[meteorite-list] USPS, ebay and Amazon

[Gerald Flaherty]

Just want to thank you pubically Kevin! Very hard to put it down. Marvelous 
results for all your efforts!!!!!!
Jerry Flaherty
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:10 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] USPS, ebay and Amazon


> Re: The Care and Feeding of "The Art of Collecting Meteorites."
>
>
> Not-to-Worry Dept. - All books sent to USA addresses have "Delivery
> Confirmation" attached. Thanks to our US Postal Service, books sent as 
> early as
> February 8 reached their destination on February 10......or not yet. 
> Pardon our
> dust. I am monitoring delivery daily and am quite frustrated by these 
> delays.
> Please don't ask me (yet) to provide over 300 USPS tracking numbers to 
> each
> individual who has ordered so far. I estimate that only 10% of all mailed
> copies have been delivered as of this moment (Wednesday morning). One 
> reader in
> New Mexico worried about his copy and I found it sitting in Memphis, TN  -
> probably visiting Elvis.
>
>
> Amazon sales - Are out of the question. They want a minimum commission of
> 40% of the retail price, and possibly as much as 55%. This works only if 
> you
> have an artificially inflated cover price.
>
>
> ebay - I will offer the book at a later date on ebay. Presently, I am 
> making
> it available first to loyal list members. "meteorobs", and readers  of
> Meteorite magazine, as the "numbered, signed copy" concept is quite 
> popular.
>
>
> Regards to all,
>
>
> Kevin Kichinka
>
>
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