P.S.S. I forgot: funny shipping story. Glad it worked out in the end. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 8:45 AM Subject: Blurb book update > OK, so after much fuss it seems I *have* acquired a batch of my > Blurb.com book to bring to GFM. More on that later... > > I've also ordered myself a single copy of the hard cover version which > Blurb offers, so I thought other potential Blurb users might be > interested in my impressions. In short, it's even nicer than the > paperback product. The dust jacket is gorgeous: Very, very nicely done. > The hard cover and binding seem good. In all, it seems a major step up > in quality, albeit at a major step up in price ;-) The hard cover book > is an extra ten dollars more than the paperback. I don't think I'll be > stockpiling any of *these* for future sales! But it's nice to have one > of my own. > > Now, getting the books to bring to GFM is a story in itself. Since I'm > going to be taking the motorcycle this year, packing space is at a > premium. Fortunately, Scott Loveless offered to solve this problem by > bringing the books down for me, so I ordered a few to be shipped to his > house directly. > > UPS delivered the books to Scott's place on Wednesday. > > ...but Scott reported they were nowhere to be seen. Major bad news. He > was home that day and had checked the porch, where the books supposedly > were left, about 30 minutes after the alleged time of delivery. Nothing > there. > > Many frantic emails to and from various parties ensued. > > I must say I was very disappointed in Blurb's response, which was > basically, "Yeah, if they're really lost/stolen we'll reprint them in a > couple of weeks" (long after GFM). I realize that it wasn't their fault > at all (except for choosing UPS as their shipper), but I also know that > if one of *my* customers had a problem like this, I'd be bending the > rules to put their re-order at the head of the queue and get a > replacement shipment out ASAP. (I know because I've *done* this kind of > thing for my customers who've had problems come up.) > > Anyway, the problem solved itself: What had happened was that after UPS > had dropped off the package at Scott's house, the U.S. Postal service > guy had come and taken it away(!), thinking it was an outgoing > shipment... Peace and tranquility was restored on Thursday when the > Postal Service realized their error and returned the box with the books. > > This may be the first time in history that the U.S. Postal Service has > delivered a package for UPS. Or, knowing the general competence level of > both those organizations, maybe not... > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
