Re: [GSAS-board] Turface Aquarium Substrate

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

It would be very easy to put the bags of Turface in the auction at your 
cost, a fixed price, and I am sure that the board will approve treating it 
as a reimbursement (i.e., full price) instead of a 'sale' (60%) because 
you aren't making money on them to begin with, just providing a service to 
the membership like Larry is doing.  This is totally different than 
members selling their plants and old junk.  If it's treated as a service, 
like a group buy, it's OK that neither you nor the club makes (nor loses!) 
cash off it, right?

Announce at the beginning that they're available, bring one bag + sample 
bucket out of the car so people can see what they're getting.  By then 
Larry's will be in peoples' tanks and folks will be reporting back on the 
list how they're working.

How many bags do you still need takers on?  Just the ten?

   - Erik

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Paul Wallace wrote:

> Susan:
>
> My condolences to your family.
>
> On the SMS/Turface question I am slightly confused.  When if the Turface 
> scheduled to arrive?  Can we cancel?
>
> I would like to keep the kitty litter in the auction to A) reach a wide 
> audience and B) Craigslist.  I believe the auction system can handle 
> "full price" items like the membership and would gladly support a motion 
> if this is deemed unusual.  I can also offer some storage space behind 
> the house so that this is a shared burden.
>
> -Paul
>
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Susan Welenofsky wrote:
>
>> Board:
>>
>> I am just a bit disappointed that Larry decided to order after I set up
>> having 40 bags shipped out. It would have been nice if he could have said
>> something about getting Soilmaster after I said none was available on West
>> Coast and had Lesco/John Deere bring out the new line from the East Coast.
>>
>> Since everyone has shifted to buying from Larry, I'm hoping that I won't get
>> stuck with extra bags.
>>
>> I would like to drag the extra ten bags down for the auction and sell them
>> out of my car. If I do the 60/40 split, I will lose money. Any suggestions?
>> Can we do an announcement at the auction?
>>
>> Susan
>
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