Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: No more APHB

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

I aksed. We'll see if DW knows.  sh
--- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com> wrote:

> I want to know why buying fewer books costs more to ship.
> 
> I don't want to buy any more at these prices.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
> 
> 
> S. Hieber wrote:
> > Here's what we said in the past,quoted below.
> > 
> > Sales had slowed down since we first got the books.
> > 
> > We never decided to buy more. I believe we thought what
> we
> > had would last a while and we didn't need to decide
> soon.
> > 
> > 
> > Scott,
> > 
> > Sorry, I didn't get back to you sooner, but I finally
> got
> > the info I needed.
> > 
> > No, you're not deficient.  I think that your
> calculations
> > are correct.
> > However, all the prices are in Singapore dollars.
> > 
> > At today's exchange rate (1S$ = 0.599 US$), books are
> > $10.78 each.  $S300 is
> > $179.70 US$.
> > 
> > Buying fifteen books would then cost:  $10.78 plus
> $11.98
> > or about $23 for
> > each book
> > 
> > Buying thirty books would cost: $10.78 plus $5.99 or
> about
> > $17 each for each
> > book.
> > 
> > Buying 60 books would cost $10.78/bk plus $5/bk
> shipping.
> > 
> > Diana
> > 
> > ***************
> > We're selling them for $25 members and $30 nonmembers.
> So
> > unless we buy 
> > 30+, we won't break even. So maybe 30 is the number.
> > 
> > Cheryl
> > 
> > hmm...or maybe "zero" is the number...
> > 
> > Here is a breakdown of online sales of the book.  These
> > numbers are 
> > approximate and don't include payments by check and
> seem to
> > just be "off" 
> > by 10% or so to begin with....
> > 
> > 2003-03 21
> > 2003-04 11  (cumulative 32 - 1/4 total sales in first 2
> > months)
> > 2003-05 8
> > 2003-06 6
> > 2003-07 2
> > 2003-08 3
> > 2003-09 7
> > 2003-10 3
> > 2003-11 3
> > 2003-12 3           (cumulative 66 -- half our total sales in
> > first 10 months)
> > 2004-01 8
> > 2004-02 6
> > 2004-03 6
> > 2004-04 7
> > 2004-05 6
> > 2004-06 2
> > 2004-07 2
> > 2004-08 3
> > 2004-09 3
> > 2004-10 1
> > 2004-11 1
> > 2004-12 2   we sold not quite 50 copies in 2004
> > 2005-01 4
> > 2005-02 2
> > 2005-03 2
> > 2005-04 0
> > 2005-05 2
> > 2005-06 0        (we've sold only 10 copies this year
> so
> > far...)
> > total   124
> > 
> > It might take us another 2-3 years to sell another 30.
> > 
> >    - Erik
> > 
> > 
> > --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Hi Diana,
> >>
> >>I have marked it as "temporarily sold out" on the
> >>website, and have 
> >>forwarded your note to the advisory committee to figure
> >>out if we should 
> >>order more.  Normally, I'd remember the results of any
> >>earlier discussions 
> >>on the list, but my memory is really fuzzy lately,
> sorry!
> >>
> >>   - Erik
> >>
> >>On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Diana Walstad wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi Erik,
> >>>
> >>>An order came in for an APHB.  I have no more APHB. 
> >>
> >>Please change the AGA
> >>
> >>>website accordingly.
> >>>
> >>>Let me know what you wnat me to do.
> >>>
> >>>Diana
> >>>
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Erik Olson
> >>erik at thekrib dot com
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