From lojbab@lojban.org Thu Oct 30 13:57:17 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eastrmmtao104.cox.net ([68.230.240.46]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KveZv-0004xC-26 for llg-members@lojban.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:57:17 -0700 Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081030205702.QYTG2096.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:57:02 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([70.187.235.94]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id Z8x31a00G22sj6m028x4Bq; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:57:04 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=g9VMGbM3X-0A:10 a=pLsZmdU2mTEA:10 a=bmT_N5Ww-N0tdQHjI5UA:9 a=xUxKIgG92ByzSkHjFNEA:7 a=yEtwV5bHZDNaQkwiGRkcJWZ_Y10A:4 a=Gsosrv03kuoA:10 a=hkODgbchuuYA:10 a=dxBpO5_FDU0A:10 a=vNGxQsTWjH8A:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Message-ID: <490A1F9D.6090800@lojban.org> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:57:01 -0400 From: Bob LeChevalier User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: LLG AGM 2008: New Business References: <20081008210111.GX2447@nvg.org> <20081029184442.GA2447@nvg.org> <490A1971.1080200@lojban.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 631 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Matt Arnold wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > >>Sounds like reasonable ideas, and we could sell them at a profit, but *I* >>certainly don't want to do order fulfillment, which of course is the big >>deal with such things. We would need shipping supplies, printed >>instructions for the game, and some sort of proper box or container. > > I'm glad you brought this up. It's one of my favorite parts. The last > few months, order fulfillment has been my main source of income, > because I run PodDisc.com. I discovered I am a person who loves order > fulfillment and I want to do more of it. I have mass quantities of > packaging, a postal scale, and a label printer with Endicia postage > service. It's all set up in wire drawers within reach of my computer > chair. I go to the post office almost every day. You can count on me > to handle it. If that is the case, and if we can work out shipping a few boxes of books to you, I would recommend that the board consider turning my job over to you (and you can handle amazon.com as well, if it is cost-effective). Some one who is doing this regularly will certainly outperform me. (Note that I kinda enjoyed order fulfillment myself when I was mailing out JLs and LKs every several months, and we had a raft of products that people bought, again with multiple orders per month. It's a lot harder with kids around and a shortage of storage space, and when I can go 2-3 months without an order, and I am having to go buy mailing supplies every time I do fill an order, making it 2 trips out each time I do a round of order fulfillment.) lojbab