From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Thu Dec 09 11:44:36 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:47:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ew0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PQmPk-0005FF-NZ for llg-board@lojban.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:44:36 -0800 Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so2085841ewy.31 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:44:27 -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=2YTInPdp/CW0XPUXwKKx/2M2T4XCFpzKjbXu8H0uA9k=; b=rwfWRLZjKw/3GDw1mOrIWQEdaoNZ4pqLrcHnZBjDw3qZYJ+S3IsjQD6rXwKb3rvEcy hvdDKsJh+QJeYsiLGIgkL4lRKkcNAFMrclqmQPTdUq5xm+Qsjit6xWGikty1xsP++AMY ptPt+qeyu9bk0NViXwLKdCrJJa2RHDQ35dsJQ= 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=sDWBE0imntVuXjTQbwx7IpUvIEEYBMN9B4o/vzDzIMsaQU8lhUZiqv9fgP2pG+S5OS 2yzgZI4KyEGewzyq7pBSoRF5sZsF92VbIcsVMJlwYkmXVCkk2/GGNudUu/rO9BJcp3ee +Bfz084orQO5h1BvG/FDaFv34AOKC/QpNJipY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.100.70 with SMTP id x6mr3701165bkn.0.1291923866587; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:44:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.45.138 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:44:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20101209190730.GF27025@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20101209180933.GC27025@digitalkingdom.org> <20101209190730.GF27025@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:44:26 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: [llg-board] Re: I are *dumb*. From: Matt Arnold To: llg-board@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 747 X-Approved-By: arj@nvg.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'm very happy about this move. I haven't run out of books yet, so I never picked up the latest shipment dropped off at Lojbab's relative's relative in Ann Arbor. I'll put it on my schedule to do so, and then I can put them all in the mail at once. -Matt On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > Yeah, that was when we had better options, i.e. your awesomeness. > :) > > That's no longer an option, and I'm very happy to eat the cost. > Hell, we can calculate it back in to the book cost. > > -Robin > > On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:24:05AM -0800, Matt Arnold wrote: >> 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/ >> > >> >> > > -- > 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/ >