[AGA-sc] [Fwd: Re: AGA BookStore]

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>]

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Subject: Re: AGA BookStore
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:50:45 -0500
From: Jen Ford <jen.ford@gmail.com>
To: Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>, dwalstad@bellsouth.net


Ok guys!  Got everything last night and got it all put away on the
shelves in my closet, so I'm up and running!

Now some very basic questions that I need to clarify:
- I've been getting all the Paypal Payment Notifications.  How do I
know when this requires me to send something out?  I assume "AGA US
1-year New Membership + 3 Back Issue Combo" means I should send them 3
TAGS. Which ones?  The ones I have a lot of?  The 3 most recent?
Should they get PAMs also?  Anything else I should put in there?
Cheryl, I didn't see any AGA brochures in what you sent me, did you
put them in the box?  What other keywords should I look for?  This is
a pretty simple question, but I'm asking jut to make SURE I didn't
miss anyone.
- When does the transfer take place?  Diana, who was the last person
you mailed stuff to, just so I make sure I don't skip anyone?
- What's an acceptable delay in mailing?  I feel like I'm already
behind, I'd like to mail out any pending orders ASAP.

Am I missing anything else?

I'll be making an inventory very soon of everything I received - who
should I send this to?

... I think that's it for now!

- Jen



On Dec 14, 2007 10:02 AM, Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com> wrote:
> Hi Jen, Chiming in here...
>
> Diana Walstad wrote:
> >>
> > The first thing I would do is order a stamp with the AGA title and your
> > address.  For example:
> >
>
> That's fine. I print labels instead. Doesn't matter.
>
> > I use ordinary brown clasp envelopes (6 X 9 inches) to send out the New
> > Membership Combos.  You can get a box of 100 of these from any office supply
> > store.
>
> My envelopes are 9.5 by 6.5. I was told at the post office this week
> that if I would buy a smaller envelope it would cost less money to mail.
> I usually only send one TAG at a time, so that makes sense with the new
> postal service rates. I am tempted to send what's left of my envelopes
> to you so you can use them to send multiple magazines and get more bang
> for our buck, so to speak.
>
> > I use the US Post Office to send out all my mailings.  Shipping cost for 3
> > TAGs (the majority of your mailings will be the New Member Combos) from US
> > Post Office via their "Media Mail" category is about $2.40.
>
> Diana apparently had her postal supervisor inspect a TAG and agreed that
> the small amount of advertising therein did not preclude sending it
> Media Mail. My own postal worker was quite firm with me that ANY
> advertising meant they could not send it Media Mail. So apparently it's
> up for debate. It only matters if they open the envelope to inspect it.
> I would tell the person that it is a "scientific journal" and send it
> Media Mail if I were you.
>
> Yes, you can get free boxes and envelopes from the USPS but they are
> either Priority or Flat Rate boxes/envelopes. You'll need to use your
> own judgment here. I know it is cheaper to send most international
> orders via Global Priority in their flat rate envelopes, but the
> domestic flat rate envelopes and boxes are a new thing and I'm pretty
> sure no one at AGA has explored this option. So we don't really know
> where the line is on the best rate of return here.
>
> > Between now and the New Year, I am inundated with time constraints.  Next
> > week I may send you one box of old PAMs-- a low priority item.  After the
> > New Year,  I will start to do a more serious transfer of more "high-ticket
> > stuff".  I will pack the books with mailing envelopes so that you don't need
> > to order them right away.
>
> I have a box of the older TAG issues from more than a year ago ready to
> send to you. I have also set the database to send you 50 copies of the
> next TAG, to be mailed in February, I hope.
>
> One more thing: I am sending you some AGA brochures. It would be great
> if one could go into each New Member Combo and each non-member book
> order. It would also be great if you could wave them under the nose of
> any fish person you run across personally. :-)
>
> Also, feel free to give away TAGs or PAMs at any events or meetings you
> attend. Especially the issues that you have a lot of. I am down to my
> last three boxes of PAMs, but they aren't selling anymore and I would
> rather see them go into the hands of potential members than recycled.
>
> Best,
>
> Cheryl
>


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