Raising Prices

Hello all,

It is that time of year again, time to start setting our prices for New Year's items. This year, there will be big increases industry-wide. Here are some of the factors:

- Chinese tax rebate for fireworks exporters has been reduced 8%.
- High demand for space on cargo ships going from China to the US (and little demand for space going the other way) has made the prices of importing go up, especially on items, such as fireworks, that have higher insurance rates for the shipping company.
- Increase in the cost of raw materials, mostly the metals used to give fireworks their color.
- The RMB has been severely undervalued the past few years and is starting to appreciate against the US dollar.

As always, we are going to do our best to keep costs as low as possible. We will also be offering our import program, platinum, and early order discounts to help you save as much as possible on your fireworks.

June Fireworks Sale

Hello All,

This month, Spirit of '76 is having a great deal for Silver customers. Take advantage of one of the following deals:

Spend $500 or more and get a FREE case of RL155 Eagle Artillery Shells OR GM255 The New Hotness ($58 value)

Spend $1,000 or more and get a FREE case of RL127 Mega Plus Howitzer AND GM125 Uncle Sam's Answer ($206 value)

Spend $1,500 or more and get a FREE case of GM125 Uncle Sam's Answer, GM179 Noizy Boyz, AND GM111 Baby Boomers ($230 value)

All orders also get a FREE Spirit of '76 T-shirt ($15 value)

May Deals

This month Spirit of '76 is offering some great deals to Silver customers. Place your order before June to take advantage of the following:

• $500 gets a FREE case of RL155 Eagle Artillery Shells ($49 value)
• $1,000 gets a FREE case of RL 155 Eagle Artillery AND a FREE case of GM255 The New Hotness ($107 value)
• $1,500 gets a FREE case of AT180f Colossal Aerial Display ($189 value)

We are also planning on weekly e-mail only specials in June for our Silver customers, so create an account or fill out a survey to get the latest updates on what is going on at Spirit of '76 Fireworks.

April Demo Results

We had our last spring demo on April 28th, and it was amazing! The weather was great, the food was great, and the fireworks were fantastic. A good time was had by all. We have finished going through all of the scores from the crowd, and these were the 5 highest rated items:

1) Airboss - 37 shot, 500g, Brothers
2) Attack - 7 shot, 350g, Brothers
3) Firefly - 16 shot, 500g, Brothers
4) Smoke N Mirrors - Artillery Shell, Brothers
5) Atom Bomb - 36 shot, 500g, Brothers (part of Da Big Bomb Box)

That was our last demo for the spring, but we will probably be having a small fireworks show for our fireworks tent this summer.