Re: Foreign Memberships

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

In the states, there are bulk rates available if the mail is sorted
adequately.  Perhaps such savings can be exploited in other postal
systems, too.

Also, are we talking about "club rates?"

SH
--- Steven Olson <stevenkentolson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think it would be great to send bundles to other
> countries with a group of subscribers.  Overseas rates
> are so high and many countries have a far lower per
> capita income than NorthAm.   If we can figure out a
> way to deliver them cheaper it would be great to pass
> that on in hopes more might be able to subscribe.
> 
> Steve Olson
> USA
> --- Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com> wrote:
> > I have been corresponding with one of our members in
> > India who sent me a
> > bunch of photos on CD which he donated to the AGA. 
> > He has a group of
> > friends in
> > Bangalore who are all interested in planted tanks. 
> > He was not really
> > complaining, but telling me of the difficulties
> > getting good information,
> > and up until recently, getting PAM and TAG.  (I
> > guess that until recently,
> > the
> > Indian government had some strange law that you
> > couldn't use credit cards
> > for subscriptions)
> > 
> > Anyway, I was wondering if it made sense to offer
> > some sort of deal to
> > groups in foreign countries, where if we could ship
> > a certain number of
> > magazines to the same address, that we could offer
> > them at a discounted
> > rate. (our current rate outside the U.S. has to be
> > much higher because of
> > the added postage costs)
> >   I would think we'd save quite a bit on shipping
> > that way, and we
> > could just pass the savings on to the members.
> > 
> > It might be a "reason" for hobbyists in other areas
> > of the world to become a
> > little more organized and develop more of a
> > community as well.
> > 
> > What do all you think?  Are some of the people on
> > this list from outside the
> > U.S.?  Would you have enough people in your area
> > interested in doing this?
> > 
> > Karen
> > 
> > 
> > 
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