DtM - W8 Bonus

How does that phrase go? Too many fingers in the pie? Something like that. Anyhoots, my point for this little addendum to the Week Eight math is that I didn't realize yet another cost factor involved in the re-listing of the toys. It seems that there is a minimum donation charge for any item being sold to benefit a non-profit organization if it is not being sold by the non-profit organization.

Even my eyes glazed over at that last sentence.

So, in essence, when you visit the eBay offerings for One Room, you will see that the opening bid for the toy sets is a bit higher than anticipated, but not out of line with market price. Again, this is not designed to provide me with any more funds than would help offset what I paid for the lot. Rather, it is designed to give my local NMSS chapter some unsolicited funds, which is a nice thing, since the MS clinic I frequent is affiliated with the organization. The math bonus, therefore, goes like this (in glorious algebraic fashion)-

Where B=Base cost(minimum sale); E=eBay fees; P=PayPal fees; S=Shipping cost;
M=Minimum donation; and L=List price:

E=(B*0.0525)+0.35
P=(0.029(B+S))+0.3
M=5

therefore

L=B+E+P+M


We still loves math. We doesn't loves finger pie.