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From: "Tom Perrett" <>
Subject: Re: [SoG] The Society Bookshop and comparison with Amazon
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:31:45 +1100 (ADT)
In-Reply-To: <000201c2df1c$558a4ac0$0200a8c0@caroline>


On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:55:56 -0000, Caroline Gurney wrote:

>Rob Thompson wrote:
>
>> Also takings from the bookshop, whether loss making or
>> not would have conributed towards the staff costs of
>> other parts of the building (all admin
>> staff/director/etc) which will now have to born in
>> full by the rest of the Society
>
>Sorry, Rob, I don't follow this bit. If it is loss-making (costing more to
>run than it brings in) how can its takings contribute anything to the wider
>enterprise?

Secondly these so called "takings" first of all have to go
to the "cost of sales", ie, the cost of purchasing the
publications from the suppliers.


Cheers,

Tom <> Tom Perrett

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