Since Dropbox only does one-way access for people without an account, I assume they saved 25k by distributing paperwork, not receiving.

This implies they've been wasting almost $5,000 per week because they didn't find a content host / run an FTP / frickin E-MAIL the stuff.

What. The. (technological) Fail. You'd think they'd look into something like that a little earlier, as with a bit of setup an FTP host can be essentially as easy.

edit: hell, just use a Google Docs form, that handles distribution and filling it out and combining the results.