[EBUG] Con fee

Paul Richards paul at freebsd-services.co.uk
Tue Jul 31 16:27:08 BST 2001


--On Tuesday, July 31, 2001 16:18:21 +0100 Paul Robinson <paul at akita.co.uk>
wrote:

> On Jul 31, Brian Somers <brian at Awfulhak.org> wrote:
> =
>> Well, to be honest, if we gave a 50% discount to 30 students at this =
>> point, we'd be likely to be out of pocket by =A32250.00.
> =
> You're missing the point. If you didn't, the 30 sudents might not turn =
up,
> and so you wouldn't get any money from them.

The majority of that =A3150 is a per person cost i.e. we incur the cost if
they attend, we don't incur the cost if they dont. So having 30 attendees
at a reduced rate means we make a loss unless the shortfall is made up
somewhere else.

Paul.







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