From lojbab@lojban.org Thu Dec 09 13:08:00 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:08:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from eastrmmtao106.cox.net ([68.230.240.48]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PQniT-0007Oz-L0 for llg-board@lojban.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:07:59 -0800 Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.03.00 201-2260-125-20100507) with ESMTP id <20101209210735.EJWG7953.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:07:35 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.101] ([70.179.118.163]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id h97X1f00B3Xcbvq0297X7J; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:07:35 -0500 X-VR-Score: -100.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=zVmY/o7cw90b0ioTXE+O5+wkI7G6DqYdezDwUGsrW1Y= c=1 sm=1 a=eRhd8VBxg_sA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=7ls7RdmwX4RvLZNVULbZcg==:17 a=yNY5r00IeOewaqlSmIYA:9 a=bA8a7fEFYZWSl6DI1OwA:7 a=Zzx29l4mjSno6B9pyG995gmGTbgA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=7ls7RdmwX4RvLZNVULbZcg==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Message-ID: <4D0144F9.8040207@lojban.org> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:07:05 -0500 From: Robert LeChevalier User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: I are *dumb*. References: <20101209180933.GC27025@digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20101209180933.GC27025@digitalkingdom.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-archive-position: 750 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board 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. I suggest we send no more than a years supply at a time. Let's say that is 50 books. That is already $6.50 a month, or $80 a year. If I sent them 200 books, we are paying them $240 per year for storage of books that they won't be fulfilling. I'd be happy to send them one box at a time (that is typically around 20 books), if I have a way of knowing when they have, say, less than half a dozen left, so it is time to send more. That isn't nearly as onerous, as trying to keep up with "get em out this week or start getting complaints". > 3. It's going to cost a fair bit to ship the books to Amazon. Yes it would. Another reason to do so over time. And remember that we are still getting PayPal orders. > 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?) See above for my alternate suggestion. lojbab