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I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by sillysaurus3 »

ashray wrote: post #20
venomsnake wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well a 1000 burgers are 3 years worth of lunch. Also if you are allowed to take a few at a this is great marketing for free - telling all the colleagues - a few burgers are on me in that place. Chances to convert to a regular at least one of them is high. Probably it is how the awards will be defined. Because kickstarter is not preorder. Also the Kickstarter community so far has shown to be remarkably supporting. So…

It's quite unlikely that someone who orders a 1000 burgers is actually going to eat them. I can't picture myself eating 1000 of the same kind of burger .. or in the same place.. I guess most people would eat 200 burgers (I'd say at the high end..) which would come out to 5GBP per burger. Not bad for the establishment.. I can't think of any average but even 100 sounds high to me.

I just looked at the burger in question.

Wow!

I'd totally eat 1,000 of those. But I guess I should start caring about things like not having heart attacks, so I don't know.

My heart says "yes" though.

Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by cfontes »

shasta wrote: post #27
ashray wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's quite unlikely that someone who orders a 1000 burgers is actually going to eat them. I can't picture myself eating 1000 of the same kind of burger .. or in the same place.. I guess most people would eat 200 burgers (I'd say at the high end..) which would come out to 5GBP per burger. Not bad for the establishment.. I can't think of any average but even 100 sounds high to me.

Did you see the picture of the burger in the article? All this guy has to do is declare that remaining prepaid burgers are non-transferable upon death, and he'll only ever have to make a few hundred per buyer.

That is a good point to raise :D

I had a micro heart attack just by looking at it.

Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by cfontes »

tripzilch wrote: post #18
patio11 wrote: post #5

That's a genius use of that offering. Great instant story. As for the offering itself (pre-paying a large sum in advance for, essentially, free-food-for-life at a new restaurant): I wonder if that's a sane method for restaurants generally. There are two in Ogaki that I'd happily spend $1k on, but I'd worry that it would change my relationship with the owners. Being a regular at the local diner is great -- the owner c…

yes but check it--the other part of the offer is that you must order two at a time. so, assuming you're not going to chow down two burgers on your own, you'll be introducing a new potential customer every time.

With 1k burgers?

You could just order one to eat there and one to go. If you don't eat it later. Well, 998 to go now.

Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by Spockulus_Rift »

patio11 wrote: post #5

That's a genius use of that offering. Great instant story. As for the offering itself (pre-paying a large sum in advance for, essentially, free-food-for-life at a new restaurant): I wonder if that's a sane method for restaurants generally. There are two in Ogaki that I'd happily spend $1k on, but I'd worry that it would change my relationship with the owners. Being a regular at the local diner is great -- the owner c…

The relationship shift on presales definitely will happen.

1) I was a frequent customer at a Brooklyn record store. Sold the owner hundreds of dollars of records for a massive credit. Everytime I used said credit he'd grumble a little about not making a big sale.

2) Chiropractor I liked, saved money by buying 20 sessions at a greatly reduced per session price. Soon I was getting calls every week that I needed to start coming in weekly to burn through my package.

Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by andrewmcdonough »

Wintamute wrote: post #28

So will this guy eat 500 burgers himself? That could be at least a year and a half eating burgers for lunch. Good lord, it can't be healthy! :S

Actually, I think it will be healthy. I'll probably do 2-3 interviews a week, so it's not like I'll be eating burgers for every meal. Burger Bear's burgers are made with very good quality beef. I am somebody who exercises regularly, and from my work at my startup Tribesports, I'm very aware of how to balance my activity and diet. In fact, one of the things I might do on the blog is record my weight and health throughout the project.

Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by andrewmcdonough »

patio11 wrote: post #5

That's a genius use of that offering. Great instant story. As for the offering itself (pre-paying a large sum in advance for, essentially, free-food-for-life at a new restaurant): I wonder if that's a sane method for restaurants generally. There are two in Ogaki that I'd happily spend $1k on, but I'd worry that it would change my relationship with the owners. Being a regular at the local diner is great -- the owner c…

That's a good point, but in this case, I'm guessing that Tom will be more than happy with me blogging about how good his burgers are a few times a week, and introducing 500 new customers :-)

Re: I just bought 1000 burgers on Kickstarter. Want one of them?

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Post by andrewmcdonough »

shasta wrote: post #27
ashray wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's quite unlikely that someone who orders a 1000 burgers is actually going to eat them. I can't picture myself eating 1000 of the same kind of burger .. or in the same place.. I guess most people would eat 200 burgers (I'd say at the high end..) which would come out to 5GBP per burger. Not bad for the establishment.. I can't think of any average but even 100 sounds high to me.

Did you see the picture of the burger in the article? All this guy has to do is declare that remaining prepaid burgers are non-transferable upon death, and he'll only ever have to make a few hundred per buyer.

Actually the burger in the picture is healthier than you'd think. It's very good quality beef. I have a balanced diet and exercise lots. I also subscribe to the 'fat is not the enemy' school of thought. Maybe I'll take some before and after photos to prove it!
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