DSF

Someone asked a question on another forum regarding the above. Does anyone know of a UK supplier? They seem to do a 11/12oz and a version of Travel Mug.

Martin any chance ?

Sharon

Sorry Sharon, what's the question? Yes we have 11oz mugs and Travel Mugs. We don't have poly boxes for sending Travel Mugs and the 11oz mugs will go in VERY tightly and would probably crack the poly box due to the larger handle on the mugs. We looked into an 11oz poly box but the tooling alone was £5k and if customers want to send mugs by post then we always recommend the European Mugs as these fit perfectly.

Does that answer the question?

I think the OP is talking about this kind of mug: http://www.hometogifts.co.uk/mugs-plastic.htm

I'm vaguely interested in them but they're too expensive and I really can't see anyone paying more for a plastic mug than they'd pay for a ceramic mug or a china mug.

Hi,

I wouldnt mind getting these because theyre ideal for kids!
shame theyre £2.99 though, thats a bit steep if you ask me.

Dave.

chongsta wrote:Hi,

I wouldnt mind getting these because theyre ideal for kids!
shame theyre £2.99 though, thats a bit steep if you ask me.

Dave.

I agree. Half that price would be more like it.

I think the original source is these people in the US: http://www.polysub.com/. They seem to have many distributors in the US and a couple in other countries, but no one in the UK. If someone was to supply them in the UK, I'd certainly be interested in the "starter kit" mentioned on the website if it's not too expensive.

The site states that you require an "insert" that goes inside the mug to prevent it from warping under heat and pressure. You'd probably need several of them if you're doing a production run, and I wonder how expensive they are?

I'd also be interested in some of those mugs, but not at that price, it's a bit steep.

Might be time to sweet talk Martin into becoming a UK distributor

I wouldbe thought theyd be even cheaper than half price considering plasitc is far easier and cost effective than ceramics surely?

Thoose insters are pricey as well but i guess you only need one if your a short run company.

MARTIN.....FIND THESE PLEASE LOL

Dave.

chongsta wrote:I wouldbe thought theyd be even cheaper than half price considering plasitc is far easier and cost effective than ceramics surely?

I suspect it's a case of the price being controlled by the originator. Everyone and their dog can do coated ceramic mugs (and sometimes it seems as though they did let their dog do them), but "polysub" mugs are presumably only available via the polysub.com website. They can fix their own price given that there's no competition (hmm, reminds me of that coloured liquid in our printers... ). I'd expect to be paying a little premium on them, but not to the tune of three times the price of a ceramic mug.

At £3 per blank, you can figure out for yourself how much you'd have to charge for the end product to realise that it'd be a premium product that wouldn't sell in bulk. Added to that, if they're unbreakable, people aren't going to be coming back because they dropped it. So you can't sell them for the minuscule margin you'd put on the equivalent ceramic mug. All things considered, it's not going to be replacing ceramic mugs any time soon.

If Martin (or someone) could get a reasonable price on the "starter kit" (which includes the insert) then I think that would be the place to start. We could all have a bash and see how it works without the supplier having to buy a boatload of blanks that they may not sell.

Yes they're the ones, looking at one of the distributors the insert would be $36.50 and a box of mugs $60.00

[url="http://www.coastalbusiness.com/11ozplas ... emugs.aspx]http://www.coastalbusiness.com/11ozplas ... emugs.aspx[/url]

Trouble is though there's a big puddle of water between us and them

Sharon

draig wrote:Yes they're the ones, looking at one of the distributors the insert would be $36.50 and a box of mugs $60.00

[url="http://www.coastalbusiness.com/11ozplas ... emugs.aspx]http://www.coastalbusiness.com/11ozplas ... emugs.aspx[/url]

Trouble is though there's a big puddle of water between us and them

Sharon

That's a good find.

$60 for 36 works out to about £1.11 per mug (before VAT) - which puts them just about on a par with ceramic mugs, and significantly cheaper than the £3 price on the HometoGifts website.

The insert works out to about £25.

At those prices, I'd certainly be interested.