From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Fri Oct 19 10:36:26 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.185]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Iivln-0005kI-9R for llg-members@lojban.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:36:25 -0700 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b22so462583rvf for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=8jXRePBsG3WcB8/W8ULTYcAJU2k3HhH9IEaUKVIjJmU=; b=swqQ0ujC1+cr9zlozIOijfquWbuD1tAlCi2iJTRssWHwFg8okFmK9eYqfCVTxhSrBe1UAed5t57+0cUuzaVDpajhX/RNpswTsV+0kkJaV/Kqtp/1OLsdUT6nuCQARcSxOUftmk+SKYIU5jpNfZLvzUcpvbu1hPnR8lPRyb5wvHc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HMcB/UVMVwJbKtGM46H9iCNFN34X9vISIcHGeAxEdLXUg8oAbv6jrDBdUOP1W3G/HswngJlzb27VmOGT4aAJhRojM5lXKHBhE9dJ0yG3jIdIQ2bXZ9vEMbnjWlQTi2UJaK7IEjc1tK59kO5NPagbzbKdDwnhA4nzCyXxJr0/0uo= Received: by 10.141.15.19 with SMTP id s19mr1124791rvi.1192815378520; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.158.21 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:36:18 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: New Business - used CLL book sales In-Reply-To: <4718DEF6.9030305@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline References: <4718D542.4070103@lojban.org> <4718DEF6.9030305@gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 459 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On 10/19/07, And Rosta wrote: > Codex Woldemar is selling for $250 on Amazon.com and, worse, £193 on amazon.co.uk. > > Matt Arnold, On 19/10/2007 17:10: > > What steps would be required to resume a presence on Amazon.com? > > -Eppcott > > People willing to act as retailers. It's very easy to set up a Seller account on Amazon. I did it myself once. > > The other issues are (a) what is the most efficient & cost-effective shipping system (e.g. would it make sense to ship half a dozen to me and then have me ship them on to people buying from me), (b) what would be the reimbursement arrangements between LLG and CLL-resellers. > > How about the following model, for trustworthy volunteer resellers: > 1. I pay LLG the shipping costs to ship me a batch of CLLs. > 2. LLG tells me how much money it wants per copy sold. > 3. I offer them for sale via Amazon, at a price that covers (i) the shipping costs I've already paid, (ii) the amount I have to remit to LLG, (iii) the cost of postage to the customer. > 4. I periodically send any due remittances back to LLG. > > > -- Just a suggestion. > > --And. I could drive down to Philadelphia one of these days and drive back with the car full-to-bursting with CLLs. Do you know Amazon charges a 55% commission on sales? -Eppcott