Re: Cups

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@iskon.hr> writes:

> > Hm -- perhaps I should take cash pre-orders from those who want to
> > pay by cash?
> 
> Please please please!
> 
> Believe it or not, some of us don't have and can't get a credit card.

I'm definitely going to take cash, but I'm wondering if there's any
point in doing cash pre-orders.  I was thinking -- cash takes up to a
week to reach me.  So if I get the cups on Dec. 20th, and start to
take orders then, then no non-Visa orders will be shipped before
Xmas.  Which is un-nice.  On the other hand, even if the mugs ship on
Dec. 21st, then nobody will get them before Xmas anyway, since the
postal service in northern Europe around that time grinds to a halt.
So, er, uhm.

So I was thinking -- pre-orders or not?  If the mugs are delayed until
the middle of January, then pre-orders (especially cash pre-orders;
Visa pre-orders won't be charged until the mugs ship) will have sent
out their money *way* ahead of when they get their mugs, which is
un-nice.

I dunno.  Pre-orders or not?  Huh?  Huh?

I'd like to have the mugs before I start taking orders.  On the fifth
hand, if I take pre-orders and see that the number of orders is much
higher than anticipated, then I will be able to bump up the number of
mugs to be made.  (The final deadline for the actual number of mugs to 
be made is Dec. 10 or something.)

*sigh*

Life isn't easy.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen