2017-10-12 Update: A kind benefactor and generous soul in the industry has sent $126 to me, to cover the cost of the entire sticker batch. Pretty sure this was their way of saying “you write too much, not reading your stupid blog”. In return, I am sending them an unsolicited envelope or box of shit (their address was part of the conditions of me accepting the money). Per their wishes, I am also now giving away the next ~ 100 stickers. I had already sold 33 and sent out an additional 26 to long-time supporters and friends. So… to share someone else’s wealth; email me your address if you’d like a sticker. Just one of the new attrition stickers, and I will probably throw in some other random sticker or two. First 100 or so to mail get them. email jericho@ my domain / twitter handle. If you can’t figure that out, no sticker for you.
In the last few weeks, I randomly poked Twitter to see who wanted stickers. A day later, I sent ~ 25 people an envelope of stickers, including an original Attrition sticker I made… 5 years ago? And a lot of hot new stickers from Risk Based Security. Long time fan of Attrition, Ming Chow, received an unsolicited Box of Shit. Once he received it, he posted a great video and some pictures of the unboxing so you can experience it too! I sent envelopes to Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ethiopia, Australia, and Zimbabwe even! I also sent a large envelope of random flat junk to a con organizer in India, so he had a few give-aways for the attendees. That night of “i’ll mail a few stickers out…” ended up being ~ $70, but I am sure it brought a world of joy to the recipients! Long story short… the original stickers are finally gone.
So… I figured it was time to create a new batch, a better batch. Like last time, a somewhat limited batch, of only 300 stickers. I think the original batch was maybe 1,000 stickers, but B&W, so they lasted. This batch is smaller, but color (SCIENCE)! Due to recent changes in my life, I can’t throw money at drugs, hookers, and stickers so flagrantly. As such, I will be selling off part of this batch to recoup the cost of making them. This is good for everyone, especially me, but also means that if they go fast I am more likely to do this again. My goal is not to profit on this really, just to offset the cost so that I sell some and am free to give away the rest… likely five years down the road in a rum-fueled Twitter night. If you really want a sticker, best to grab one now. The last sticker give-away was over a couple hours one night, and many replied a day later “hey wait, I want some!” This is where you Google “race condition“.
In the interest of transparency, here are the numbers. You can figure out if this is a scam or if the stickers are overpriced.
300 Stickers
126 Base Cost (USD)
0.42 per sticker
0.03 per envelope
0.49 per stamp (domestic)
1.10 per stamp (international) =
0.94 base cost to mail one sticker domestically, or 1.55 to mail one sticker internationally
Like any legitimate retailer, I get to add “shipping and handling“! Since shipping costs are above, the ‘handling’ fee is where I get my real markup or something. If I sell 150 stickers for $2 each, then I will make $113 if half are domestic and half are international. Pretty sure more will be domestic, meaning I am closer to the $126 base cost of the stickers. To make this easier on me, since I still have to write out the envelope, get stamps, and curse you while doing it all… bottom line? I will sell 150 stickers at the following price points:
$2 for one new attrition sticker (domestic)
$3 for one new attrition sticker (international)
If you want additional stickers, I will do up to three per person, but each additional sticker is $1 though (greedy mofos). I’ll make a few bucks this way, but maybe not even enough to recoup the cost of sending out the last batch of stickers, boxes, and uber-envelopes. I’ll also be more prone to create a new batch of stickers in the future if this works. No promises. If you are still reading, then you get the information you really need! If you want new stickers, pictured below, here is the price guide:
$2 for one new attrition sticker (domestic)
$3 for two new attrition stickers (domestic)
$4 for three new attrition stickers (domestic)
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$3 for one new attrition sticker (international)
$4 for two new attrition stickers (international)
$5 for three new attrition stickers (international)
If you are still interested, send the money to paypalus_at_attrition_dot_org with some indication this is for ‘stickers‘ as opposed to “hot cyber 1993 style“, and include a shipping address. If you are still concerned that I might make a few bucks, consider I also donated over $10,000 USD to charity in the last four years, so fuck you. Finally, if you do purchase any, they will get mailed out fairly quick, but I won’t be in line at the post office at 8am like a savage. Since I have no way to control this via a blog and Paypal, and I am too lazy to do this via eBay, if you are too late in ordering and I have already sold the first 150, I will refund your money. I’ll also try to update this blog to indicate the status of sales. If enough of you are crazy and I come home tomorrow night to way more than 150 stickers sold, I’ll probably send them all out and just order a 2nd batch of these.
