

| Subject: | Re: VW books |
| From: | Steven X. Schwenk |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:34:32 -0800 |
I agree...good Response. Sean Bartnik wrote: > > > > Sean is what we call a new-fangled "affilate" of Amazon -- he gets > 5% of > > each sale that goes through his website. While I don't mind > whatsover him > > making money on the research he did to assemble his list (a worthy > task > > in-and-of itself) I believe he should be forthright and upfront with > the > > list in that he has a financial interest in guiding people to his > website > > and on to Amazon. > > Yep, that's true. Thought it would be obvious, I don't think I'd go > through all this trouble for free :-) > Please note, though, that ordering through my site, the 5% does not > come > out of an increased book price. You pay the same price you would pay > as > if you would order from Amazon, except I get a cut. > > > > > I would rather see Sean donate his index to the Vanagon list (could > it be > > hosted at vanagon.com?) and let the monies generated by his > compilation go > > into the "kitty" to maintain our wonderful mailing list and > archives. > > > I'm sure you would. > However, I hooked up with Amazon.com to see if I could put a little > extra cash in my pocket, not as a charity source. However, I don't > have > a problem with donating some $$ to the list, but first I have to make > some :-) > > -- > Sean Bartnik > Fredericksburg, Virginia > 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia > 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm > [text/html]
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