[meteorite-list] Urgent Note re:Paypal address for Price Report (and response to Don Merchant's book question)

From: Don Merchant <dmerchan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:18:58 -0500
Message-ID: <000b01cddf19$27439790$6401a8c0_at_donaldmerchant>

Wow Kevin. Thanks for the history! Great book! Glad I took excellent care of
mine and purchased it when I did.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kichinka" <marsrox at gmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:49 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Urgent Note re:Paypal address for Price Report
(and response to Don Merchant's book question)


> Team Meteorite:
>
> re: Paypal
>
> I am receiving notes that payments for 'The Global Meteorite Price
> Report - 2013' made to Paypal searching 'Kevin Kichinka' don't go
> through.
>
> *Please try depositing funds at Marsrox at gmail.com and you will be
> successful.*
>
> And thanks to those already figuring this out. I am sending out both
> pdf files as fast as I can.
>
> re: 'The Art of Collecting Meteorites' - Don Merchant wonders how many
> copies were ever available, and would like to know their history. With
> pleasure I will describe this.
>
> In December, 2004 I purchased 1,000 paperback copies (I tend to call
> them 'hard copies' as differentiated from eBooks) from self-publisher
> Bookmasters in Ohio. Per contract I was liable for paying for 1,100
> copies if their printing presses 'forgot' to stop at 1,000. Surprise!
> I got to pay for the extra 100 copies which was another $1,500. OK. In
> early 2011 I was running out of copies and realized that I was still
> selling one copy/week. I didn't have time to do the eBok thing yet. I
> didn't want to 'leave money on the table' nor did I want to disappoint
> new collectors, so I ordered up another 100 copies at a much higher
> per copy rate because of the small order and high shipping to Florida.
> I had to raise the cover price $5 to cover the difference.
>
> I am now down to about one dozen copies, Gary and Blaine, as
> mentioned, have a few more that they will likely offer at Tucson.
>
> As for 'signed and numbered copies', the first large batch - and the
> first week I offered the book I sold 300 copies- were signed, maybe
> signed and numbered. After that, I did it only when requested. Then
> after that, I put 'signed and numbered copies' only on eBay because
> they bring more $ sometimes. After that, I only offered signed copies
> on eBay.
>
> Now I have a couple left that will be signed for eBay and only #500
> left of the numbered books.
>
> Next year I will de-activate the book's website as it is not needed
> for the eBook..
>
> How 'bout that, Don!
>
> Thanks to all for your support of this project.
>
> Kevin Kichinka
> www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com
> Marsrox at gmail.com
>
> Rio del Oro, Santa Ana
> Costa Rica
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