Termite48
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Members: I have been here for my second go for just a few weeks. I have enjoyed most all with whom I have conversed, had dealings, and sent and received emails. I have a couple of observations which pertain to all who are involved in Mantids and other insects as as either a hobby, or side-line, or a small business venture. I ask you all in a humble as I can way to please use the golden rule when corresponding by email, posting on this site, or PM-ing. Some of us take communication with others more seriously than do others. That is just the way that it is. My request is that if the corrspondence involves the exchange of money or potentially so, please use the rule of "time is of the essence". You may be sitting on someone's funds and not letting that person know what is going on with the goods that are being sold. Another scenario that is common is when you have posted some insects for sale and you get some inquiries to promote some business, please treat these in order of receiving when there are two or more people requesting the item(s). Also treat the inquiry as if there is no tomorrow. Too many times some of you are treating things with the "manana" attitude, i.e., there is always tomorrow. This could spoil a deal for someone, and quite often I might guess. The last matter is that of mailings. Please let us use a safe and professional approach in that of utilizing "delivery confirmation" as part of your fees and process. It is usually $.70 extra to use the "tracking" option with Priority Mailings and $.80 cents for 1st Class. This enables two things: 1) proof that you mailed something at a certain date and time and to a certain zip code. 2) enables the recipient to track somewhat the progess of the package in the mail. On eBay for example is something is mailed and the buyer claims that he did not receive the item, ebay will force the seller to refund the money paid for the item, to the buyer. This is averted if the "proof of mailing" shows the item was, in fact mailed to a certain zip code on a certain day and at a specific time. That is all that I have to say at this time. I hope this helps those who have taken these things in a slightly haphazzard way. I am sure that most of you operate in the professional way that is expected of us. As Vance stated, a sort of "bill of lading" might be a nice addition to be placed in the package, especially if there could be any ambiguities.
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