[pure-silver] Cutting costs
- From: Joel Alpers <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:46:39 -0600
I have a suggestion for reducing costs for the print exchange, at the
expense of incurring a bit more work for Bob:
If each of us were to mail our (10, or 11, or 12 - whatever we are up to
when the dust settles ;) prints directly to Bob, and includes
"sufficient" postage (i.e. enough to cover Bob's packaging and return
postage costs, plus maybe some extra $$$ to make the extra effort that
Bob would go to worthwhile) --- he could re-package them, and mail one
full package out to each participant.
Mailing 12 prints to ONE address is WAY cheaper than mailing 1 print to
12 addresses... think of it - I would much rather send 12 prints to
Bob, along with a $20 bill, than mail 1 print to 12 people! Just an
example! I am making up the numbers here. But I know that I've spent
$80 or more on mailing costs for these rounds in the past.
Think of it as the FedEx business model ;)
It was done this way in a cabinet card print exchange I used to be in,
and worked quite well. Janet, Barry, Micah and I also used this method
(albeit informally) with a print exchange we did earlier this year.
There are details to work out - such as the increased cost of mailing to
foreign countries - but I am convinced this could be set up to save us
all considerable shipping costs...
Joel.
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