Anthony said:
George,
I was simply curious as to your success at sales with that price.
Just a passing question, a mild curiosity, a moment where my fingers
got the better of me.
Yep, curiosity and cats, Eh.
More than some. Less than others. Ain't that the way of the world?
You could have stopped there, eh?
Perhaps I felt that since you advertise your book here, doing business
here, that the business you do here becomes the business of those that
are here. (As much as there is a 'here' in cyberspace.)
You may, or may not, have noticed that the only time I offer my book is
in direct response to a request.
I'm not particularly interested in the names and phone numbers of your
customers unless they happen to be sweet marriage minded young ladies
who are interested in moving to the United States.
Some of them as well. But you have to be of a mind to escape to a better
life.
I wasn't planning on derision but if you insist on it, I'm sure
someone will oblige. I'm not terribly good at it anyhow.
Ah, you see the point.
Odd that telling the truth wasn't your first, or even second, thought.
What I said is true. For a given value of true. This is usenet after
all. I could tell you anything. Which was the point. What I told you is
the truth.
Well, it would be one way to tell shipping costs.
As I pay the shipping, by air, anywhere in the world and provide backup
and further advice at no extra cost, day or night, phone or email, Do
you want to know or even care what it weighs. If you like I could use a
ploy that is common in business around the world i.e. Take your money
and ignore your phone calls. If it is felt that the price is too high
you can pay me $25AUD and I can send the CD by surface mail. That would
be delivery in 3 - 5 months and I might, or might not, care whether you
need more information or help. Who knows.
No I offer a product that comes with all the back up you could want for
a price that is peanuts compared to what a system will cost you, with
the bonus of being able to ring or email me anytime to discuss your project.
I see your point. It is troublesome doing business on the internet and
trying to sell things through usenet advertising. Isn't it? Perhaps
there is a better way.
It's no trouble at all. The product is on offer. It is advertised in one
magazine.
Odd, if you don't care then why not simply upload it to a renewable
energy website somewhere and let people get it for free? Sounds like
a lot less trouble than trying to publish it yourself.
Please don't misunderstand, The money is of little consequence in my
life because it does not make up a large part of my income. But like
most people I expect to be paid for my work.
Then there is the question of publishing. I can get the book printed and
bound for around $60 a copy, And still have to include a CD for the
spread sheets.
I would suggest that you write a book. Send it to a publisher. You will
get an education.
Since you ask... Your putting a price (and a middling high one at that)
on your book means you care about money. Since you are trying to sell
it then you must care, at least a little, that it sells. Therefore,
if you were to make statements like the above, your actions and your
words would be contrary to each other and I would believe your actions
more. That is to say, in short, that I would believe you but not believe
what you say.
Do you think you're likely to say things like that?
I wrote the book. My time, research and expenses. I still don't care if
someone buys it or not. If you want it you pay for it. There are any
number of people here that will give you free information, myself included.
It is not a copy of a page that was copied from another page. It is
legible, entertaining, informative and does not try to sell you
anything. Just clear information in plain English that can be used to
design a solar power system that works as designed.
Gosh, to think that you could have simply responded with that single
line and saved yourself some typing.
Yes I could have. But then you would have gone away thinking that
Americans can be rude, and still get what they want, just because they
are Americans.
