250 pumps, for say the MD20RZ with 12v motors, should be doable with enough people in the watercooling market willing to buy them to justify it. Problem would be the initial ordering overhead. Depends on what terms one could nut out with Iwaki and what the whole-sale price was. If the whole-sale price worked out to around $100US per pump then while a pretty sizeable investment to ask for them to be ordered, I'm pretty sure there'd be enough customers to buy them all at say $130US each, but it'd probably be cutting it close with regards to market demand and pricing. I could foresee easily selling 100 such pumps, but 250 is something that while it would sell eventually, the pricing will hold a lot off people off for a long time, and if a better and cheaper pump comes along in the mean-time, well then you're hosed.
It's a bit of a tough call.
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