal with that... Y'all want to feel like you guys got power over who orders from them? Scared of people doing their own group buys and taking the slight profits for themselves?
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MatthewTreeTree said:
jazzV3 said:
Hey Evan or Sean,

Care to tell Matthew how much profit there is in running a group buy? Hourly rate ballpark...
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Probably like .02¢ per like 10 chips.

EDIT: They are probably losing money and time. Hence why they don't happen anymore.
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In your narrow cynical view of the world it may be hard to believe that people would do something without direct gain to help others in a community. But that is actually what happened here when Sean started running these group buys. He nor anyone else owes the community or anyone else anything. Running one group buy is more good than they were required to do. Now he and others are helping others with their own GBs and orders. Good on them. They shouldn’t be criticized for not doing more themselves.
 
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philhut said:
The increase in shipping since February 2021 is incredible. The total shipping on my 3575 Anita's chips from China to the USA to Canada with the last leg from the USA to Canada being the most expensive by far (~260 duties/ship)...here is the cost of Anita's in Feb last year in a ~25k group buy (can't remember the exact total)
:
- 24c/chip for the 39mm cards mold (that includes all fees except shipping/re-shipping)
- 26c/chip for the 43mm plain mold, smooth (that includes all fees except shipping/re-shipping)
- 3c/chip for shipping from China to USA
- reshipping from USA to your door to be added once the babies arrive in our re-shipper hands (re-shipper: SUPER MARIO)
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Most people ordering solo sets direct right now are ordering by air shipping. They have a minimum cost and quantity for freight sea shipping which was the whole point of the group buys to begin with. Some of the numbers getting thrown around are air shipping prices because that is how Tina is quoting solo sets by default.
 
@MatthewTreeTree I can vouch that @Eloe2000 is a stand-up guy and never hid anything from me when I inquired about the cards mold and Tina’s contact info. He even helped me with fonts and colours free of charge, exchanging way too many PMs and generously offering his time and knowledge.

He has never tried to hide the contact info out of malice, but rather to try to keep costs down and prevent an influx of already-answered questions from bombarding Tina. It’s all in the first post:
Eloe2000 said:
Contact info:

I am happy to answer questions and provide contact info via PM. But people should ask questions here and group up before peppering Tina & Co. with questions.
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Edit: if you just look at the group buy forum, you’ll see that a host of other members have been running group buys at cost - clearly the contact info isn’t tough to obtain (it takes one PM) - I mean, even you got your hands on it.
 
MatthewTreeTree said:
Yeah, bro I'm (only) on my 8th bottle of whiskey tonight
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Just finished watching a movie and this would have to be the only explanation for "this guy's" attitude, or else he's Hammer's younger brother.

Dude, you obviously are short on details or having any clue about what you're spewing about. Maybe spend a little time reading the early cards mold threads and realize that you're just late to the party. Then try to understand why your attitude won't get you any invites to whatever buys might be left, until the economics of them kill them off for good.

There aren't many, if any, now because the initial demand was satisfied and there's nobody who wants to take on the immense effort to run one again. The current pricing also makes them less attractive. Early buys were like .33/chip, shipped.

Bruh...
 
jazzV3 said:
Just finished watching a movie and this would have to be the only explanation for "this guy's" attitude, or else he's Hammer's younger brother.

Dude, you obviously are short on details or having any clue about what you're spewing about. Maybe spend a little time reading the early cards mold threads and realize that you're just late to the party. Then try to understand why your attitude won't get you any invites to whatever buys might be left, until the economics of them kill them off for good.

There aren't many, if any, now because the initial demand was satisfied and there's nobody who wants to take on the immense effort to run one again. The current pricing also makes them less attractive. Early buys were like .33/chip, shipped.

Bruh...
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Well, sooner or later nobody will need to PM anyone to get the info. That's my only goal.
 
Open the market. Stop acting scared for others and let the market run it's course.

BR Pro will eventually get more buyers, upgrade their gear, and so-on if card molds go to $1/ea (which isn't gonna happen in a year, is also everyones argument for not posting the link.) (American Company. American dollars staying in America, feeding American families.)

Then there is the whole "she doesn't pay for advertising" ... BRUH, DO YOU MAKE MONEY FROM THE ADVERTISING PAGE? If yes... that is 100% a biased opinion, in which you can not be taken serious on the matter.
 

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