MailScanner Future (aka money)

[Julian Field]

On 20 Apr 2006, at 21:50, Jeff A. Earickson wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Julian Field wrote:
>
>> By the way the only merchandise I make money from is the book.
>> Everything else is sold at cost price (except for $1 profit per  
>> item).
>> But keep buying the other stuff as well, it makes very good walking
>> advertising for me. If you want to donate money by buying something
>> (useful in companies) then just buy the book. Or even maybe a few  
>> copies
>> so that everyone involved with managing your email system has  
>> their own
>> copy.
>>
>> I can always create a pretty printed CD with the latest version on  
>> it so
>> that you have something physical delivered if you would like to  
>> donate a
>> higher figure, I'm registered for tax purposes in the USA as well  
>> as the
>> UK and have access to a bank account in both countries.
>
> Ahah!  Now we are getting somewhere...  I have no particular interest
> in buying a book (even though I did) because we are just cutting down
> trees, cluttering my bookshelf, and I won't read it that much anyway.
> The list and webpage is more up-to-date.
>
> Much better is the idea of buying a CD with a pretty label on it.  You
> can charge us more because it is "software", we get a deliverable item
> that the business guys understand, and I can put in my safe for  
> emergencies
> to make my boss happy.  Your profit margin for donations goes up.
>
> I remember that when I made my feeble donation long ago, I had to jump
> thru hoops with the business guys to do it.  Remember how it was done?
> Credit card?  The people here always want to do Purchase Orders; you
> probably can't do that.  Some mechanism (other than Paypal) that  
> business guys understand would be a good addition to your webpage.

I have a volunteer in Fort Systems to send out the invoices and  
collect the payments, so that much is solved.
How much would you like me to charge for the CD?
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