Re: Back Issues to Store

["David VillaSunscape" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>]

$3.50 lets a store double their cost, as the later issues have $6.95 price
on them. That will be fine with the stores.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Frank" <nfrank@mindspring.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Back Issues to Store


> why not offer the PAMs to the stores for less. I believe that Gomberg was
> offering a store special of $60 for 16 issues (= 3.75 ea). Although your
> price is less, I can support us selling the issues which we have in the
> most quantity for closer to our cost (say 2.50 or 3.00). If it brings in
> members, and we get our money back; and the stores make more money ...
> everyone is happy?  I thought we all liked the idea when I first mentioned
> it. Just a thought.
>
> Neil
>
> . At 03:46 PM 2/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Everyone --
> >Below is what I am offering to local fish stores to see if we can get
them
> >to get folks to grom better plants, and also perhaps to join AGA. I
priced
> >stuff at what they could buy off the website for the TAGs and $3.50 for
the
> >PAMs (at least until we unload a bunch of them). Diana has sent me 6 of
each
> >back issue, and I'm offering this to stores starting Wednesday. Please
let
> >me know if you have any changes or comments.
> >
> >
> >The Aquatic Gardeners Association, Inc. (AGA) is an international
> >organization devoted to encouraging aquarists to learn how to grow
healthy
> >planted aquariums. AGA is a non-profit organization, and we are in no way
> >any form of competition with you store owners. We hope to be able to
provide
> >you with materials that you can a) make money from and b) that will help
> >your Customers grow plants.
> >
> > The AGA would like to make available to you some printed materials that
> >will help your Customers grow better plants. We ask that you not charge
any
> >money for the documents written by Karen Randall about setting up a
planted
> >tank, and how to make a homemade CO2 bubbler. We do, however, encourage
you
> >to make copies of these and give them to your Customers for free; we have
> >even left a space in the upper right for you to put your store stamp or
logo
> >on. The other back issues of magazines we will sell to you at a price
that
> >we hope you will mark up and make money on by selling them to your
> >Customers. These publications are back issues of:
> >
> >  a.. The Aquatic Gardener (TAG) - the quarterly publication of the
Aquatic
> >Gardeners Association, Inc. These cost you $1.25 for each back.
> >  b.. Planted Aquarium Magazine (PAM) - a very high quality full color
> >magazine that unfortunately could not get a wide enough subscriber base
to
> >make it. PAM back issues are $3.50 each, and they have a $6.95 retail
price
> >on them.
> >The "starter collection" consists of 16 TAGs and 7 PAMs and costs you a
> >total of $44.50. You can order more as you need them. The two Karen
Randall
> >publications are free, and we ask that you not charge anything for them.
> >
> >We hope that these publications will help you to develop Customers who
are
> >successful in growing aquatic plants. Please encourage your Customers to
> >join the AGA ($15/year - great deal), and please let us know if there is
> >anything else that AGA can provide to help you and your Customers be
> >successful growing aquatic plants.
> >
> >
> >
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Virgin
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> >
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