fyi, mercian manuals got my "Works Tigers 1964-1966" book to me in ny from
the uk in 6 days flat, incl the weekend days. expensive due to our crummy
amazing shrinking dollar, but fast and a cool book.
peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Thompson" <chris@cthompson.net>
To: "Mountjoy" <mtjoy@telis.org>
Cc: "dave / judy mcdermott" <mcdermd@stripe.colorado.edu>; "tiger list"
<tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Works Tigers 1964-1966
> Just got this from Dave:
>
> Unfortunately I think the bulk order left the UK yesterday. As a member
> of STOC (the English Tiger club) I had volunteered to assist them in
> handling the pre-orders from the USA that they had received up to that
> point. STOC had advertised the book in their publication Cats Whiskers
> and on their website for the last year and asked folks to contact them
> to pre-order the book.
> By handling the pre-orders through a bulk mailing process to the
> USA we were able to get the cost of the book down to around $100
> including postage and insurance. Graham Vickery in STOC has contacted
> all the Tiger clubs in the USA like CAT, STOA, Tigers East etc. about
> each of them setting up a bulk order process for their respective
> members similar to the one we set up for the pre-orders. However, to my
> knowledge none of the clubs have yet advertised that process in their
> monthly publications. Of course anyone who wants the book sooner can
> always order it directly from the publisher "Peter Shimmell"
> <mercman@lineone.net>. Because of the weight of the book individual
> orders to USA customers I think will cost around $50 for shipping which
> makes the total cost of the book around $130 or more including postage
> and insurance.
> At this point in time there is no USA commercial book
> distributor or Tiger parts vendor selling the book. If anything changes
> either the publisher or STOC will let us all know. In the mean time
> please do not contact me directly to order the book since the bulk
> pre-order shipment has already left England. If folks are patient I
> think each of the USA clubs will set up their ordering process. Thanks
>
> Dave McDermott
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