Author Topic: Pagoda World Book - Volume II - Issues 11-20 - OPEN FOR ORDERING!! (Read 11342 times)

mdsalemi · « **on:** September 16, 2021, 20:10:42 »

Hello!

The ordering is now open.

1. Go here and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/M7DoDDKYhznZPL5h8
2. When you fill out the form completely and properly, click SEND. You'll get a confirmation.
3. Shortly after we receive the form, you'll get a PayPal invoice.
4. Pay the PayPal invoice, and that's it. Your order is in.

Notes:

1. Price for Volume II is USD $79.00 for full paid members. Associate or non-members USD $105.00. See prior note; this Volume II has more than 80 additional pages of content, and thus is larger, heavier and costlier all around than Volume I.
2. Ordering is open until October 8. Yes, that's a shortened 3-week order period. If you want one, order now. Don't put it off, you may be disappointed.
3. Our plan is for books will ship around the end of October.

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #1 on:** September 17, 2021, 00:33:18 »

Submitted my order, thanks Michael + other volunteers, this is a great initiative!

Hans2012 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 17, 2021, 01:51:56 »

Michael

I just completed my order. Please let me know if it does not go through for some reason.

Many thanks for your efforts on our behalf.

Best
John

JamesL · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2021, 06:22:39 »

Michael - I’m happy to be a postman again

mdsalemi · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2021, 11:20:10 »

22 orders came in overnight. I will get the invoices out today.

The ordering is now open.

1. Go here and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/M7DoDDKYhznZPL5h8
2. When you fill out the form completely and properly, click SEND. You'll get a confirmation.
3. Shortly after we receive the form, you'll get a PayPal invoice.
4. Pay the PayPal invoice, and that's it. Your order is in.

Notes:

1. Price for Volume II is USD $79.00 for full paid members. Associate or non-members USD $105.00. See prior note; this Volume II has more than 80 additional pages of content, and thus is larger, heavier and costlier all around than Volume I.
2. Ordering is open until October 8. Yes, that's a shortened 3-week order period. If you want one, order now. Don't put it off, you may be disappointed.
3. Our plan is for books will ship around the end of October.

su8pack1 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2021, 16:32:12 »

Thanks, just ordered.

ScouseJames · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2021, 17:14:05 »

Ordered, can't wait

mdsalemi · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2021, 21:34:06 »

Our Admin sent out an email blast this morning (Eastern US Time).
143 orders have come in since opening.
114 invoices have been sent out, and this will continue through the weekend.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2021, 21:37:56 »

If you have ordered, and clicked "SEND" you will get an immediate "thank you for your submission", and that means we received the order.
Please be patient after your order, as it takes some time to hand-generate the PayPal invoices. 220 orders have come in as of Sunday afternoon, and I'm working on the invoices; I'm up to #140
Do not create another order, it only slows me down. After you place an order, a second or duplicate order is cancelled, and I'll send a query to you to find out what you want to do. If you change your mind, I'll cancel an invoice. If you change the quantity, let me know, but please don't sent another order in.

This is a slow, manual process and your patience is needed and appreciated.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2021, 13:57:05 »

All invoices for all orders placed as of now (09:40 EDT 22-September) have been sent out.

Most have been paid. A number are not paid yet. PayPal keeps us informed of all activity related to the invoices. Of those not yet paid, most have not yet been viewed. As soon as you view the invoice, we're notified. Reminders will go out on Friday.

Thank you for those that included their phone number for SMS/Text; there were actually a number of issues that came up and my ability to contact these people was helpful and fast.

If you think you placed an order and have not received an invoice, double check your inbox and spam folders. The invoice comes from PayPal.

Note that once the item ships for USA members you'll get a ship notification from PayPal with the tracking information on it.

We have received a total of 253 orders from around the world...and 253 invoices have been sent out.

For those seeing this for the first time:

The ordering is now open.

1. Go here and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/M7DoDDKYhznZPL5h8
2. When you fill out the form completely and properly, click SEND. You'll get a confirmation.
3. Shortly after we receive the form, you'll get a PayPal invoice.
4. Pay the PayPal invoice, and that's it. Your order is in.

Notes:

1. Price for Volume II is USD $79.00 for full paid members. Associate or non-members USD $105.00. See prior note; this Volume II has more than 80 additional pages of content, and thus is larger, heavier and costlier all around than Volume I.
2. Ordering is open until October 8. Yes, that's a shortened 3-week order period. If you want one, order now. Don't put it off, you may be disappointed.
3. Our plan is for books will ship around the end of October.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2021, 14:16:02 »

Just a reminder that the HARD STOP on orders is as previously noted, October 8. If you don't order by then, you may not be able to get a copy of the book; we won't revisit any leftovers or deal with any requests until after January 1, 2022.

Our "Google Forms" order form is working exceedingly well. A few have seemingly had issues with it, but that's a very small number. Some accidental duplicate orders have come in and they've been dealt with.
Our PayPal invoicing is working well, as usual: most people get the invoice and pay it. For certain we'll have a few issues on that as time goes on, but most invoices are paid. Reminders will go out this weekend, by text message as well as email. The usual issue is people do not get or see their emails...thus getting the invoice can be a challenge.

We're at the point where we are "caught up" on invoicing. 260 orders in so far.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2021, 13:46:34 »

We will have one more email blast about the book on/about October 1 or 2 depending on Admins schedule to execute the task.
Hard stop on orders on October 8; as standard we will print a few extras, but if you don't order in advance (pre-order) you'll have to wait until January to get one.
As of this morning, we have 273 orders, and a few of those are for multiple copies.

For those seeing this for the first time: this book is Volume II, and contains Issues 11-20 of Pagoda World magazine. Volume I, done in June, contained Issues 1-10. (we still have a few of those left over)

Here's how to order:

1. Go here and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/M7DoDDKYhznZPL5h8
2. When you fill out the form completely and properly, click SEND. You'll get a confirmation.
3. Shortly after we receive the form, you'll get a PayPal invoice.
4. Pay the PayPal invoice, and that's it. Your order is in.

Notes:

1. Price for Volume II is USD $79.00 for full paid members. Associate or non-members USD $105.00. See prior note; this Volume II has more than 80 additional pages of content, and thus is larger, heavier and costlier all around than Volume I.
2. Ordering is open until October 8. Yes, that's a shortened 3-week order period. If you want one, order now. Don't put it off, you may be disappointed.
3. Our plan is for books will ship around the end of October.

If you want a Volume I, send me a PM; the order form above is ONLY for Volume II.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2021, 14:20:25 »

Final email blasts (one for Associate members on Friday, the other for full paid members early today) went out.
This morning, final notes will be going out to those who requested the book, were sent an invoice, but the invoice was not paid.
Invoices unpaid as of 8-October will be cancelled. Books will not be ordered for these cancelled invoices, regardless of whether you requested it or not.

The book order will go to the printer on Monday, October 11.

cth350 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2021, 17:34:50 »

um, I've been away a while, my membership dropped a few years ago and I've only recently rejoined, so what's this book exactly?
-CTH

MikeSimon · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2021, 18:27:02 »

i assume an e-mail reminding us to order the book has been sent to ALL full members regardless whether you ordered already or not???

JamesL · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2021, 18:41:40 »

Quote from: cth350 on October 03, 2021, 17:34:50

um, I've been away a while, my membership dropped a few years ago and I've only recently rejoined, so what's this book exactly?
-CTH

The clue is in the thread title

Recently the first 10 issues of our Pagoda World magazine were compiled into book form. Really useful for newer members who were not around way back when.
This is volume 2, the next 10 issues

Pawel66 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2021, 19:01:42 »

Quote from: MikeSimon on October 03, 2021, 18:27:02

i assume an e-mail reminding us to order the book has been sent to ALL full members regardless whether you ordered already or not???

I ordered and I received an e-mail.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #17 on:** October 03, 2021, 19:16:30 »

Quote from: MikeSimon on October 03, 2021, 18:27:02

i assume an e-mail reminding us to order the book has been sent to ALL full members regardless whether you ordered already or not???

YES. The email blasts go to to the ASSOCIATE MEMBERS list, as of the day that the Admin makes the blast, and the same holds true for FULL MEMBERS. Doesn't matter if you ordered or not. It's a reminder.

If you filled out the order form, and clicked send, you immediately received a FORM SUBMITTED notification.
If that happened, you received a PayPal invoice.
If you received the PayPal invoice, and paid it, you are good to go.

Some people provided incorrect email addresses, so may not have received the PayPal invoice. I cut and paste what YOU provide. If the shipping address is wrong, or your email address is wrong, I have a hard time trying to sort it out. USA addresses are always verified. If you have an old address on PayPal, it may be an issue. Caught a few of those already...

98% of all orders are filled out correctly, and PayPal goes out correctly and are paid promptly. It's the 2%...

We also have a number of people that seemingly forgot they ordered; forgot they paid, and ordered again. All by mistake. Those were easy catches...

lreppond · « **Reply #18 on:** October 03, 2021, 21:10:45 »

Thank You Michael and your group of volunteers for stepping up and doing this. It is greatly appreciated.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2021, 12:21:04 »

18 out of 355

Now comes the "why are you wasting the time of volunteers" part, I'm afraid. Eighteen of the 355 invoices sent out up until yesterday have not been paid. I've come across a myriad of issues including incorrect email addresses sent (seriously? seriously...) mismatches between certain addresses in violation of international finance rules, you name it. Unfortunately, these remaining invoices will take a lot of time to deal with. Everyone has received a PayPal invoice according to information YOU provided to us. I'm going through all the unpaid invoices today, and sending personal notes as opposed to ones from PayPal, which may contain erroneous information. I'm providing one more shot to pay the invoice for the book that you requested. If you made a request for a book, and did NOT receive an invoice, contact me immediately. All the requests are on a Google form, and all invoices for same are in the club's PayPal account.

Invoices not paid by close of business EASTERN TIME USA on Friday, October 8 will be cancelled and books not ordered to fulfill these requests. We're not holding up the progress and process for unpaid invoices, we're just cancelling them and moving on.

We MAY have some leftover books (we do order some extra but not a lot) but these will not be considered for sale until 2022.

mmata · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2021, 13:13:30 »

Hi, I wonder if I pay lots of taxes in Portugal.

I will like very much to buy but don’t know if taxes will be a problem.

Any one knows?

Thanks

mdsalemi · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2021, 14:14:38 »

There SHOULD be no taxes...

Books for EU will be sent "in bulk" (one package, maybe two) to our friend and member David Robinson in Ireland. Ireland is in EU of course.
Books for all the other EU countries will be dispatched out of Ireland, so these are EU-EU shipments.
We did NOT pay any taxes or customs duties on the import to Ireland of any significance; books and magazines get away "cheap".

So, if you order a book, it isn't shipped directly from USA-->Portugal, but rather Ireland-->Portugal or EU-->EU. There should be no additional taxes once the books arrives at your home.

Maybe our friends in Netherlands, Spain, Germany, etc. who received Volume #1 can tell us if they paid any additional taxes?

Peter van Es · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2021, 14:44:51 »

No taxes to the Netherlands….

JamesL · « **Reply #23 on:** October 06, 2021, 07:44:58 »

Same for the UK. Bulk to me then shipped locally via Royal Mail. Not sure what happened to those I shipped to Sth Africa, for example. But in my experience, printed matter doesn’t get taxed.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #24 on:** October 06, 2021, 18:34:18 »

Just three of the older invoices remain unpaid. There are five others, four of which were sent today, and one yesterday.

The order form will not accept any more orders after 5 PM Eastern time on Friday.

So far 370 orders. A great showing.

We've arranged even more streamlined shipping than the last issue...so things should go quick.

Pawel66 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 06, 2021, 19:36:35 »

Really and genuinely appreciate the efforts of yours and all involved! Thank you!

mdsalemi · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2021, 17:10:42 »

We're within a day of closing out the ordering. As of now, we have 376 orders. Tomorrow afternoon the ordering will be closed out.
Unpaid invoices more than a week old will be cancelled. As I write this, only four remain unpaid of invoices sent today and yesterday; will give them a day to process! Three older ones are not paid. Of those three, two have received the invoices, opened them a while ago, received reminders, but still have not paid. One person has not opened the invoice, and has not responded to emails. Unless paid, I'm afraid, these will be cancelled tomorrow afternoon.

Next steps:

We'll be tallying all the orders over the weekend.
Print order goes in so that the printer has it at start of business on Monday October 11.
Production will take approximately two weeks.
Packaging is identical, though a slightly different size: each book is in a custom box, and the box in a poly bubble mailer.
USA shipments will dispatch out of the Raleigh, NC area, hopefully all in short order after printing.
All international shipments will be consolidated out of Davidson, NC like last time, and sent to four international locations: Ireland for EU, Canada for Canada, UK for UK, and Australia for Australia and PacRim.

Once again, looking like a successful project!

mdsalemi · « **Reply #27 on:** October 08, 2021, 12:45:18 »

Orders will be closing later today. You will NOT be able to access the Google Forms link at the time of closure.

FOR THOSE THAT MISSED OUT ON VOLUME I, WE DO HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY AVAILABLE. USA Members can order at any time; anyone NON-USA who did not get Volume I in the first round, but would like to, we can arrange special shipment in concert with Volume II; else you'll have to pay the shipping charge. PLEASE CONTACT ME if you fall into this category and we'll make accommodations for you.

Next posting later today will announce closure of the program.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #28 on:** October 08, 2021, 22:28:35 »

And now we are closed; no more ordering Volume II.

FOR THOSE THAT MISSED OUT ON VOLUME I, WE DO HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY AVAILABLE. USA Members can order at any time; anyone NON-USA who did not get Volume I in the first round, but would like to, we can arrange special shipment in concert with Volume II; else you'll have to pay the shipping charge. PLEASE CONTACT ME if you fall into this category and we'll make accommodations for you.

Sigman · « **Reply #29 on:** October 11, 2021, 16:06:35 »

I completely missed the email. Is there a way to squeeze me in?

Best,
Michael

mdsalemi · « **Reply #30 on:** October 11, 2021, 16:31:13 »

PM Sent Sigman...

jcochran@cox.net · « **Reply #31 on:** October 12, 2021, 03:05:47 »

Hi,
I'd like to purchase volumes 1 & 2 if possible - I will gladly pay for these items immediately.

Thanks,
Jim Cochran

mdsalemi · « **Reply #32 on:** October 12, 2021, 11:23:25 »

Quote from: jcochran@cox.net on October 12, 2021, 03:05:47

Hi,
I'd like to purchase volumes 1 & 2 if possible - I will gladly pay for these items immediately.

Thanks,
Jim Cochran

PM sent…

mdsalemi · « **Reply #33 on:** October 12, 2021, 11:31:41 »

FYI people…

No sooner was ordering shut down last Friday, something that was announced well in advance, both in postings here and in the email blasts, when additional inquiries start coming in.

Of course we—me in particular—are experienced in this and make accommodations. We did order a few extras.

But…were all the announcements and posts here as well as emails sent to full AND associate members insufficient communication?

Robwlange · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2021, 17:20:45 »

Michael,

I was out of the country and was unable to
order the volume ll of the pagoda print. Is there anyway I can place
an order for two copies? Please reply.
Robert Lange
419.456.0544 cell
Robwlange@gmail.com
Member

mdsalemi · « **Reply #35 on:** October 28, 2021, 19:47:46 »

Just an update:

The printer is mostly done with the printing. There are still some more to print, than trimming, finishing and packaging. The USA ones will begin to ship later next week.
The non-USA ones will come to me and be repackaged for shipment to the four destinations we used in the past: Canada, UK, Ireland for EU, and Australia for Pacific area.

su8pack1 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 02, 2021, 02:48:12 »

Got my notice that mine has shipped.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #37 on:** November 02, 2021, 15:17:43 »

Quote from: su8pack1 on November 02, 2021, 02:48:12

Got my notice that mine has shipped.

NONE have shipped yet. The labels are being printed, and the USA books will actually get in the mail on Thursday and Friday. Label printing is a laborious process, they cannot all be done at once.

You get a note from PayPal upon the label creation.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #38 on:** November 03, 2021, 20:15:27 »

All the USA shipping labels have been printed and sent to the printer.

AlexD will be sending out the books for USA destinations on Friday. If the 282 USA designated books can't all get out on Friday, the majority will and the rest will be dropped in the mail on Saturday.

As soon as I get the rest of them, they'll be dispatched for non-USA delivery and I'll update everyone here.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #39 on:** November 04, 2021, 22:16:53 »

Approximately 60 of the USA books left in today's mail. The balance will leave in tomorrow's mail.

All non-USA will ship shortly.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #40 on:** November 05, 2021, 17:47:18 »

All USA books are shipped!

su8pack1 · « **Reply #41 on:** November 06, 2021, 15:32:34 »

Just received Vol 2 this morning. Looks great. Thanks to those involved for all the hard work putting these together and getting them out. Great job.

Raymond · « **Reply #42 on:** November 06, 2021, 16:50:58 »

Thank you for all your hard work on this. I know it will look as great as the first volume.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #43 on:** November 06, 2021, 19:57:20 »

Quote from: su8pack1 on November 06, 2021, 15:32:34

Just received Vol 2 this morning.

For those that have something to say about the US Postal Service...

We used the Media Mail class of service, heavily discounted and thus is noted as a 7-10 day delivery. su8pack1, in Barto, PA, is over 400 miles and 7+ hours drive from Morrisville, NC where his book was dropped in the mail on Thursday afternoon just before the last pickup at 5PM. So, less than 48 hours from Post Office to delivery at his door. For $4.45. I'd say that's pretty astounding. With the last go around, with over 350 Books in the USA, they all made it safe and sound. I'm expecting no less with Volume II.

I'd say thank you next time you see someone working for the post office.

My goal is to trans-ship all the non-USA ones next week. They are due to get to me by Tuesday, and I'll endeavor to have them on their way to their first stops in London, Toronto, Australia and Ireland by Thursday or Friday.

lreppond · « **Reply #44 on:** November 07, 2021, 00:34:48 »

I live in the SF Bay Area and mine arrived today! (Nov 6th) Unbelievably fast delivery. The quality of the printing is 2nd to none and of course the content is priceless. Thanks to Michael and the entire team that made this possible.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #45 on:** November 07, 2021, 16:12:19 »

Quote from: lreppond on November 07, 2021, 00:34:48

I live in the SF Bay Area and mine arrived today! (Nov 6th) Unbelievably fast delivery. The quality of the printing is 2nd to none and of course the content is priceless. Thanks to Michael and the entire team that made this possible.

Len, I'm as astounded as you are. That's Priority Mail speed (or faster!) for "Dollar Store" pricing. I think this may have had something to do with precisely where they were "dropped" into the system. Thursday's were dropped in Morrisville, NC. I believe Friday's were in a main postal service center (in the Raleigh-Durham NC area); that generally saves a day of shipping, as all mail from the local PO's must end up at a regional service center anyway. If you take it directly there, you speed the process along. Clearly something worked correctly!

While I appreciate the mention of my name, understand this was a team effort with a number of people each playing key roles. The very last bit: ensuring the packages were "right and ready" and labeling them, and then ensuring they got into the USPS system, was AlexD. I will pass along the compliments to the printer. As someone who has spent a long time in and around the printing industry, I too, am very pleased with their overall manufacturing of the book. They have done a great job at a fair price and are as much a part of this effort as our team members.

Peter van Es · « **Reply #46 on:** November 08, 2021, 10:08:05 »

Quote from: mdsalemi on November 07, 2021, 16:12:19

They have done a great job at a fair price and are as much a part of this effort as our team members.

Let's not forget all those people who wrote articles for Pagoda World, provided photographs, edited the magazine, and proofread it. Without them we would not have the content to produce these great books!

Peter

mdsalemi · « **Reply #47 on:** November 08, 2021, 18:10:45 »

Quote from: Peter van Es on November 08, 2021, 10:08:05

Let's not forget all those people who wrote articles for Pagoda World, provided photographs, edited the magazine, and proofread it. Without them we would not have the content to produce these great books!

Peter

Yes, of course Peter.

Without the magazine, there's no book which is [merely] all the magazines bound together. The members make the articles and content, the articles and content make the magazine, and the magazines make up the books.

250PWC · « **Reply #48 on:** November 09, 2021, 21:56:16 »

Received my copy in the mail today. Thank you to everyone involved in this project.

H. Keith Henry · « **Reply #49 on:** November 10, 2021, 03:00:58 »

Got mine in Virginia today. I didn't expect anything more than a convenient compilation of Pagoda World. It's much more. It's seven and one-half years of Pagoda celebration spread over 300-plus glossy pages. The printing is phenomenal. The photographs, especially, look like they have all been enhanced. I will now be looking for a future opportunity to spend way-too-much for Volume I.

JamesL · « **Reply #50 on:** November 10, 2021, 07:39:25 »

There was a car on BaT recently with a copy included. Buy the car, keep the book, sell the car. Easy…;)

H. Keith Henry · « **Reply #51 on:** November 10, 2021, 13:23:41 »

And maybe make some money. in the process.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #52 on:** November 10, 2021, 22:27:07 »

Quote from: H. Keith Henry on November 10, 2021, 03:00:58

I didn't expect anything more than a convenient compilation of Pagoda World. It's much more. It's seven and one-half years of Pagoda celebration spread over 300-plus glossy pages. The printing is phenomenal. The photographs, especially, look like they have all been enhanced.

I've been in the printing business for decades and our printer, Southport Graphics in Morrisville, NC had indeed done an amazing job on this, very impressed myself. Some of the earlier editions of the magazine itself were not printed as well as the current ones are, and our vendor for that, The Hartley Press of Jacksonville, FL is also doing a great job on the magazine.

The quality of the print is merely people at the printer knowing what they are doing, using excellent equipment and doing their job exceedingly well.

I told everyone, once we were reviewing the proof copy, that this would be bigger and better than Volume I!!

Let's not forget the content...we had great material to work with!

MikeSimon · « **Reply #53 on:** November 12, 2021, 16:24:17 »

I received my book on Tuesday. I have to say, it is nothing short of brilliant. For someone like me, who joined fairly recently (2017? or so) and who did not get the early versions, this is invaluable.
But besides this, the sheer quality of the book is outstanding. I am a member on a couple of other specialized web-sites/forums that have "club" magazines, but nothing comes even close.
Kudos to all who put that together, made the magazine possible to begin with and organized this reprint.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #54 on:** November 12, 2021, 21:49:18 »

Thanks to all for the kind words, hoping the team involved is reading them as I have.

Logistics Update: AlexD picked up the non-USA books at the printer this morning, Friday, and drove them about ¾ of the way to me. We unloaded his car, loaded up mine, and now they are in my car here. They'll be repackaged for the four destinations of Australia, Canada, Ireland and UK for dispatch worldwide shortly, and I expect to have them on the way no later than Monday.

dirkbalter · « **Reply #55 on:** November 13, 2021, 02:10:19 »

Got mine today.
Excellent.
Thank you.

neelyrc · « **Reply #56 on:** November 13, 2021, 06:20:26 »

Mine was in my mountain of mail when I returned from four months in Italy Tuesday night. I couldn’t resist a quick thumb through ahead of sorting through the rest of the pile. The quality is just fantastic and the organizational effort by Michael, Alex and the many other volunteers to efficiently deliver the book on such a tight program is commendable!

Many thanks to all involved.

mbpaul · « **Reply #57 on:** November 13, 2021, 19:53:33 »

Received mine yesterday. All I can say is GREAT! Thanks to everyone involved.

John Betsch - "SADIE" · « **Reply #58 on:** November 14, 2021, 00:27:28 »

Got mine yesterday in Southold NY. Very interesting to see the posts from all over the world. Of course it is excellent. What a valuable resource we have with all involved! Thank you JB

Bill Sgro · « **Reply #59 on:** November 14, 2021, 15:35:39 »

I got mine yesterday and it looks great!!

Hans2012 · « **Reply #60 on:** November 14, 2021, 17:22:26 »

These books are a great resource. Thanks to all of those who put in the hard work to produce them.

Regards
John

mdsalemi · « **Reply #61 on:** November 17, 2021, 15:08:01 »

All the international books are on the way to their four destinations: Canada, Australia, Ireland and UK, for further dispatch to the four corners of the globe.
The packages will begin arriving by the middle of next week. Our members and trusted assistant volunteers in this trans-shipping effort will then begin to post them.

Pawel66 · « **Reply #62 on:** November 17, 2021, 16:16:36 »

A couple more volume issues and you will do it with your eyes closed, fully automatic on a push button basis!

mdsalemi · « **Reply #63 on:** November 18, 2021, 15:17:25 »

Quote from: Pawel66 on November 17, 2021, 16:16:36

A couple more volume issues and you will do it with your eyes closed, fully automatic on a push button basis!

Nice thought, Pawel, but hardly accurate I'm afraid.

What the team involved (it's not just me) has done is navigate a system of issues to come up with a viable, workable and least-costly, best practices program of PROCESSES, which includes selected vendors (such as printing, shipping, packaging materials, etc.). So in that respect, yes, we can do another sales project of anything without having to research what the best way of doing it is. This has been honed now with the badge project of 2018, and the two book projects of this year.

While that's a big part of it, it's only processes. There's still a lot of physical work involved on the part of the team. The physical work was mostly AlexD and myself getting to this point. The hundreds of pounds of international books were carried by Alex to me, then I re-packed them for the final mile to the four international destinations. At that point the international team will take over and label them all and then transport them to their local PO.

There were easier and less physical ways of doing it for sure. But it might have made the book cost $150...

Pawel66 · « **Reply #64 on:** November 18, 2021, 17:12:50 »

Lots of appreciation and respect for that!

mdsalemi · « **Reply #65 on:** November 23, 2021, 01:10:56 »

Canada and UK book parcels have arrived. Last mile/km postage has been prepared and sent. They should be in the mail to you soon.

Awaiting news on Ireland/EU and Australia/PacRim parcels.

ghenne · « **Reply #66 on:** November 23, 2021, 21:30:16 »

Canada's books are in the hands of Canada Post!

Let us know when they arrive - I wonder how much the floods will affect Vancouver!

George

mdsalemi · « **Reply #67 on:** November 23, 2021, 22:38:44 »

I love 💕 it!! Taken to Canada Post in a Pagoda! Way to go George!

JamesL · « **Reply #68 on:** November 25, 2021, 16:12:52 »

An update from London.
Books now have labels on them and I’ll drop them at the sorting office tomorrow morning.

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #69 on:** November 25, 2021, 22:58:26 »

Got mine today, looks like another great project cpmpleted. Thanks to the Team that that organized and completed this project so skillfully!!!

ThankYou all !

Dieter

SSAS · « **Reply #70 on:** November 29, 2021, 06:33:19 »

Got mine Today- Superb and many thanks to all responsible

Queensland Downunder

AndrewB · « **Reply #71 on:** November 29, 2021, 15:24:00 »

Got mine today in the UK. Thank you to all involved in putting this together, and in arranging the distribution in the US and UK

It is a fabulous book !

RAY · « **Reply #72 on:** November 29, 2021, 18:12:53 »

Mine arrived today also. Another fantastic compilation and a real credit to all those involved. Thankyou.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #73 on:** November 29, 2021, 20:46:00 »

Hello everyone,

Yes, all the Aussie/PacRim books have been in the mail (as you can see from the occasional note here), as well as all the Canadian and UK.
Right now, like literally this moment--I'm preparing all the labels for the EU shipments. These will fly through the cloud to David Robinson in Ireland, and by the weekend I suspect that his conscripted children will help him get all of these to the smiling lady behind the AnPost counter at his local post office...

We did send one extra book to each international location in the event that a latecomer wants a book. We do have a small number here in the USA as well.

franjo_66 · « **Reply #74 on:** November 29, 2021, 23:07:03 »

I received my copy yesterday. Absolutely fantastic!

Appreciate the effort & commitment by all involved. What an amazing keepsake for our collections.

JamesL · « **Reply #75 on:** November 30, 2021, 07:13:47 »

Quote from: mdsalemi on November 29, 2021, 20:46:00

Hello everyone,

We did send one extra book to each international location in the event that a latecomer wants a book.

Oh. I stuck that on eBay

mazmonza · « **Reply #76 on:** November 30, 2021, 10:20:44 »

Received mine today. Great job.

toronto_car_collector · « **Reply #77 on:** November 30, 2021, 15:18:36 »

Just got mine today. Book looks great.
Good work !

mdsalemi · « **Reply #78 on:** December 01, 2021, 21:25:15 »

Sorry, many of our Canadian members. I've been receiving numerous messages like this from Canada Post:

"Due to circumstances beyond our control, we may not be able to deliver your parcel within our standard delivery times. We’ll deliver it as soon as possible. We’re sorry for any inconvenience."

This is probably NOT for those in Ontario unless you are in outlying areas. However, if you provided a valid email address that you check, you should be getting the same messages. It is apparently out of the control of those who control it (which makes not a whit of sense) but surely there's not much we can do about it. Hoping it gets resolved from Atlantic to Pacific and your book parcel is delivered soon.

PeterW113 · « **Reply #79 on:** December 02, 2021, 18:01:55 »

Got mine👍

mdsalemi · « **Reply #80 on:** December 04, 2021, 15:18:40 »

Just got word from "Team Robinson" that all the EU packages (every country but USA, Canada, UK and Australasia) have been dropped into the AnPost (Ireland Post) system.

So, with most USA, Canada, UK and Australasia/PacRim books either delivered or fast on the way, now every book is on the way for the "last mile" of shipment...

Thanks for all the support along the way, and a huge debt of gratitude to our external teams (not in any order): David Robinson and family in Ireland, Matt Stickley in Australia, James Lester in London/UK, and George Henne in Toronto/Canada.

Garry · « **Reply #81 on:** December 07, 2021, 23:47:00 »

Got my Volume 2 and a big thank you to all the team who put it together and made it happen again. Another reference book to go into the Pagoda shed library for future reads.

Garry

Kemal · « **Reply #82 on:** December 13, 2021, 14:03:51 »

Thank you so much to all involved.
I received volume 2 a little while ago but I’ve not had the time to say “ thank you “🙏🏻 😊

Pawel66 · « **Reply #83 on:** December 13, 2021, 14:10:00 »

Nice picture

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You have the tree dressed up already!

114015 · « **Reply #84 on:** December 13, 2021, 18:47:45 »

Gentlemen!

Mine arrived today
and it is superb.
Thank you so much Michael and David and all associated.
Wonderful job!

Best,
Achim

mdsalemi · « **Reply #85 on:** December 13, 2021, 19:37:14 »

Quote from: 114015 on December 13, 2021, 18:47:45

Gentlemen!

Mine arrived today
and it is superb.
Thank you so much Michael and David and all associated.
Wonderful job!

Best,
Achim

and AlexD, JonnyB, Amy McKenna, our vendors Linda Jayne Clark and Southport Graphics, and our international volunteers David's family, James Lester, George Henne, and Matt Stickley.
Truly an international effort with many involved...

...not to mention all the respective authors who made the original articles and magazines so great.

lagolag · « **Reply #86 on:** December 14, 2021, 15:07:12 »

Thanks!
My copy arrived today in Sweden, greate Christmas present.
These books and the sl113.org are a goldmine for me being new to Pagoda.
Thanks to all involved.
Cheers
Lars

Kemal · « **Reply #87 on:** December 14, 2021, 17:02:59 »

Quote from: Pawel66 on December 13, 2021, 14:10:00

Nice picture .

You have the tree dressed up already!

Two women in the house, need I say more

All the best,
Kemal

yves · « **Reply #88 on:** December 17, 2021, 11:52:45 »

The postwoman came with a gift this morning....

Pawel66 · « **Reply #89 on:** December 30, 2021, 11:00:50 »

Thank you for a great New Year's gift for the entire publishing Team!

It is one good looking book again!

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