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Subject: [Leica] Helping Blurb's Management
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Luis Ripoll)
Date: Thu Jan 4 14:36:25 2007

Thanks Jim,

As said ... We hope and we wait for the Blurb response

Saludos cordiales
Luis 

-----Mensaje original-----
De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
Jim Shulman
Enviado el: jueves, 04 de enero de 2007 23:31
Para: 'Leica Users Group'
Asunto: RE: [Leica] Helping Blurb's Management

Luis,

Thanks for the information on the US Postal Service.  Unfortunately,
blurb.com has elected not to use the US Postal Service for their shipping,
either domestic or outside the US.

Evidently blurb.com wishes to maintain an exclusive relationship with UPS as
their shipper.  

It's not uncommon for US companies to have exclusive shipping arrangements,
possibly because the exclusivity gives them better shipping terms, or
because the shipper has a financial interest in the organization.  I don't
know if either--or neither--is the case with blurb.com.

However, as a former direct mail guy, I can tell you that it's lousy
business to disappoint or turn away customers because of shipping
restrictions.  When I ran a direct mail catalog, I'd do anything possible to
ship around the world to customers. When one shipper posed a problem, I used
another option.  In short, if clients were paying, I was shipping!

Apologies again to the group for this problem.  I specifically selected
blurb.com because they indicated that they shipped worldwide to most
countries on the LUG roster.  If I'd known that this silly issue would have
held up shipments, I'd have produced the book elsewhere.

Best,
Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Luis
Ripoll
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:19 PM
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: [Leica] Helping Blurb's Management

Maybe someone of you, or Jim... can reccommend to Blurb's Management this
easy way:
 
http://ircalc.usps.gov/
 
I hope this helps...
 
Saludos desde Barcelona
Luis

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