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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 5/9/2005, 12:49 pm Post subject: AZh Store at Cafepress Closing May 31...Not a joke! |
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Last June, we paid Cafépress $59.95 to setup the AZH premium store. In early June 2005 we will be charged another $59.95 to keep the store open.
In one year of operation, we have made exactly $59. and we aren't currently selling products at a rate that would come anywhere near covering this charge; therefore it's been decided to close the AZH store at the end of this month.
That will give you a chance to purchase any items you'd like before the store closes. To make this more appealing, we've changed the maximum markup on every item in our store to .50 cents over what Cafépress charges us.
The $59. we've already earned plus any earnings from this closing sale will be used to pay for such things as reserving the Group Campgrounds for AZH shindigs and get togethers that are available to all AZH members. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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Sande J Calamity J
Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 725 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 5/9/2005, 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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Well I am sorry to hear that and thank you for your efforts in trying to make this succeed. I recently purchased a tank top (to sort of do my part) and I am now thinking if everyone did that maybe it would have survived? _________________ And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stone, good in everything..
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beckett
Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1066
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Posted: 5/9/2005, 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I have enjoyed checking out the store and I have made a couple of purchases....It will be missed I think.
Linda _________________ "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
-- Walter Winchell, American newspaper commentator |
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Davis2001R6
Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy
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Posted: 5/9/2005, 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry to here it didn't work out to well. But as long as we don't have to "shut the site down", it's ok by me.
TIM |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 7:57 am Post subject: |
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We are such procrastinaters! We (the group that did Paria) kept threatening to do a Paria T shirt and never got it done.... that is to bad.... I got my two WFW T shirts at least....Just as a thought here....
I would be willing to pitch in $10.00 or so if others wanted to and help keep the store open so we could have these things available to us.... I know I don't spend a lot of money there but we have no other source for things like our WFW T shirts and such....It may not be a money maker but it is a resource... what do you think? Or is it not worth the bother? _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
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paintninaz
Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 3515
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Hikngrl wrote: |
We are such procrastinaters! We (the group that did Paria) kept threatening to do a Paria T shirt and never got it done.... that is to bad.... |
That's the first thing I thought of too...Awwww crap, we didn't get our Paria shirt done!
Hikngrl wrote: |
I would be willing to pitch in $10.00 or so if others wanted to and help keep the store open so we could have these things available to us.... |
I'd be willing to pitch in $10.....(I want my own Ridgeline shirt and that hike isn't even happening till Nov.! ) _________________ ~Tracy
“Friends make the bad times good — and the good times unforgettable.” |
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kurthzone Thread Killer
Joined: 31 Dec 2002 Posts: 1097 Location: Peoria, Arizona
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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There is a way to do the shirts and at no cost to AZ Hikers. I'll talk to you two about it this weekend. If you remember the very first Ridgeline shirts came from my store, which I had set up to cost absolutely nothing (for posting the product). I could only put the images on certain shirts and only have so many, but what the heck. Hopefully you're not wanting a Paria coffe mug or mouse pad, or a Ridgeline baby towel or doggy jacket. The reason I quit doing them is because they weren't selling. I do think that several probably want a Paria shirt. I've been procrastinating on that one. _________________ ;o)> |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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OOOH cool! Thanks Stan! _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
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GTG Was lost but now am found
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 2387 Location: Peoria, Arizona, originally from Rocket City, USA
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 1:15 pm Post subject: store and such |
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What if we downgrade it to a non-premium store?
GTG _________________ Good things come to those who walk. |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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whats the differnce? _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hikngrl wrote: |
whats the differnce? |
limited products and can only print one item on a product. We'd have to start all over from scratch 'cause anything we presently offer that has two transfers printed on it would no longer be available. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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my offer still stands to help fund the continued existance of our current account but if you all decide not to thats cool too. _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Let's all discuss it this weekend. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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desertgirl
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Hooli...
How mucg min sales do we need to keep this viable ? Does this have to be cafe press merchandise only ? _________________ Photos: http://www.pbase.com/desertgirl/galleries
Life is but a dream ...there is no end to what you can dream! |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 5/10/2005, 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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We'd have to make enough each year to pay the $59.95. We only made $59 in the first year, excluding what we'll make from the closing sale. We kept our markup small, typically no more than $2. 'cause we aren't out to make a bundle. Thing is, after the big push for the WFW's nobody's been buying. That $59. was mostly made in the first four or five months. What have we made so far this year? $15.06!
And it has to be Cafepress stuff.
As I said, let's discuss it this weekend. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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