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Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 20:40
by Andrew
Xpres' prices are going up all the time for the last 6 months. No matter how many I offer to buy I can't get the price back down to where I was a few months ago........ and I was actually looking to get them cheaper.

It has happened a few times lately with Xpres. Don't know if it is very bad timing on my behalf but both with mugs and coasters I have phoned to place an order 3 or 4 times larger than my norm as I have a big job on and they end up charging me more than what I bought at last time. :x

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 20:42
by Justin
Have they gone up that much? I think I used to pay £18 for 40 and now pay £19.

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 20:57
by Andrew
Yeah, it's only about £1 up but I was upping the quantity to try and get the price down. I was hoping to get a £1 off...... atleast. I had a price rise about 6 months ago as well.

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 21:22
by Justin
I'm sure some of the other suppliers would be able to source the 90mm coasters?

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 21:28
by TransferGraeme
We will have 90mm square coasters available early next week at a "competitive" price!

If there is a demand for 90mm circular coasters we could get them into stock in around 10 days.

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 21:44
by Andrew
I don't mind if they are not Unisub as long as it has an equivalent surface/standard. And more importantly cheap, they are after all just a bit of hardboard with a nice shiny surface ;) 30p I reckon is about right as a starting point.

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 21:48
by Justin
Agreed with that.....and as long as the edges are nice and smooth as well ;)

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 21:58
by bms
Our 90mm coasters are made out of the UniSub board. If you're looking to get a co-op purchase together of 1000+ coasters then I'm sure we can get the costs down - probably not into the 30p bracket though!

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 22:05
by TransferGraeme
30p??? That's ..... um ..... "optimistic" - we have to eat too you know ;) - to be absolutely honest we're just fine tuning the price but it will certainly be competitive.

But a good surface and nice clean laser cut edges I can certainly guarantee!

Re: Coasters

Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 22:12
by Justin
And what happened to the light wood slotted coaster holders? Aren't they available anywhere anymore? I preffered them to the darker ones.