Christmas Shopping Break Point
Posted by: David Bunch
In response to Denelle's blog about Apostolic Planet, I visited the site and could not find a networking aspect to it either.....but then again I had not heard all of the buzz about the website, so what do I know?
Yesterday I was online ordering some Christmas presents and I realized that during the Holiday Shopping season there is a critical point at which the whole dynamic of shopping changes (sort of like the boiling point for water).
It's the point at which pricing is no longer concern Number One. Rather, "how soon can you get it in the mail and to my house so I can get it wrapped and under the tree before December 25th" is the utmost concern. For me, that point was reached yesterday.
There's a formula I've devised that helps you calculate the critical point (cP).
cP=Number of calendar days til Christmas (nC) – number of shopping days til Christmas (nS) + number of shipping days til Christmas (nSH) X price
So,
cP=nC-nS+nSH x price
Any number over 100 is considered critical and the higher the number the more critical matters have become.
Yesterday I was at 1,100.
In response to Denelle's blog about Apostolic Planet, I visited the site and could not find a networking aspect to it either.....but then again I had not heard all of the buzz about the website, so what do I know?
Yesterday I was online ordering some Christmas presents and I realized that during the Holiday Shopping season there is a critical point at which the whole dynamic of shopping changes (sort of like the boiling point for water).
It's the point at which pricing is no longer concern Number One. Rather, "how soon can you get it in the mail and to my house so I can get it wrapped and under the tree before December 25th" is the utmost concern. For me, that point was reached yesterday.
There's a formula I've devised that helps you calculate the critical point (cP).
cP=Number of calendar days til Christmas (nC) – number of shopping days til Christmas (nS) + number of shipping days til Christmas (nSH) X price
So,
cP=nC-nS+nSH x price
Any number over 100 is considered critical and the higher the number the more critical matters have become.
Yesterday I was at 1,100.
