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Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 7:13 AM
Subject: MCM - Digest V1 #165
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>MCM - Digest Sunday, October 24 1999 Volume 01 : Number 165
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> Fw: AGA plant sales
> Re: AGA plant sales
> Re: Fw: AGA plant sales
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>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:16:15 -0400
>From: "Robert P. Cashin" <rcashin@juno.com>
>Subject: Fw: AGA plant sales
>
>Hi Everybody,
>
> Quite a while ago, we had a lengthy discussion about plant sales. David
>Lass, who has volunteered to do the job offered this proposal on how it
>would work with him doing the job. Please vote yes or no on this proposal
>as it stands.
>
> Thanks, Bob.
>
>- --------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: "Villa Sunscape" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>
>To: "Neil Frank" <nfrank@mindspring.com>,
> "Robert P. Cashin" <rcashin@juno.com>
>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:56:14 -0400
>Subject: AGA plant sales
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>Hi again guys --
>When the dust clears from the PAM thing, I would like to begin the
>discussion about AGA plant sales, which upon Neil's description of what
>had been planned a while ago, I am willing to undertake as the person in
>charge. As you (Bob) requested, here is the way I think it would work.
>* Being able to do the plant sales would only be open to AGA members, and
>would be advertised in the AGA section of PAM. This would, I think, be a
>significant incentive for folks to join AGA.
>* The idea would be to be able to offer a good variety of "rare" plants
>- -- those that are not normally available at stores.
>* Florida Aquatic Nurseries (FAN) has told Neil that they would be
>willing to supply the plants. Neil says that they have even volunteered
>to obtain rare plants from their sources, grow them out for us, and then
>ship them to us. In addition there is a company in Canada whose plants I
>have seen in some shops I sell fish to, and I could see if they would
>sell to us. Too bad that Gasser did not have anyone continue his
>business.
>* The way I think the actual procedure would work is as follows:
> * To start with we do this once a quarter. Advertise it in PAM and
>have deadlines of, say, 1/1, 4/1, 7/1 and 10/1.
> * We would include in PAM a listing of the plants available and the
>prices (We can talk about pricing later, but from what Neil and I have
>talked about it seems we can make a straight XX% markup)
> * Orders would have to be in by the four dates above, and orders
>would have to be submitted by email. There would have to be a minimum
>order of $XX.
> * After the order was confirmed by me (to make sure that FAN has all
>the plants that were offered when the PAM went to press), I would email
>back the total amount including shipping and handling.
> * The Customer would then send AGA (me) their check, which would have
>to be in by the 15th of the month.
> * I would aggregate all of the orders and make a single order to FAN.
> * FAN would ship the plants to me
> * I would break them down into the orders from above., and send them
>out, probably Express Mail or FedEx.
>Lots of what may seem heavy lifting I can set up on my computer, and once
>the program is done, the ordering and aggregating process will be simple,
>as will the emailing. The only thing that will be time consuming will be
>breaking down the FAN shipment into the individual orders. How much of a
>hassle this is will depend on how many folks do it each quarter. 20 or 30
>orders I can handle easily. If we start getting 50 or more that will be
>tough. If the response is that big we may want to consider my hiring
>someone to help with the breakdown and shipping ( the cost of which we
>would include in our pricing, just as we would the freight from FAN to
>me), or we could simply limit the number of orders we will take each
>quarter.
>That's where my thoughts are now. Please let me know what you think, and
>what else you need me to do.
>Thanks.
>Lass
Hi Everybody
I think plant sales are a great idea for those in the US but getting
plants across the border especially shipping them is a lot of hassle. So I
don't really think I have a vote on this.
Dorothy
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>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:13:45 -0400
>From: "Villa Sunscape" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>
>Subject: Re: AGA plant sales
>
>I vote YES
>Lass
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert P. Cashin <rcashin@juno.com>
>To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 9:16 AM
>Subject: Fw: AGA plant sales
>
>
>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> Quite a while ago, we had a lengthy discussion about plant sales. David
>> Lass, who has volunteered to do the job offered this proposal on how it
>> would work with him doing the job. Please vote yes or no on this proposal
>> as it stands.
>>
>> Thanks, Bob.
>>
>> --------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Villa Sunscape" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>
>> To: "Neil Frank" <nfrank@mindspring.com>,
>> "Robert P. Cashin" <rcashin@juno.com>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:56:14 -0400
>> Subject: AGA plant sales
>> Message-ID: <007a01bf1c41$70209a20$e2c28018@ne.mediaone.net>
>> Return-path: <davidlass@villasunscape.com>
>> Received: from mx2.boston.juno.com (mx2.boston.juno.com [205.231.100.52])
>> by m10.boston.juno.com with SMTP id AAA6A92CMASJDZVS
>> for <rcashin@juno.com> (sender <davidlass@villasunscape.com>);
>> Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:55:55 -0400 (EST)
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>> Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:55:55 -0400 (EST)
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>>
>> Hi again guys --
>> When the dust clears from the PAM thing, I would like to begin the
>> discussion about AGA plant sales, which upon Neil's description of what
>> had been planned a while ago, I am willing to undertake as the person in
>> charge. As you (Bob) requested, here is the way I think it would work.
>> * Being able to do the plant sales would only be open to AGA members, and
>> would be advertised in the AGA section of PAM. This would, I think, be a
>> significant incentive for folks to join AGA.
>> * The idea would be to be able to offer a good variety of "rare" plants
>> -- those that are not normally available at stores.
>> * Florida Aquatic Nurseries (FAN) has told Neil that they would be
>> willing to supply the plants. Neil says that they have even volunteered
>> to obtain rare plants from their sources, grow them out for us, and then
>> ship them to us. In addition there is a company in Canada whose plants I
>> have seen in some shops I sell fish to, and I could see if they would
>> sell to us. Too bad that Gasser did not have anyone continue his
>> business.
>> * The way I think the actual procedure would work is as follows:
>> * To start with we do this once a quarter. Advertise it in PAM and
>> have deadlines of, say, 1/1, 4/1, 7/1 and 10/1.
>> * We would include in PAM a listing of the plants available and the
>> prices (We can talk about pricing later, but from what Neil and I have
>> talked about it seems we can make a straight XX% markup)
>> * Orders would have to be in by the four dates above, and orders
>> would have to be submitted by email. There would have to be a minimum
>> order of $XX.
>> * After the order was confirmed by me (to make sure that FAN has all
>> the plants that were offered when the PAM went to press), I would email
>> back the total amount including shipping and handling.
>> * The Customer would then send AGA (me) their check, which would have
>> to be in by the 15th of the month.
>> * I would aggregate all of the orders and make a single order to FAN.
>> * FAN would ship the plants to me
>> * I would break them down into the orders from above., and send them
>> out, probably Express Mail or FedEx.
>> Lots of what may seem heavy lifting I can set up on my computer, and once
>> the program is done, the ordering and aggregating process will be simple,
>> as will the emailing. The only thing that will be time consuming will be
>> breaking down the FAN shipment into the individual orders. How much of a
>> hassle this is will depend on how many folks do it each quarter. 20 or 30
>> orders I can handle easily. If we start getting 50 or more that will be
>> tough. If the response is that big we may want to consider my hiring
>> someone to help with the breakdown and shipping ( the cost of which we
>> would include in our pricing, just as we would the freight from FAN to
>> me), or we could simply limit the number of orders we will take each
>> quarter.
>> That's where my thoughts are now. Please let me know what you think, and
>> what else you need me to do.
>> Thanks.
>> Lass
>>
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>Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 17:31:11 -0400
>From: krandall@world.std.com
>Subject: Re: Fw: AGA plant sales
>
>At 09:16 AM 10/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi Everybody,
>>
>> Quite a while ago, we had a lengthy discussion about plant sales. David
>>Lass, who has volunteered to do the job offered this proposal on how it
>>would work with him doing the job. Please vote yes or no on this proposal
>>as it stands.
>
>I vote yes, but only _AFTER_ tax ID status has been established.
>
>Karen
>
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