Hi guys,

****I apologize, this is a very long post, but its worth every minute of your time, I hope!***


This forum has helped me meet many good friends and musicians, who helped me in more than one way to improve my musical career, so even though some of you may think that I may be advertising, I sure hope that those of you who know me will realize my main market is not a music forum , I am mainly doing this as a way for everyone who wants to so they can help grow this great forum.

I have opened a new business (this is why I have not been around as much, I have been working an average of 16-18 hours every day), and I still have alot of work to do on it. Instead of typing everything again, I am going to paste to you an email I sent to a friend of mine. So to read about the business and how to access it see the email below. But first my idea:

For every purchase made by a forum member from my new business, I will donate 5% of the Sale price to this forum in one way or another. Please note that this way both you and me are helping the forum, not me alone. I also extend this offer to your families and friends. So if you refer anyone to buy from my store, as long as we end up tracking you (the forum member) as the referrer, then the 5% donation will still apply


Please note that if enough purchases are made by this forum members, we could end up helping Nigel pay for the monthly costs incurred by running this forum.

Yes as a new business, I will get the benifit of your encouragement, but believe me, I am doing this mainly to help the forum, because my main market again is not here, I have the whole world and I have my retail stores here in town. I could have always sent an email to each and everyone of you about the business without having to donate. I just feel that this is a great way to make everyone feel like they are doing something for this forum, and at the same time buying something unique and nice.

Please note that the only way I will know that you purchased something, is that you email me and let me know your user name on the forum. At the end of each month, I will send a paypal to who ever we decide with the 5% of my sales from this forum.

Please let me know if you have a better idea on how this forum can use the 5%.

Now, for the email I told you about, again this is just something I sent to a friend, but in it is all the information you will need:

before the email just note:

To my non-USA resident friends:
On ebay I say its only USA shipping, but I can arrange with you to ship to your country.


****************HOLY LAND MART**************

THIS IS A NEW BUSINESS BASED OUT OF THE ATLANTA AREA. THE BUSINESS IS CALLED "HOLY LAND MART" AND SELLS ALL TYPES OF PRODUCTS FROM THE HOLY LAND.

THE PRODUCTS WE ARE STARTING WITH ARE ALL HAND MADE CRAFTS FROM OLIVE WOOD AND MOTHER OF PEARLS FROM THE HOLY LAND. ALL PRODUCTS ARE 100% AUTHENTIC AND ARE HAND MADE BY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN CITIES LIKE BETHLEHEM, JERUSALEM, NAZARETH AND MORE. THESE FAMILIES RELY ON SUCH WORK AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME, THUS THEY HAVE MASTERED THIS ART.

OLIVE WOODS TEND TO LIVE FOR 100'S IF NOT 1000'S OF YEARS, AND THEY ARE PRUNED EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS TO STAY HEALTHY AND BARE OLIVES. CHRISTIAN FAMILIES IN THE HOLY LAND HAVE TAKEN THE LEFT OVER WOODS AND HAND CARVED ALL KINDS OF CRAFTS OUT OF THEM. THEY HAVE DONE THIS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS SO THEY HAVE MASTERED TURNING WOOD INTO ART. THEY HAVE ALSO DONE THE SAME THING WITH MOTHER OF PEARL PRODUCTS. PLEASE VISIT OUR EBAY STORE BELOW FOR A SMALL SAMPLE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

JUST TO GET THE BUSINESS GOING WE STARTED AN EBAY STORE, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY EASY TO SETUP, AND WE ARE OFFERING SEVERAL PRODUCTS AT MUCH LOWER PRICES THAN WE WILL LIST ON OUR SOON COMING WEBSITE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT OUR STORE AND MAKE AN ORDER IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING.

THE ADDRESS FOR THE EBAY STORE IS:
http://stores.ebay.com/holy-land-mart

THIS STORE IS FAIRLY NEW SO THERE WILL BE WAY MORE PRODUCTS LISTED THAN WHAT IS THERE NOW. IF YOU DON'T FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE NOW, PLEASE KEEP VISITING AS WE ARE ADDING NEW PRODUCTS ALMOST DAILY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR IF THERE IS A PRODUCT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OR IF YOU WANT TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHOLESALE PRICES, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO EMAIL US AT:

holylandmart@bellsouth.net


WE ALSO HAVE CHURCH SPECIALS, SO IF ANY OF YOU BELONG TO A CERTAIN CHURCH PLEASE LET THEM KNOW AND WE CAN ARRANGE TO HELP THEM DO FUND RAISING FOR THEIR CHURCH.

IN THE NEAR FUTURE PLEASE LOOK FOR OUR WEBSITE AS WELL:
www.holylandmart.com


THANKS FOR ENCOURAGING OUR NEW BUSINESS,

HOLY LAND MART TEAM.


[This message has been edited by Mosiqaar (edited 06-28-2005).]

I thinks that's a good thing you're doing. I wish you much success.
DonM

Thank you Don. I hope more people feel the same way you do.