Re: [NTLK] Getting new Stylii

From: John Morton-Aslanis (maslanis_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 15:38:16 EST


I ordered a stylus from PDA panache last week. It cost me ~$19.50 with
shipping.

FYI, they were out of stock on Thursday December 12, but the sales associate
said they were arriving in on Friday (we're coming back from being
anodized).

John

>From: Aaron Eiche <aeiche_at_freeshell.org>
>Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>To: Newton Talk <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
>Subject: [NTLK] Getting new Stylii
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:30:56 -0800
>
>
>I'm throwing this out as just an idea. I know at least a few people are
>interested in getting one of the PDA Panache Newton Stylii, but (like
>me) are put off by the $10 shipping fee for one Stylus... One stylus
>for which one is already paying $16 for. I don't think that the weight
>of one stylus comes to equal $10 of shipping cost. Here's my proposal.
>We pool money each paying the cost of the stylus as well as a small
>amount of money for shipping. One of us collects money, places the
>order, and receives the stylli, all of them being shipped for the $10
>or so dollars. That person then ships back out the Stylli to those who
>ordered using I would assume small envelopes (little padded ones can be
>gotten for about $.50) The postage would probably run a few bucks at
>most, which means that the total cost for an individual would be the
>Stylus $16 + $3 = $19, rather than the $26 we'd be looking at paying by
>just ordering ourselves. It does require a certain amount of trust, but
>really no more than buying on eBay per se.
>
>Anybody interested? Will it work?
>
>-Aaron
>
>
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