[Leica] Helping Blurb's Management

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:

> 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.


Jim,

  perhaps you should simply upload it to another site...Steve


>
> 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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