Posts Tagged ‘flamingo flocking’

Plastic Flamingos Are So Expensive

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

“Wow, that’s a big shipping charge.”  Well, this is something we hear quite often right after people see how much it costs to ship the pink lawn flamingos.  We have to agree, but the culprit is not the poor reseller (that would be us).  Please take a moment to view the size and number of boxes that are shipped when a client orders 50 pink flamingos.  Now you know how much truck space 50 pink flamingos take up.  Shipping charges are based on truck space, not weight.  ff88

Where Have all The Cheap Flamingos Gone

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

americanpinkflamingo50pair320If you are having a fundraiser or flocking someone for a celebratory reason you may have noticed that the plastic flamingo supply has dwindled severely especially the low cost pink flamingos. Well here is the  reason, the supplier of the American Flamingos has pulled a boner.  For unknown reasons, probably financial they have either pulled their birds or the actual manufacturer, the person molding the pink flamingos  will not send anymore. It is a problem because these were the lowest cost quality pink flamingos on the market and many organizations have little money in order to purchase flocks and people that decide to flock someone as a gag has a budget also. There is a solution and that is reduction in flamingos per flock.  Instead of 50 birds try 12 pairs or 24 birds. Instead of American purchase the Featherstone Replicas which by the way are far superior in every aspect except cost. The Don Featherstone Replicas are exact copies of the originals, they are taller and of course made in America. I would surmise that you would make more money with Featherstone Flamingos due to their looks anyways.  Most of the clients that shop with us have elected to spend the same amount as before but now use the Featherstones in fewer numbers with the same financial results. Cheap flamingos be damned the Flamingo flocking must go on.

Flamingo Flocking Ideas

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

David Clark of Christian Life is having excellent results with his flocking fundraiser.  He has made a video on You Tube to promote the event and here is the link (copy and paste to your browser)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46BXTV4MkKM  if you are thinking about having a fundraiser watch the video. It is the first of at least two but shows how building buzz around your fundraiser can have excellent returns.  David was extremely well prepared and fortunate enough to require more flocks.  David has a unique approach and hopefully he will be able to help others learn successful ideas on how to stage their own Flamingo Flocking fundraisers.   We wish him well and if you would like to contact him maybe he will share his approach with you.

David Clark Youth Pastor of Generation Ablaze
davidclark@christianlife.org