Hello Margery and all As I was among the first-come first-served for the book sales, I was quite happy; I'm sure it is disappointing to someone reading a lot later, who might have liked to buy a book, but then there are those who get the reflected (single messages) who might have missed the message, too.
I have sold my lace surplus via this list, too, and I took the approach that I wanted the goods sold soonest. For doing raffles where I've put up lace treasures for prizes, I wait until the respective digest has been seen by subscribers, taking names for a while longer after that, and then do the draw (which is free). You could give an earliest date for submission of interest in the books for sale, e.g. a week or two after you have sent the message, then take draw names re those interested in a given title. For your non-lace items, appended to a lace-related message of course (:p) ask people to contact you privately for a list for sale/giveaway/trade (etc.), and take it from there. My free advice for the day :)) On, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Margery Allcock <[email protected]> wrote: > I was amazed at the response to my list of books for sale, and I'll have a > fresh list to offer soon. This time, I used a "first-to-ask-for-it" > system, > but that can't be fair on digest readers - is there a better way, do you > think? > > Meanwhile, I have a pile of cross stitch books and patterns to find new > homes for. Is there any interest on arachne, or can you recommend another > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
