[geeks] Alternative Employment

[David Cantrell]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 12:20:37PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> Don't forget to sell online, but as we all learned with the .com bust,
> do it in a sustainable way that won't cause problems if it isn't a smash
> hit.

I recently bought some books from a self-publishing author.  By email.
Email works nicely and requires sod-all extra infrastructure.  Assuming
that you're taking credit card payments in the shop and over the phone
anyway, then you're all set for doing mail-order by email.

The most important thing is to be honest with the customers.  If there's
going to be a delay in processing their order, tell them.  They won't
mind.  What they will mind is if the order is delayed and you *don't* tell
them.

>       I wonder if the tourists your way are better than the tourists
> here.  The idea of running a shop catering to tourists (which to
> excessively stereo type would be older blue collar new Yorkers) makes me
> sick.  I intensely dislike the tourists that plague the south eastern
> part of my county.  The ones who venture to the other areas don't seem
> as bad.

Yes, I hate most tourists too.  The bastards have gone and booked all the
tickets for Twelfth Night at the Globe* this weekend.  They get in my way
when I'm using the public transport that my taxes subsidise.  There are
the odd exceptions, who seem to have a clue about where they are and what
they want, but most deserve to die slowly and painfully.

* - at least, they've booked all the seats.  I don't fancy standing in the
pit for three hours.  I guess us 21st century folks are just too weak and
feeble for the authentic Shakespeare experience :-)

-- 
David Cantrell | david at cantrell.org.uk | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

WARNING! People in front of screen are stupider than they appear
    -- Tanuki the Raccoon-dog, in the Monastery