Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Everyone take a deep breath. Don't take any criticism personally. I did and I went off LUG for 3 months. No one cares, and neither did I XD, but there are good people on this list. Some times heat of the moment and all that. Cheer cheer cheer! On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > I have done my best to explain and respond on this off list, starting at > 6am on Christmas day here where I got a request for an urgent response and > some comment that I found unreasonable. I have asked Roger to take any > further discussion on this onto the list now. If anyone else wants to > comment do please do so ON LIST too. > > The price difference is USD 13.01 with the different paper choice. To the > best of my knowledge 'Premium lustre' is what Jim used previously before as > well. > I get nothing from the book whether there are 200 or five sold. The only > beneficiary is Project H.O.M.E., Jim's charity. Everyone is free to choose > whether they want to purchase it as always. I agree that the book is not > inexpensive and I made a $14.99 eBook option available. Actually if people > do not want to purchase the printed version in any version, you will be > making a larger donation to them by purchasing the eBook. > > Blurb evidently pay any sales profit monthly. I have set that payment to be > in USD via Paypal which is the cheapest by far way of receiving any profits > on this. I shall transfer any payment made to me to Jim immediately by that > method too. > > I did this to fulfill a promise I made to Brian and the list early in the > year. I think I did a good job for everyone and the reactions so far have > been almost uniformly positive except for this. > > I will not be offering to edit any future version of the book for the list > should there be one. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > On 26 December 2014 at 06:32, Roger Rubin <vroger at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am fairly sure I oughtn't answer a comment while p***ed off, but I > really > > have to take issue with Nathan's instructions: > > > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > > Geoff, thank you for doing the job. I suggest that you let the > > complainers > > > go and* f**k themselves in the attic* and leave things as they are. I > > ordered > > > the book the other day and cannot wait to see it. You should not have > to > > > spend any more time on complaints from sad anoraks. > > > > > > Merry Christmas! > > > > > > Nathan > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > > At the outset I do not have an attic, and am generally not in need of > > "f**king" myself. (further expletive opinions deleted). I have let Geoff > > know privately that I consider almost $100 for this book to be excessive > > and as far as I am concerned an unconscionable increase in amount over > the > > original price at which it was listed of $77.00. I personally would like > > the option of choosing the paper it is printed on (I understand that this > > is possible) and quite frankly, I am very surprised at the vehemence of > > Nathan's stated opinion, *which I take personally*. I have been buying > the > > "best" version of the book since 2007 and have never felt the need > > to criticize, but the price as it stands is too high for me. Bests to all > > Roger Rubin (vroger) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits