Hello, I'd like to pay with a credit card without using Paypal, but your website only presents me with Paypal. Is there a way to just use a credit card? The book looks great!
First of all thanks for the kind words and for your interest in my book.
I am aware of Paypal's shortcomings and corruption, alas, I am not very computer savvy and the person who helped set my website for me (for free) is very hard to get ahold of, and I do not know how to change any functions so it is stuck with that one payment method as far as my website is concerned (for now).
I could do an e-transfer if that works better? (if that works we can get in touch via email through my proton account at recipesforreciprocity@proton.me to set up the details)
I also have the option of becoming a "founding member" paid subscriber on Substack which comes with the bonus of both a physical copy of my first book (shipped out within a week with heirloom seeds from my collection) and also a digital copy of my yet unpublished book once it is published. So that is also a non-paypal option for getting my book I suppose, as I do not think Substack's "stripe" payment system interfaces with pay pal at all.
Aside from that I am open to barter and trade type arrangements if you have created something yourself that you would want to trade for a book :)
Thank you for the kind words and for your interest in my book.
The shipping costs for sending an item (which has the dimensions and weight of my book) to the US from where we are often ends up being more than 30$ (CAD) and I pay for that out of my own pocket. I cringe at the thought of charging people more than that for shipping so I am paying the difference myself for this first printing run to help get the material in the book into people's hands to help them be able to grow and preserve some of their own food, save seed, build soil and perpetuate the cycle (to send positive ripple effects into their communities) even though I sometimes lose money doing this.
Here in Canada our corrupt government has all kinds of profiteering scams they are imposing on us for shipping items through the postal service (one of those being a carbon tax).
I recently had someone in New Zealand and someone in Australia order a book (I have all international orders outside the US set as a 35$ CAD shipping fee) and Canada post ended up charging me just under 100$ CAD to ship each book with tracking. I am not gonna change my website so that it charges people 100 dollars shipping on a 60 dollar book, so I just take on that cost myself. It is not a profitable endeavor but it feels right to help those who are motivated to be able to feed themselves and give back to the Earth so I am doing my best to make that happen.
One thing I can do to make up for the shipping fees is slip a few extra packages of heirloom seeds from my personal collection in with your book (as that costs me nothing extra but my own time).
Thank you so much for the explanation. I didn't know you are not in the U.S., I understand now. I will be ordering your book today. It looks like a very important and helpful book. I'm excited about it! I am also going to give your sauerkraut recipe a try today. Thanks so much for posting the information. To your health, and Merry Christmas!
That is awesome! I`ll watch for your order and then select a couple heirloom seed varieties from my collection that I think would do well in your area (and perhaps be able to be used to garnish/enhance sauerkraut) and slip them in with your copy of the book ;)
Thank you for the kind words about my writing. I would love to hear what you think after you have a chance to read it and I would also love to hear how your sauerkraut adventure goes :)
May your future harvests be abundant, both in food for the body and food for the soul.
What a delight to be included in this good company! Not sure how I missed this on the first round but I'm glad I got another chance to thank you for my inclusion.
Now I'm curious what part of MD Charles is from and whether he might be close to my Appalachian MD home.
Hello, I'd like to pay with a credit card without using Paypal, but your website only presents me with Paypal. Is there a way to just use a credit card? The book looks great!
Greetings JM
First of all thanks for the kind words and for your interest in my book.
I am aware of Paypal's shortcomings and corruption, alas, I am not very computer savvy and the person who helped set my website for me (for free) is very hard to get ahold of, and I do not know how to change any functions so it is stuck with that one payment method as far as my website is concerned (for now).
I could do an e-transfer if that works better? (if that works we can get in touch via email through my proton account at recipesforreciprocity@proton.me to set up the details)
I also have the option of becoming a "founding member" paid subscriber on Substack which comes with the bonus of both a physical copy of my first book (shipped out within a week with heirloom seeds from my collection) and also a digital copy of my yet unpublished book once it is published. So that is also a non-paypal option for getting my book I suppose, as I do not think Substack's "stripe" payment system interfaces with pay pal at all.
Aside from that I am open to barter and trade type arrangements if you have created something yourself that you would want to trade for a book :)
Hope this helps!
Your book looks amazing and I'm interested in ordering it but I'm wondering why shipping is $30?
Hi Laurielue.
Thank you for the kind words and for your interest in my book.
The shipping costs for sending an item (which has the dimensions and weight of my book) to the US from where we are often ends up being more than 30$ (CAD) and I pay for that out of my own pocket. I cringe at the thought of charging people more than that for shipping so I am paying the difference myself for this first printing run to help get the material in the book into people's hands to help them be able to grow and preserve some of their own food, save seed, build soil and perpetuate the cycle (to send positive ripple effects into their communities) even though I sometimes lose money doing this.
Here in Canada our corrupt government has all kinds of profiteering scams they are imposing on us for shipping items through the postal service (one of those being a carbon tax).
I recently had someone in New Zealand and someone in Australia order a book (I have all international orders outside the US set as a 35$ CAD shipping fee) and Canada post ended up charging me just under 100$ CAD to ship each book with tracking. I am not gonna change my website so that it charges people 100 dollars shipping on a 60 dollar book, so I just take on that cost myself. It is not a profitable endeavor but it feels right to help those who are motivated to be able to feed themselves and give back to the Earth so I am doing my best to make that happen.
One thing I can do to make up for the shipping fees is slip a few extra packages of heirloom seeds from my personal collection in with your book (as that costs me nothing extra but my own time).
Hope this helps!
Thank you so much for the explanation. I didn't know you are not in the U.S., I understand now. I will be ordering your book today. It looks like a very important and helpful book. I'm excited about it! I am also going to give your sauerkraut recipe a try today. Thanks so much for posting the information. To your health, and Merry Christmas!
Happy to help! :)
That is awesome! I`ll watch for your order and then select a couple heirloom seed varieties from my collection that I think would do well in your area (and perhaps be able to be used to garnish/enhance sauerkraut) and slip them in with your copy of the book ;)
Thank you for the kind words about my writing. I would love to hear what you think after you have a chance to read it and I would also love to hear how your sauerkraut adventure goes :)
May your future harvests be abundant, both in food for the body and food for the soul.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks so much Gavin for your generosity! I will definitely let you know how it all goes.
What a delight to be included in this good company! Not sure how I missed this on the first round but I'm glad I got another chance to thank you for my inclusion.
Now I'm curious what part of MD Charles is from and whether he might be close to my Appalachian MD home.
Hello my friend! I updated this post recently and added your thoughtful review (along with the others) so you did not miss it the first time around :)
I am grateful for your thoughtful review and so glad I am able to introduce some of my subscribers to your material.
Thanks again!