SC - Period cookshop at Pennsic: Finances

[Elaine Koogler]

Grimm's prices have gone up since then.  We paid $345 or so for a 20 x 20 from
Festive, and IIRC that was a little less, or at least the same, as Grimm's.

Kiri

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Master Cariadoc said:
> > It occurred to me that it might be worth taking advantage of the
> > expertise of this group to do a first pass on estimating the finances
> > of the project. I will therefore list the categories that occur to
> > me, and ask anyone who has information on the relevant costs to
> > provide it, and anyone who thinks of addition categories to add them:
> >
> > Tent Rental: 1 large tent
>
> >From my tents-rental-msg file (in the DWELLINGS section):
> > 9' x 9'      $137.22
> > 12' x 12'   $152.35
> > 16' x 16'   $211.58
>
> Grimms' 1995 prices. Sorry, but that is the latest prices I have and
> the only sizes I have in the file.
>
> There were five different tent rental places mentioned on the Pennsic
> website this year. These are also listed in my file, but I'll give
> them here in case anyone wants to call for some prices:
>
> > Tri-son Tents
> > 6884 Parkway Drive, Brookfield, OH 44403
> > Office: (330) 448-0651 before 5 pm EST
> > Home: (330) 856-6212
> >
> > Blue Ribbon Rentals
> > 212 South Main St., Butler, PA 16001
> > (724) 287-5702
> >
> > Classic Tent Rentals
> > 1005 Idaho Ave., Natrona Heights, PA 15065
> > (724) 224-3504
> >
> > General Rental Center
> > 20455 Route 19, Criders Corners, PA 15021
> > (724) 776-6990
> >
> > Ryder Truck Rental
> > 271 New Castle Rd., Butler, PA 16001
> > (724) 285-5141
>
> > Looking at the other end of it, assume you are getting $7 from each
> > dinner customer, $5 from each lunch customer. I think that is a
> > little less expensive than the current average.
>
> Ouch. And I was considering $6 fairly high. But then if it was
> actually filling and it was period, I would probably try this at
> least a few times.
>
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