From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Thu Dec 09 10:24:14 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:01:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-bw0-f44.google.com ([209.85.214.44]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PQl9z-0001S5-9g for llg-board@lojban.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:24:14 -0800 Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so3012814bwz.31 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:24:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KPiq6+2XZs3lKpxaF1UPAXCc+f0tczorNZeHVUD/FG4=; b=ikjYkWxWito/Pwah8cc4CrAwaefG08XelerRX5rSepn6d+yfKncZOWCjkCtvvxcxH2 HRnHbxctuzFyPrrmBxcjcnLcUcJLWZoAGy69afrD7ydEusHYUTYKuSD5wyOjY2IDjXEs 2dEQZtDW5R634u1DcVVaW/4TBvYZXeReK3w+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sJDiSNQARItnFZamy1mb4sV3HZlUqwzmOX5FvC0xEwNATD1B3IS8YpymGbZwDhde9f kcTPrNEqXfYD61PrZBeMktfRCm6I0bWXnReeyX2J9Qif5YEdJjoq2p1nl9xP+RDtH8fN yoHS3AcJbrTrqzq94Y4aWyNBNaM9Cikm5LOXc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.103.133 with SMTP id k5mr3626250bko.53.1291919045761; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:24:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.45.138 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:24:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20101209180933.GC27025@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20101209180933.GC27025@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:24:05 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: [llg-board] Re: I are *dumb*. From: Matt Arnold To: llg-board@lojban.org, Matt Arnold Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 745 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board I am overwhelmingly in favor. The only reason we weren't doing it already is that I knew how averse this group is to losing so much money to shipping them to a new fulfiller. We went to a lot of trouble to drive them out to me to avoid such costs. But if you're willing to accept the cost, I'll happily ship books to Amazon. -Matt On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > So, those of you who use Amazon regularily get to join me in feeling > dumb; the rest of you are off the hook. > > You know how Amazon stuff from non-Amazon sellers sometimes has the > "Fulfilled by Amazon" thing? > > Yeah? > > Stop and think about it. > > *There* ya go.  Now you know how I felt this morning.  -_- > > The process: > > 1.  Buy some 30-up letter size labels. > > 2.  Print out a bunch of them from the PDF? from Amazon. > > 3.  Stick them on the books. > > 4.  Ship them to Amazon. > > 5.  Profit! > > It's apparently $0.13 per item per month for storage (assuming my > estimate of dimensions and weight is close to correct), $1.80 per > book for the actual picking, packing, and shipping. > > I say we send 3/4 of the remaining books. > > Now, there are a few issues here: > > 1.  It's a bunch of (one-time!) work for Bob. > > 2.  No more fulfillment money for Matt. > > 3.  It's going to cost a fair bit to ship the books to Amazon. > > I think it's a fantastic idea, I'm horrified I didn't think of it > ages ago, and we should start *RIGHT NOW*.  I so move. > > Any objections?  (in particular from Bob and/or Matt?) > > -Robin > > -- > http://singinst.org/ :  Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > is "na nei".   My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ >