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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #30 on: June 18, 2011, 05:04:29 PM »
And hey, the greater number of sales of each item Jim's store gets from Amazon, the greater percentage we get in profit! 
... And never underestimate the value of appending the store-friendly identifier to other products not advertised in our store. 

If more forumites took the extra thirty seconds to append the store-friendly identifier to their purchases (as I detail here--I promise, it's less complicated than it looks!), things would bode very well for the site's future AND Evie and Hickslet mk 2's college funds. :D 

It's better than any "Donate to keep the site alive" button, because it doesn't cost you a dime!

Priscellie, as always, thanks for being helpful, thorough and gracious with a prompt reply.

I really wish that more forumites knew. I strongly suspect that many or most of us haven't known about the substantial advantage of site-linked Amazon purchasing, or at least haven't thought about it recently enough to readily remember to do so when they're ordering.

It's natural for forum folks to appreciate the untold people-hours given by mods and admins which keep this forum community healthy and enjoyable. To keep in mind that server hours, hosting and out-of-pocket site expenses mean that there are actual money costs involved to keep this ship up and running are perhaps seldom considered.
I wish that there was an avenue, besides this particular thread, which unobtrusively brought this "buying power" choice closer to the forefront of forumites' awareness.

Again, most sincere thanks.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #31 on: June 18, 2011, 05:13:24 PM »
I think the idea is that she can ignore it at her leisure within the topic, whereas a PM might seem more urgent.
As always, Serack, you're right. Being just a thread post, then Priscellie or iago or whomever could feel freer to choose to answer or not. Just didn't wish to come off as intrusive.
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"No! I'm not dropping the shield until Harry says it's okay." She paused. "Uh, besides. I'm not sure how."

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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #32 on: June 18, 2011, 08:24:31 PM »
things would bode very well for the site's future AND Evie and Hickslet mk 2's college funds. :D 

I've may not be overly bright, but does this ^ (the bolding above) constitute an announcement of a future additional tax deduction for Mr. and Mrs. Iago???


Gratz!!!!!!!!!!!!! (if it does)   :D  :D  :D
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #33 on: June 18, 2011, 10:08:56 PM »
I've may not be overly bright, but does this ^ (the bolding above) constitute an announcement of a future additional tax deduction for Mr. and Mrs. Iago???


Gratz!!!!!!!!!!!!! (if it does)   :D  :D  :D

Oh, yeah!  Mrs. Hicks is at eight months. Evie's gonna have a little brother!

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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2011, 10:11:17 PM »
Oh, yeah!  Mrs. Hicks is at eight months. Evie's gonna have a little brother!
wow congrats Iago.
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« Reply #35 on: June 18, 2011, 10:59:09 PM »
Oh, yeah!  Mrs. Hicks is at eight months. Evie's gonna have a little brother!

Congrats Iago :D
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #36 on: June 18, 2011, 11:26:59 PM »
Yay! Congrats!
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #37 on: June 19, 2011, 08:39:29 PM »
Wow, I almost missed this, Congrats on a healthy and joyful upcoming birth-day
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #38 on: June 21, 2011, 07:23:32 PM »
Great news about Baby Iago. Will he be known as Iago?

Speaking of ordering through Amazon - last week I signed up for Ghost Story, which qualified on its own for free shipping with me paying only $14.71, so I decided to add Hexed, because I'm a Kate Daniels fan. When I got to the checkout, it added $2.45 shipping for the paperback. This annoyed me so I deleted Hexed but am looking forward to Ghost Story.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #39 on: June 21, 2011, 08:19:12 PM »
Great news about Baby Iago. Will he be known as Iago?

Speaking of ordering through Amazon - last week I signed up for Ghost Story, which qualified on its own for free shipping with me paying only $14.71, so I decided to add Hexed, because I'm a Kate Daniels fan. When I got to the checkout, it added $2.45 shipping for the paperback. This annoyed me so I deleted Hexed but am looking forward to Ghost Story.

That's weird.  Did you select "Ship my items together"?

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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #40 on: June 22, 2011, 07:02:13 PM »
That's weird.  Did you select "Ship my items together"?

Probably not. I just figure they should do things the way I want automatically. Besides, although I really like Jim I'm not that fond of Dali.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #41 on: August 19, 2011, 03:51:21 PM »
Absolutely!

1.  Go to the book/Kindle book/CD/electronic device/foot massager and scroll down to the "Product Details" section
2.  Copy the ASIN -- it should be something like "045146365X"
3.  Click on the Amazon link for any item in our store.
4.  Replace the numeric value in the URL with your item's ASIN: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/045146365X/iagonet
5.  Go to that URL.  It should be identical to your item's product page, but the "iagonet" at the end is a tag that lets Amazon know we sent you.  Place your order from there.  You'll pay the same price as before, but Amazon will give us a small cut of the transaction.
6.  Bask in the knowledge that you're helping the boards stay alive and healthy!

Bump, because this topic is important in helping the forums flurish.

I utalized this info to start a topic in the WoJ section giving Forum Members a way to easily buy books Jim recommends in such a way that the purchases benefit the forums.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #42 on: August 19, 2011, 05:17:09 PM »
Thanks, Serack!  That's an excellent idea, putting the info in the WOJ section where folks are far more likely to see it. Lots and lots of forum members regularly check out your WOJ section much more frequently than this one.

If you may later be adding more "liked it a lot" books to those which you've already posted there, Jim named five favorites when NPR (National Public Radio) surveyed for which books should comprise their top 100 list.
Jim's post: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,26713.msg1138595.html#msg1138595.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #43 on: August 19, 2011, 06:03:37 PM »
Oh, I'm going to be doing a lot of work in that topic adding other recommendations (He's made a lot over the years.  I had to start somewhere, and it takes a bit of time for me to insert in the sheer volume of links and images.

Thanks for pointing that out for me though, I'll be sure to include those next.
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Re: paying up for the forums
« Reply #44 on: August 23, 2011, 01:59:32 AM »
I just did my first Amazon purchase with this method. It is only an 8 US transaction, but hopefully I will be doing more in the future. I am happy.
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