Hello again,
Now you've seen the idea above and which supplier I propose to work with on this, I guess its time to talk numbers. You should have seen the cost of the mats above but if not here they are:
£50.00 - Super Deluxe Mats
£03.00 - Perimeter trim colour of your choice
£53.00 - Total (minus the embroidered logo)
Simply Car Mats have offered us the following discounts:
1. 35% off if we order 30+ sets bringing the total down to
£32.50
2. Trim edging not the same colour as the carpeted mat id an additional
£3.00
Clearly trying to get to the dizzy heights of 30 or more sets is an incredible discount.
They are unable to discount the embroidered logo swatches though. The cost of the embroidered logos are:
1. £9.00 (inc VAT) per swatch so
£18 for both fronts to have the logo.
2. There is a one off set up fee for the embroidery design at
£60 (inc VAT)
The easy way to share the template set up fee is to add it to each embroidered logo swatch. Should we get interest of 30 sets, each with 2x logos on the front mats then this would simply be
£2.00 added to the total to make this set up fee disappear. Hope that makes sense.
There is also a delivery charge from the supplier to me which I have discussed with them at length to see what else is possible. The short answer is, for us to obtain the above discount then they will treat it as a trade order and send to just 1 address. To send your mats direct to you would mean that you don't receive any discount.
The delivery from the suppliers to me is £5.95 per 5 sets which will also have to be included into the final price. Based on reaching 38 sets this works out at 6x delivery fees totalling
£47.60, This would be shared across all 38 set meaning that just
£1.26 would also be added.
I know this is quite long winded and I'm not the bast at explaining things so heres a simplified version of costings.
Based on 1 set at the 35% discount:
£32.50 - Super Deluxe Mats
£03.00 - Non standard edging trim
£20.00 - Embroidered logos front mats only (£18 + £2 set up fee)
£01.26 - Delivery to me for onward dispatch
£53.76 - Total delivered to me in Coalville with edging trim the same colour as the mats
£56.76 - Total delivered to me in Coalville with contrasting edging trim
Should this venture make it to fruition I'll be sending the mats out rolled up in a plastic bag via Hermes 2-5kg, 2-3 day service.
Heres the bags from Amazon:
The £15.56 is for 50 bags which will leave a few left over but needs to be added to the overall cost so I'm not left out of pocket. This would see packaging come in at 50p plus say 10p more for tape and additionally cardboard packaging, lets call it 60p.
Here is the EVRi service that I propose to use:
£6.36 for the 2-4 day service. Insurance is only up to £20 so this of course also needs to be considered. Currently unable to confirm the insurance cost as the EVRi website isn't working for me rough now but will update this post laster on once its fully functioning for me, I cannot see it being more that £2.00 but will come back to you.
Postage and packaging from me to you will be broken down as follows:
£0.60 - Packaging
£6.36 - Hermes delivery
£6.96 - total delivered to you in a few days (minus the optional
£2.90 (with signature) insurance at £70)
Hopefully you're still with me and you haven't got a headache. I could have made it very simple but I wanted to be transparent about everything just as I have in the past.
With the mats delivered to me and forwarded onto you for footwell placements is:
Total without insurance comes in at:
£60.72 (
£63.72 with contrasting edging trim) Delivered to you, as usual my time working behind the scene, preparing your items for dispatch waiting in the Hermes queue is free of charge. Its my simple way of somehow giving back to the community that I love and serve. I fully appreciate that this is not the cheap solution that I have strived for previously but I have tried many different options and think this is the best package I’ve come across. Just add
£2.90 for the insurance.
Kind regards,
Tom