[AGA-sc] [Fwd: no room for anymore TAGs]

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>]

I hate to say this, but I'm fed up. I don't want to work with Diana 
anymore. I think we should find someone else and fire her. She's been 
asking to be replaced for years and now she's taken a huge step backward 
in cooperativeness.

I'm so frustrated I'm about to create an e-mail filter so I can't even 
get her e-mails.

Cheryl


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: no room for anymore TAGs
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:13:55 -0500
From: Diana Walstad <dwalstad@bellsouth.net>
To: Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>
CC: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
References: <003401c82e30$f05884a0$97b0d644@oemcomputer> 
<47478F00.4040006@dustyuniverse.com>

Hi Cheryl,

The back issue TAGs are not selling at all.  The drop-off seems rather
dramatic.  I send out about 1 combo per week now, versus 5-10 in the past (a
few months ago).  I do not know why.  My advice for AGA would be to start
thinking about an on-line journal instead of the hard copy.

I could cobble together sales info if you want to see how dramatic the sales
drop-off is.

In any case, I now have one too many large boxes of them.  My storage room
is bursting!  Please make sure printers do not send the next issue to me.  I
need to get rid of my current huge backlog before I take on anymore.  I see
no reason why the latest issue needs to be included in any back issue combo.
If I get anymore future issues from the printers, I will have to send them
back to you (or whoever you designate).

If you want to send 5 issues each of vol 19, no 1 and vol 19, no 2, that's
fine.  I am out of these two issues.  I have room for 10 more issues, but no
more.

I will try to distribute magazines at the Raleigh Aquarium Society when I go
there in February.   That's all the contact I have now with aquarium groups,
so it really doesn't alleviate my problem that much.  Sorry.  I wish I could
be more helpful.

Diana



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>
To: "Diana Walstad" <dwalstad@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: TAG 20, no 4


> Hi Diana,
>
> Hmmm...   I'm a little puzzled. Your last e-mail to me said to bump it
> down from 100 to 50, but then I mentioned that several issues before
> that you had asked me to send more (I bumped it up from 80 to 100), and
> that I was worried that 50 might be too few. I don't remember what
> happened after that, :-) but apparently I lowered it to only 75. I
> actually hope that is the number they sent, otherwise they might be
> working off the wrong list!
>
> So. Are you sure you want only 25? My membership assistant is sending
> more than that out to renewing members who "missed the list." I'm going
> to have to bump her numbers up!
>
> Meanwhile, PLEASE feel free to give TAGs and brochures to any aquarium
> events that you attend or local fish stores that you frequent. Obviously
> there is no need to hoard them! If what you say is true, and I do
> believe you have your finger on the pulse of the AGA consumer here, then
> I think I will ask the printer to print fewer copies next time.
> Moreover, I may advertise on the AGA forum that they make excellent
> Christmas gifts! (Sure would be great to see you there, BTW!)
>
> What we really need to do is GET RID OF THOSE PAMs! Any ideas?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Cheryl
>
> Diana Walstad wrote:
> > Dear Cheryl,
> >
> > I just received 100 TAGs, vol 20, no 4 from the printers.  From this
date
> > on, I will send out this issue with the back issue combos.
> >
> > A couple months ago, I asked you to have the printers  send me only 25
of
> > any new issues.  Thus, I was somewhat disappointed to see another huge
and
> > unwanted influx of 100 new issues.
> >
> > Frankly, the TAG back issues are not selling as well as last year.
There's
> > been a huge and dramatic drop-off in back-issue requests.  Thus, I am
> > quickly accumulating many more issues than I believe could ever be sold
in a
> > reasonable time frame.
> >
> > My suspicion is that the Internet is quickly superseding the printed
word.
> > If that be the case, I don't want to be stuck with hundreds of Tags.
> >
> > Maybe I'm wrong...  In any case, please tell the printers to only send
me 25
> > issues.
> >
> > Diana
> >
> >
> >



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