[GSAS-board] Proposed email (fwd)

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Is this ok for Dave to send to the gsas-member list?  He and one of his 
kids came by this morning to trade us some kribs for some other fish 
[cough]guppies[cough], and mentioned this business and he wasn't sure if 
it was kosher to post stuff.  Given a lot of the commercial stuff that 
goes on gsas-member, it would seem OK.  What do you folks think?

   - Erik

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: dave@cheapfishstuff.com
To: erik@thekrib.com
Cc: kathy@thekrib.com
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:33:33
Subject: Proposed email

Hi, guys!  Again, thanks for the swap today... I'm excited about the new
blood for my krib collection.

Here's what I was envisioning sending out to the membership, I'd
appreciate your comments, and, if you see fit, forwarding on to the board
as mentioned earlier today.  I appreciate you looking it over:

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Hi, everyone!

For those of you who haven't noticed me (and it's hard not to... I'm
talkative!), I'm Dave.  I've been a freshwater hobbyist on and off for 20+
years or so, and currently have eleven tanks around the house (much to my
significant other's annoyance).

I'm also part of the freshly-started http://www.cheapfishstuff.com,
intended to be a discount, internet-only hobbyist supply store.

I'd like to ask anyone with a few minutes: Are you willing to look over
the web site and give me honest feedback on what you do/don't like about
it?  We know our variety is minimal so far, although we tried to hit the
basic necessities... but what would you change? How do the prices seem?
What are the most glaring shortcomings in what we're offering?

I know we're all busy, and looking us over and commenting is time you
could be spending doing something else.  If you email me any suggestions
we end up adopting, we're glad to offer you $100 worth of merchandise at
our cost to express our thanks.  The merchandise doesn't have to be
something we stock; we're glad to order it if our distributor can provide
it.

Even if you don't have any suggestions, we'd also like to extend a
permanent 10% discount on any purchases by GSAS members... we feel it just
makes good sense to try to support our local hobbyist organization.
Mention that you're a GSAS member in the "special instructions" section
when filling out an order, and we'll refund 10% of your total as part of
the fulfillment process. If you forget while ordering, just remind me at
any time after your order and we'll happily reimburse you.

Thanks for reading, and Happy Holidays, everyone!
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