Misesians should be making the case to Jeffrey beyond individual cries for market demand.
Who has sourced short run cufflinks with an acceptable markup (say 25%) that they would be willing to buy?
We can’t expect Jeffrey to stock custom cufflinks if the price and demand are not where they should be in order to make this a success for the Mises Institute.
I think you may be surprised. I’m not going to say it’ll be as popular as liberty bracelet, but I bet they’ll outshine the Mises Christmas ornament.
Oh, the christmas ornament is pretty but I’m not a big fan of that media in general.
The bracelet of course is my heart’s devotion.
You might be right about the cufflinks. In any case, the calculator is now gone and so is the money clip. We thought of a flask but wondered whether that sends the wrong message [:)]
so maybe cufflinks are the thing after all.
The flask does not send the wrong message. Although a cigarette case would be very cool. Herr President-Elect is a smoker you know. [:)]
The money clip went under? Glad I got mine last Christmas.
And as I was just invited to a facebook group asking to support a federal bailout of student loans…I would buy the flask as well.
To be clear, I wasnt asking for have cufflinks made, just saying that they are worn. But I doubt you could turn a profit on a short-run of cufflinks for us. They’re not exactly cheap to make I’d imagine. And a flask sends the right message… we all need an escape from the new Fuher. And hopefully soon we will be able to drink a toast to the memory of the US auto industry. And celebrate the death of the UAW (and therefore much of the radical left’s power base). See, a flask has so many great uses. Oh, and they’re cheap to source, so you probably won’t lose money on them.
I am in full support of a flask.
Perhaps the flask could sport something along the lines of a Defending the Undefendable theme?
I just got back from a party here in New York (woo hoo! open bar!) and I was the only person wearing cufflinks. I’d have to say that though I would like them I could see why Mises.org wouldn’t want to bother with them. They are just not popular enough and would likely be too expensive to be worth just a few of us buying them.
The open bar gave me the idea of a proper Mises beer stien. Like a 1/2 liter or a whole liter one.
I realise that I like beer more than I do cufflinks.
The flask/stein idea is ace. I would buy both.
Wow…I just checked back after a short hiatus in Italy (and a longer one from this site).
Cufflinks…you have them now and I am going to get a pair. They will go nicely with that flask and the flask will go well with the bow tie (I really have no idea if I am going to wear the bow tie but I might as well get a Mises one to learn how to tie them.)
All that is needed now is a Mises watch fob, collar pin, beaver hat and walking stick for hailing Hansom cabs.