Post: #676

I'm finally doing direct paperback sales of Game from my web store, starting with customers in Canada, United States, and Mexico. If you're from those countries, you can click the paperback option on the sales page:

https://www.rooshvstore.com/books/game/

I actually make less money selling direct than from a bookstore because of fulfillment costs, but I'm eager to get rid of a middleman who can shut me down. I'm also experimenting with combo deals that include physical and digital products. Right now I'm doing a special where you can get the paperback, audiobook, and ebook for $35 plus shipping. The paperback alone is $25 plus shipping.

Post: #677

One issue I'm facing is that my costs to ship direct are higher than a bookstore. For example, to Europe, it costs $10.80 to ship Game. This doesn't include my fulfillment costs, which I absorb. I can absorb another $2 to shipping, bringing it down to $8.80, but that's still not cheap. One of the reasons it's expensive is because the book is over 1 pound. That's the cut off for a large rate increase.

(USA shipping is relatively cheap. I can offer Media Mail for $1.25 at the moment.)

So do I send European customers to a international store like Book Depository (where many customers complain that orders are delayed or cancelled), but where shipping is lower, or do I send them to my store? It would be too confusing to do both. One benefit of my store is that I can give them upgrades to combos they may like.

Post: #678

Book depository. Less hassle for you.

Post: #679

Ordered

Post: #680

(01-13-2019 09:40 PM)Roosh Wrote:  I'm finally doing direct paperback sales of Game from my web store, starting with customers in Canada, United States, and Mexico. If you're from those countries, you can click the paperback option on the sales page:

https://www.rooshvstore.com/books/game/

I actually make less money selling direct than from a bookstore because of fulfillment costs, but I'm eager to get rid of a middleman who can shut me down. I'm also experimenting with combo deals that include physical and digital products. Right now I'm doing a special where you can get the paperback, audiobook, and ebook for $35 plus shipping. The paperback alone is $25 plus shipping.

If I buy and read your books, will I be able lose my virginity to a 10/10 model?

Post: #681

Picked Game up recently in paperback from Alibris. Should be a fun read. Had a friend recently break up with his girlfriend and he's bummed out - offered him to borrow the book. Hopefully he takes me up on it.

Post: #682

(01-14-2019 09:07 PM)SlickyBoy Wrote:  Book depository. Less hassle for you.

Until they ban me.

Post: #683

(01-14-2019 10:24 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

(01-14-2019 09:07 PM)SlickyBoy Wrote:  Book depository. Less hassle for you.

Until they ban me.

True; I just saw that it is part of Amazon. I suppose you could give it a try just to force their hand into an act of overt censorship - the more they react, the more people notice. Obviously you can't plan on generating much revenue that way.

There have to be other drop shipping type services you can use in the EU, no?

Post: #684

I ordered my second copy from Blackwell's which also offers free shipping and received it without problems (receiving location within EU). It took a bit longer than previously through Book Depository, but there were Christmas and New Years holidays in between, so I guess that explains the delay.

Post: #685

(01-15-2019 01:20 PM)Dkby Wrote:  I ordered my second copy from Blackwell's which also offers free shipping and received it without problems (receiving location within EU). It took a bit longer than previously through Book Depository, but there were Christmas and New Years holidays in between, so I guess that explains the delay.

How much did Blackwell's charge you? I'm seeing a price of $31, which is $6 over the regular price.

Post: #686

I'm now directly selling both the hardcover and paperback on my store and shipping to these countries:

United States
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
United Kingdom

Most orders are shipped same day if you order by Noon EST. If you want to order direct and your country is not on the list, drop me a PM. I added countries that are the most cheap to ship to.

Post: #687

So Blackwell's is selling the Game paperback to UK customers for 35.25 Pounds and shipping is free. Total price in USD is $46.38.

Through my store for UK customers, the price is $25 plus $8.52 shipping. Total is $33.52. That's a considerable savings. For USA customers, shipping starts at $1.50.

Post: #688

(01-15-2019 05:43 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 01:20 PM)Dkby Wrote:  I ordered my second copy from Blackwell's which also offers free shipping and received it without problems (receiving location within EU). It took a bit longer than previously through Book Depository, but there were Christmas and New Years holidays in between, so I guess that explains the delay.

How much did Blackwell's charge you? I'm seeing a price of $31, which is $6 over the regular price.

I paid 22.45 EUR (in December). I checked prices on the website now and it says that a paperback is now 41,75€ and hardback 29,92€

Post: #689

(01-18-2019 05:49 PM)Dkby Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 05:43 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

(01-15-2019 01:20 PM)Dkby Wrote:  I ordered my second copy from Blackwell's which also offers free shipping and received it without problems (receiving location within EU). It took a bit longer than previously through Book Depository, but there were Christmas and New Years holidays in between, so I guess that explains the delay.

How much did Blackwell's charge you? I'm seeing a price of $31, which is $6 over the regular price.

I paid 22.45 EUR (in December). I checked prices on the website now and it says that a paperback is now 41,75€ and hardback 29,92€

Many sites price-match Amazon. If there is no Amazon listing, they charge a much higher price.

Post: #690

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Post: #691

Purchased my paperback copy from an international shipper.

Great book. It helped me realize that right now I am a low-priority occupant of a woman's "penis pipeline" (great term), and I should act accordingly.

I am over 40, and I have had a very hard time adapting to smartphones and social media. "Game" validated many of my experiences but in a way that directs toward solutions, not disengagement.

Overall, it is a well balanced book, well worth the premium to get a copy.

Post: #692

Was about to buy your new book Roosh.

But I didn't. I will at some point.

This is the third or fourth time I've wanted to put a bit of spare change in the kitty. I'll get around to it. I'll make a point of it.

But this was the last shit I needed at the end of my day.

Let me tell you.

I got my paypal account suspended for going through a VPN. I'd only used it moments earlier to pay for my VPN. Irony.

I got temp banned from Amazon for giving them an old phone no. and again going through a VPN.

I got my visa card banned by my bank, again. No reason for this. Fraud they say. It has cost me over a couple of grand so far in lost sales. 3 months later no resolution. Nothing I can do.

Visa/Paypal/Amazon. Oh yeah, ebay temp banned me too. I lost out on buying a job lot of hard disks for a tenner off each.

And now this. Five fucking times today. I'm sorry.

And the best part is I have money. And I even have extra money to pay in but I can't. It's not much. Don't matter. Can't use it.

I can stretch to a couple of books. I always enjoy your writing. Brought me to the site in the first place. You did well to focus and split on that point. (there's probably a corporate name for that mechanism)

I'd have been happy to just stick the odd fiver in here or there to keep things topped up. It just gets harder and harder. Fuck, I can't even buy fucking hard drives with hard cash. I can't spend my own fucking money.

This has been a hard day for me today. Sorry you didn't get paid on top. I'll make it up to you.

Actually, I'm not temp-banned from Amazon - I'm going to have to fucking phone them, all for using a different computer.

I almost lost a sale as well on some rare old software that was a once in a lifetime find. The guy was cool. He said he'd hold on until tomorrow. I had to hack paypal (vpn, restarting, etc.). What an absolute shit of a fucking day. And now this on top.

I'll make a point of putting a few coins back in the tin, so I will.

(excuse my little rant)

I think this is just a little taster of what it means when they turn the digital tap off.

Post: #693

Amazon is going on a ban rampage. In the past few days, they've banned books from Jared Taylor and Tommy Robinson, among others.

Quote:White Identity by Jared Taylor has just been delisted by Amazon. Like most cases of this kind, the digital book burning was in response to a hit piece. An article from Quartz called “There’s a disturbing amount of neo-Nazi and white supremacist material on Amazon” frothed about White Identity and other titles. The piece was headlined by a picture of a flaming swastika and a group of people performing the stiff-armed salute.

https://www.amren.com/commentary/2019/02...ee-speech/

Post: #694

You've made the last Ben Garrison cartoon, Roosh!

Quote:Bezos The Book Burning Clown

For many years Amazon has allowed free speech to flourish on its site. Jeff Bezos, its billionaire CEO, has now pretty much cornered the market on book sales.

Some people refuse to use Amazon due to the fact Bezos is aligned with the CIA and the Deep State.

Amazon has become a monopoly and not just for book sales. Yet now they’re starting to clamp down on books not popular with the left.A man named Roosh published books on the subject of picking up girls. His books were very offensive to feminists, so Amazon banned them. So much for Roosh’s free speech and his ability to make money through book sales. Likewise for Jared Taylor. His crime? He is a race realist who does not bow to political correctness. The Southern Poverty Law Center, arguably a hate group itself, condemned him for ‘hate speech.’

...

Shame on you for violating the First Amendment, Bezos. You’re a real Bozo.

—Ben Garrison

https://www.grrrgraphics.com/bezos-the-b...ing-clown/

Post: #695

It's a sad level of affairs. They already control the entire mainstream media empire, but they don't control the truth and it's slipping away ever more shown out for what it is due to social media and various internet venues.

Sooner or later it's likely that they will ban it all - snap it all away as if by magic. The thing is that this step is dangerous as well to them because then the men might start organizing in real life and just communicate for meetups using social media. That in itself could become even more dangerous since they absolutely want to know what you think.

Roosh was banned for his anti-establishment political views and the mere possibility of Red Pill men meeting up. That put him on the target list and he has been on it since then. The shitlord posting and Game teachings are not that problematic to them. Heck - even PewDiPie is on their watchlist because he showed too much of his true colors at one time. He stepped back from that and is unlikely to step out anymore, but they would still prefer for him to be gone. Those sheisters are paranoid control freaks and they would prefer to take away the platform of anyone who isn't either a sellout, willing collaborator or NPC. It's a sad honor to be in the book burning cartoon frankly.

Post: #696

Speaking of Amazon, this week on "The Most Obvious Shit of All Time" - Alexa is spying on you!

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-1...versations

Post: #697

There is absolutely no reason to have one of those in your house. Zero.