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Subject: Re: [OM] Getting the 'new stuff' out to list members (Probably marginally OT]
From: "Bruce Kolber" <bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:47:26 -0400
Thanks Tom....new site (and prices) are great.....give my best wishes to
Debbie.

Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL  33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: [OM] Getting the 'new stuff' out to list members (Probably
marginally OT]


> First, I want to apologize to the list members that have inquired about
> buying some of the new stuff I got in.  It has taken me way to long to
> catalogue and inventory everything.  Very time-consuming.  I'm also
> time-contrained by Debbie's health as she is back in the hospital and I'm
> spending most of my time there.  She is improving, though.
>
> Rest assured that all the requests have been carefully kept, in order of
> receipt, and my plan is to start replying to you with the pricing and
> availability tonight.
>
> One of my 'challenges' has been managing two sets of prices -- a 'general
> public' set that is published on the website and a 'list member and
regular
> customer' set that I managed manually.  So, combining my two hobbies of
> photography and programming, I updated my database to include a separate
> 'member price'.  Then I updated my 'site build' program to build both a
> public version and a 'members' version (for those that don't know, all the
> inventory indices and each item page is built programmatically from my
> inventory database.  When I change the database, the program rebuilds the
> site).
>
> What all this means is that now there is a separate inventory site that
> shows the list member prices. That way if you're interested in anything,
you
> can just go directly to the site and see if you're interested at the lower
> price.  If not, that's cool.  If so, great!  I've got a few features to
add,
> but the 'beta' version of the site is up.  It still includes all the
things
> that people have already requested (I'll fixed that over the next few
days),
> so you may find something that isn't still available, but hopefully note
> many.  I'll keep new requests in order too.  Keep checking back if you
like
> it, as I have a bunch of new ideas that will get added over the next week
or
> so.
>
> So, check it out at:
>
> http://www.zuikoholic.com/members
>
> It will prompt for a userid (zuiko) and a password (olympus).
>
> Let me know what you think.  Any suggestions and ideas are welcome
> (privately at tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx).  Suggestions about the site are
> welcome as are pricing suggestions.  I think they're very fair, though,
for
> the condition.
>
> Everything comes with a no-questions-asked return policy, of course.
>
> I apologize if this is 'too commercial'.  I've been fortunate to make some
> recent large purchases and hope that this will help keep some nice
equipment
> in the 'family' at what I think are favorable prices.  I compared my
prices
> to B&H, Adorama and KEH.  My 'general public' pricing is lower, and my
> member pricing is significantly lower.  This is, of course, in keeping
with
> this being a hobby.
>
> This new system should also let me keep most of this kind of stuff off the
> list, as once you know the userid/password, you can just keep checking
with
> it.
>
> Have fun and find some new toys.  OK, I'm the worst enabler around, but,
> hey, it's my purpose in life.
>
> Tom
>
>
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