The following constitute the accounts detailing the business of SIX INCH RECORDS. This affair commenced during Zmas 2006, continued fitfully through 2007 and 2008 before coming to an unavoidable close in January 2009. In the following reckoning, our quixotic accounting has disregarded such irrelevancies as labour and time. Unfortunately in late-period Western capitalism there is no reward or consideration for stupidity. TOTAL INCOME: £3996.00 COSTS: £0999.00 ; Fulfilment (acceptance of orders, packing, postage, storage of stock etc) £0646.47 ; Duplication (pressing of CDs, printing of onbody CD artwork etc) £0108.10 ; Metal cutters for sleeve production (including mechanism to score folds etc) £0065.80 ; Metal cutter (for CD-sized hole in beermat board) £0084.80 ; Embossing plates (for scary bear assembly embossing on back of sleeve) £0044.95 ; Beermat board (for inner CD holding sheet) £0030.42 ; Printaboard (for outer sleeve) £0023.24 ; Sundry postage costs (For sending additional copies to fulfilment agency) £0040.35 ; Entertainment budget (mostly spent on cider) £0376.95 ; Hotel and accommodation costs (smashed windows included) £0150.00 ; Executive disc manipulation services (including frenetic drum + bass) £2570.08 ; TOTAL COSTS WHICH MEANS THE PROFIT IS: £1425.92 DIVIDED BY 2 (Half to SIX INCH RECORDS, half to the artistes): £0712.96 DIVIDED BY 3 (i.e., a third to each of the SIX INCH RECORDS artistes) £0237.65, give or take (ironically) .333 recurring of a penny! Ha fucking ha. |