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Greetings Members! We're pleased to introduce a brand new, innovative concept for the Writing.Com Community that further allows our members to encourage, support and reward each other! :: Can You Write A Simple Letter? :: If yes, you could be in big demand, earning big money, writing just a few hours a day from anywhere in the world you choose to be. Here's how you can learn the secrets of this little-known, lucrative business: << http://www.thewriterslife.com/wc >> Please support our Sponsor and visit their site today! :: Introducing Merit Badges :: Merit Badges are the perfect way to recognize another Writing.Com member for effort and excellence! As awardicons are awards for items, Merit Badges are awards for the authors themselves! Whether given out for the member's writing, reviewing, interactions or personality, a Merit Badge will be a lasting reminder of your sincere appreciation. Writing.Com Merit Badges are virtual symbols of appreciation that are given at will from one member to another. Each badge is custom-designed to represent a particular trait, specialty skill or theme. This image (when received) resides on a special page within a member's portfolio and may be viewed by the public as long as that account exists. Merit Badges should be given to any Writing.Com member who has affected you in some way. Is there someone who you feel has excelled in a certain genre or a type of writing? Has a member supported you through his or her words or actions? No reason is too trivial; all members appreciate positive recognition! Each Merit Badge costs 10,000 Gift Points each time you want to give one to another member. There is no limit to the amount of Merit Badges you may give out or receive. All of your Merit Badges will be stored and available from within your public and private portfolio. To view your collection, just head to your portfolio and click Merit Badges from underneath your large portfolio icon. Visitors to your portfolio will also access your Merit Badges from this same link. To see the available Merit Badges or to give one to another member visit: http://www.Writing.Com/main/badges.php In addition, Shop: Merit Badges is available from your Gift Point Tools pull down menu for quick access to the shop at any time. For complete details and Questions/Answers, please see:
:: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: UPDATE: Scholarship now open to all members! The regular registration deadline is May 31st, 2003. Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.thewriterslife.com/wc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress ![]() The StoryMaster ![]()
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Greetings Members! We've updated the look, feel and usability of our NotePad; plus a note about our new Writing.Com t-shirts! :: Can You Write A Simple Letter? :: If yes, you could be in big demand, earning big money, writing just a few hours a day from anywhere in the world you choose to be. Here's how you can learn the secrets of this little-known, lucrative business: http://www.thewriterslife.com/wc Please support our Sponsor and visit their site today! :: New NotePad Features! :: The NotePad is a convenient way to keep track of private, personal notes that you want to remember or access on a regular basis. To make it easier and more powerful, we've made a few changes and additions. The new ScratchPad can be used to preview WritingML and other text. Linked from within your NotePad, it is a quick way to finalize your words before posting them. Don't forget, the ScratchPad's contents are not saved and are cleared after each use. Now you can have several pages within your NotePad! This new ability makes organizing your information a snap. Keep one page for things to read, another for ideas to explore and still another for things to do! Basic Members may have 2 NotePad pages; Upgraded members may have 5 pages and Premium members are able to create 25 NotePad pages. Each NotePad page is limited to 10k in size. Your NotePad can be found from within your Member Tools pulldown. Upgraded and Premium Members will also find a quick link to the NotePad from their Extended IM Console. :: Writing.Com T-Shirt Pre-Orders Ship Tomorrow! :: We're excited to announce that we've received our new Writing.Com t-shirts and will be shipping all orders tomorrow afternoon! That means if you've ordered a shirt, it should be there is a matter of days (a little longer for those of you outside the US). And we must say, these shirts turned out fantastic! If you didn't already order one, or you'd like to add another to your collection, please visit our store: http://www.Writing.Com/main/store :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: UPDATE: Scholarship now open to all members! The regular registration deadline is May 31st, 2003. Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members! Receive even more referral credit and keep your message forums cleaner with the tools introduced below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~* Introducing "Invalid Item" ![]() ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Invalid Item" ![]() "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" ![]() for tasty things like cakes, pies and much more! Check it out:
:: Get MORE Referred Member Credit :: One of the best ways that our Members can help and support Writing.Com is by sharing their own Public Portfolio with friends, relatives and associates. This assists us in growing our community, bringing more people to Read, Rate and Review. We wanted to make it easier and more appealing for our members to point out Writing.Com to the people they know. For that reason, we've created an improved referral system that allows you to receive credit for directing a visitor to ANY page on Writing.Com! How do I use it? At the very bottom of EVERY Writing.Com page, you'll find a new link called Refer A Member. Just click that link and a small pop-up will provide you with the correct referring URL to hand out. You will receive credit each time a new visitor joins our community after first visiting that page. We have also updated the Tell A Friend system to append the correct referring text to the end of any URL sent by it. These improvements are sure to get your referral number up and generate more involvement within your favorite online writing community! Banners, Buttons and More! Don't forget: linking to Writing.Com from your own home page, web site or offsite email signature is EASY and ENCOURAGED{/$ have an entire page dedicated to banners, buttons and the HTML needed... and they are FREE to use! We have some very eye catching banners plus a whole section of text links. Our Linking To Writing.Com section can be found at the bottom of every page on Writing.Com or you can reach it from the following link: http://www.Writing.Com/main/linktous For more details on Referred Member Tracking, please see:
:: Message Forum Purging Tool :: Now you can Purge old messages from your existing Message Forums! This new tool is perfect for contests, general chat forums or any members who'd like to help us free up some disk and database resources by reducing the amount of messages in their forum. You'll find the Purge link in the "Your Item" line of the forum's header. Once you click the link, you'll be asked to confirm the purge and select the amount of time for which you'd like to keep messages. Please note: The Purge function is performed only one time. This will NOT set your forum up for automatic purging. If you would like to purge the forum at a later date, you will have to click the "Purge" link and repeat the process. :: Our BIGGEST GP Sale EVER ends TONIGHT :: Gift Points are on sale until May 22nd, 2003 (Tonight) @ 11:59pm. The sale bonuses are the largest we've ever given! Please remember that your purchase of GPs supports Writing.Com, helping us to provide more tools, resources and readers to our community. http://www.Writing.Com/main/store :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: UPDATE: Scholarship now open to all members! The regular registration deadline is May 31st, 2003. Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members! We wanted to take a moment to answer one of the most frequently asked questions our members have and remind everyone about our Gift Point sale. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~* "Invalid Item" ![]() ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sponsor League's goal is to promote the sponsoring of high quality items within the Writing.com community. Items that are sponsored by this group must meet the requirements of quality and number of ratings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :: The Most Frequently Asked Question :: Since sending our email last week about changes to our membership plans and the creation of our Basic Membership, the question we've received most is: Q. I don't have a credit card; do you accept other payment types? A. YES! We also accept payments via regular postal mail in the form of Checks and Money Orders. Money Orders can be purchased at many locations such as Post Offices, convenience stores and banks. As soon as we receive your payment in the mail, we process your order. Just head to "Our Store" and when submitting your order, be sure to choose the "Pay By Mail" option. http://www.Writing.Com/main/store Quick Update: Over 50 members are using our new Basic Membership since we released it just one week ago. Many members have noted that at $15.00 per year, our Basic Membership is well worth those 4 pennies per day! :: Our BIGGEST GP Sale EVER ends SOON :: Gift Points are on sale until May 22nd, 2003 (Thursday) @ 11:59pm. The sale bonuses are the largest we've ever given! Pricing during this sale follows: 100,000 for $10.00 255,000 for $25.00 (2% Extra, Free!) 520,000 for $50.00 (4% Extra, Free!) 1,060,000 for $100.00 (6% Extra, Free!) 2,700,000 for $250.00 (8% Extra, Free!) 5,500,000 for $500.00 (10% Extra, Free!) Please remember that your purchase of GPs supports Writing.Com, helping us to provide more tools, resources and readers to our community. http://www.Writing.Com/main/store :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: UPDATE: Scholarship now open to all members! The regular registration deadline is May 31st, 2003. Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members! Announcing our BIGGEST Gift Point sale EVER and a new group Gift Point tool! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~* "Invalid Item" ![]() ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sponsor League's goal is to promote the sponsoring of high quality items within the Writing.com community. Items that are sponsored by this group must meet the requirements of quality and number of ratings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :: Our BIGGEST Gift Points Sale EVER :: Gift Points are on sale until May 22nd, 2003 (Wednesday) @ 11:59pm. The sale bonuses are the largest we've ever given! Pricing during this sale follows: 100,000 for $10.00 255,000 for $25.00 (2% Extra, Free!) 520,000 for $50.00 (4% Extra, Free!) 1,060,000 for $100.00 (6% Extra, Free!) 2,700,000 for $250.00 (8% Extra, Free!) 5,500,000 for $500.00 (10% Extra, Free!) Don't miss the BIGGEST opportunity to stock up on Gift Points EVER! Please remember that your purchase of GPs supports Writing.Com, helping us to provide more tools, resources and readers to our community. Members can purchase GPs from "Our Store": http://www.Writing.Com/main/store :: Group Gift Point Dispursing :: With the new Dispurse Gift Points tool, group members can send Gift Points to every member in their group with just a few quick clicks. The Gift Points dispursed can come from either the group's Gift Point funds or from your own account. (You may only use the group's funds if you have the needed level within the group.) Dispurse Gift Points can be found linked just below the header within a Group Item. This tool and the link are only available to members of the specific group to which a group member wants to send Gift Points. :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: UPDATE: Scholarship now open to all members! The regular registration deadline is May 31st, 2003. Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members! It's been over one year since Writing.Com first instituted portfolio limitations on free memberships. During that time period, we saw countless free communities close up shop because they didn't plan ahead and evolve to meet their resource needs. Meanwhile, Writing.Com has continued to improve and grow, adding tons of new features, tools and options while reaching more readers and writers than ever before. We realize that in order to continue on a successful path, we must balance our site's resource usage with both members' feedback and feasibility. Over the last few months, we've reviewed countless combinations of options, features and limitations to build an additional membership plan that costs less than an Upgrade, but is more inclusive than a Free membership. While some members suggested changing the free membership to a "for a limited time only" plan, we feel all members should have an opportunity to interact on Writing.Com for as long as they'd like without having to continuously recreate their identity after their "time" runs out. As a result, we have updated and expanded our membership plans to better accommodate our membership base as a whole! Introducing Basic Memberships: We're pleased to offer our members a new membership plan: Basic Membership. This membership level is similar to our Free service, but offers members more total portfolio items, item types and features at a very affordable yearly cost. In addition to the benefits of our Free services: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The cost of the Basic Membership is $15.00 per year. Like our other paid memberships, this plan may be purchased through our store, from your Gift Point Center and/or gifted to other members. For a complete membership benefits comparison chart, see:
A Note About Free Memberships: Free memberships are available to any person that has an interest in reading, writing and participating within the community. This membership level allows new members to join in and learn about the community, its features, tools and benefits. It also provides a limited amount of storage space for those that wish to post a few items of their own. With the introduction and availability of our new Basic Membership option, we've made a few modifications to our Free Membership. These adjustments still allow for community growth as there is no limit on any Member's participation in forums, interactive stories, reading, rating or reviewing. We are merely resetting reasonable limitations to ensure that as we continue to receive exposure and experience growth, we also continue to keep pace with technology and infrastructure. These modifications will also help control system resources, such as bandwidth and data base size. In addition, these changes will also provide better exposure to our Basic, Upgraded and Premium Members, as their presence and fuller portfolios will stand out among the crowd, as they should since they are supporting the site with a paid membership. The following changes are now in effect for Free Memberships: ![]() We've removed the limit on how many items a Free Member may create in a 24-hour period. ![]() While it might seem as though hosting a few extra items in an individual's portfolio is not resource intensive, multiply those few extra items by over 15,000 Free Authors and the number has quickly grown. This new limitation effects over 60,000 items that we're hosting for free. ![]() With a 5 item total, there is no need to organize using folders. This will also clear up the confusion that many of our new members experience when creating their first item. ![]() There are simply too many message forums. The fact that any Registered member could create numerous message forums severely diluted the activity in all of them. ![]() Too often, members were signing up solely to harass other members through the anonymous review feature. This feature is now reserved for those members who are serious about their community involvement. Grace Period: Current free members who have more than 5 items will have a grace period of 60 days (starting today) to store these additional items in their portfolio. After this period, any items over the free membership limit will be deleted from the system. For a complete membership benefits comparison chart, see: "Compare Free and Paid Membership Benefits" ![]() A Special Thank You: We want to thank those of you who have supported Writing.Com through a paid membership or the purchase of Gift Points. We and the entire community of Writing.Com sincerely appreciate your patronage! We hope that those using our free membership plan will join the ranks of our paid supporters and help to ensure the longevity of our online community. Sincerely, ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members This is a quick announcement about our old color code system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~* "Invalid Item" ![]() The Sponsor League's goal is to promote the sponsoring of high quality items within the Writing.com community. Items that are sponsored by this group must meet the requirements of quality and number of ratings.
its authors! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :: Old StoriesML Color Codes OFF :: About seven (7) months ago we released an updated color system which allowed us to add more colors ("Bigger, Better, Badder: StoriesML!" ![]() of this mailing, the old color codes have been turned off. If you didn't know there was an old system, don't worry about it... But for those who have the old codes in their items, we've updated our Portfolio Find and Replace function to help out a little. It provides the option to update the old color codes to our new WritingML codes: http://www.writing.com/main/my_portfolio.php?action=port_fnr :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: UPDATE: Scholarship now open to all members! The regular registration deadline is May 31st, 2003. Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members! This email includes a couple of great improvements to Writing.Com and a reminder about our new T-shirts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~*~* Print Your Writing Affordably! *~*~* http://www.InkQuik.com/?source=writing.com INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. 30-day money-back guarantee and 180-day replacement guarantee No sales tax for anyone and most orders arrive within 3 days or less Shipping only $3.95 whether you order 1 or 100 cartridges! Visit InkQuik today and start saving! http://www.InkQuik.com/?source=writing.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.Writing.Com/main/store ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pre-Order and SAVE $3.00 per T-Shirt! Pre-order any Writing.Com T-Shirt for just $10.00 before May 1st, 2003. AND buy any two (2) or more shirts and we'll include a free Stories.$ Visit Our Store At: http://www.Writing.Com/main/store :: Stay Logged Into Writing.Com Longer! :: Having to log into Writing.Com daily can be tedious. To alleviate this task, we've added a new account preference: Keep Cookie. A cookie is a small piece of information that is placed on your computer by a website. In this case, the information is your secure, encrypted password and the website is Writing.Com. By default, a member's computer will only keep the cookie for 1 day. This new setting will allow your account to stay logged into Writing.Com for longer periods of time, such as 7 days, 15 days... all the way up to 60 days. While this setting adds convenience, it can compromise your account's security. If you use a public computer, changing this setting is not advisable! Using the "Logout" link anywhere with Writing.Com automatically clears your cookie and logs you out of Writing.Com, regardless of this setting. To set this new preference, head to the My Account page then click to Change Preferences. From there, the setting is called Keep Cookie. Our new Keep Cookie preference is for Upgraded & Premium Members only. Find out more about Upgraded Membership ----> Invalid Item ![]() :: Writing.Com Saves The Day Writing! :: Many members have had the experience of losing submitted work because their account became logged out for inactivity while they worked in their browser. To circumvent this problem, we've embedded a secure, encrypted password into many of the forms found on the site. Even if your account has been timed or logged out, the submission will be saved. For security, the account will not be re-logged into, only storing the one form submitted. To continue using Writing.Com, the member will still need to log back into the site. Note: The forms using this new feature include: item forms, forum posting forms, journal entry forms, interactive chapter forms and campfire forms. :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: The Writing.Com 2003 Convention is fast approaching! Find out more about this all inclusivie, absolutely amazing 4 day / 3 night event... Convention Dates: August 15th - 18th, 2003 Space Remaining: About 12 spots left!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]() * Buy any two (2) or more T-Shirts and we'll include a free Stories.Com product, while supplies last. This might be anything from a Stories.Com Mug to a Stories.Com T-Shirt of the same size! Remember, supplies are limited so don't wait to place your order! http://www.Writing.Com/main/store |
Greetings Members! We've added some handy improvements to Survey Forms and improved the site's Wish List functionality! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~*~* Print Your Writing Affordably! *~*~* http://www.InkQuik.com/?source=writing.com INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. 30-day money-back guarantee and 180-day replacement guarantee No sales tax for anyone and most orders arrive within 3 days or less Shipping only $3.95 whether you order 1 or 100 cartridges! Visit InkQuik today and start saving! http://www.InkQuik.com/?source=writing.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :: Don't Forget Your Wish List! :: We have received a few requests to remind our members to update their Writing.Com wish lists! All four new t-shirts have been added to the wish list area and can be added at any time. People are asking us to remind members about this because they would like to be able to gift more items to both support their favorite authors and their favorite online community! ![]() From your Member Tools pull down, choose My Wish List. From that page, look for the Make a Wish For: section and then click the link for Writing.Com Products. :: A List Of Wish Lists! :: To better help our Angels, we've created a complete listing of all members that have filled out their Writing.Com Wish Lists! When a members adds any Writing.Com Product or Service to their wish list, they will automatically appear on this new page which is linked from the Angel Resources page. You can visit the listing directly at: http://www.writing.com/main/authors.php?action=wish_lists Thank you again for your support of Writing.Com and our members; We sincerely appreciate your caring and generosity! :: Collect Gift Points With Surveys :: Survey Forms are a great way to "take orders" for group fund raisers, editing services and more. Now the process of collecting a Gift Point fee is even easier! You can set the form to either allow the submitter to include Gift Points or require that they be included. The Gift Points collected are deposited right into your personal Gift Point account. If you're working with a group, you can use the "Direct Deposit" option to drop the Gift Points collected via the form right into any Group's account. With each transaction, a small fee is automatically removed and paid directly to Writing.Com for use of the system. :: Purge Survey Responses :: Once a Survey Form has been created, it is often re-useable. For example, a survey created to accept entries in a contest may be used again to re-run the contest. To make the process of reusing a survey easier, we've added a Purge utility. Linked from the "Manage" section of a survey, this tool will remove all responses to the survey in a few simple clicks. The creation of Survey Forms is reserved for the members with Upgraded or Premium Memberships. Thanks for your support! Find out more about Upgraded Membership ----> "Invalid Item" ![]() :: Convention 2003 Coming Soon! :: The Writing.Com 2003 Convention is fast approaching! Find out more about this amazing 4 day / 3 night event, August 15th - 18th, 2003:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. http://www.InkQuik.Com/?source=writing.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMaster ![]() The StoryMistress ![]()
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Greetings Members! We've heard your requests for new Writing.Com branded merchandise, and now we're answering! Introducing our newest store products: Writing.Com Branded T-Shirts! And to kick it off... SAVE $3.00 ON EVERY Writing.Com T-SHIRT that you pre-order in the next two weeks (before Midnight on May 1st, 2003)! http://www.Writing.Com/main/store Also, for a limited time... Buy any two (2) or more T-Shirts and we'll include a free Stories.Com product, while supplies last. This might be anything from a Stories.Com Mug to a Stories.Com T-Shirt of the same size! Remember, supplies are limited so don't wait to place your order! http://www.Writing.Com/main/store ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *~*~* Print Your Writing Affordably! *~*~* http://www.InkQuik.com/?source=writing.com INCREDIBLE prices on high-quality INKJET and TONER cartridges. 30-day money-back guarantee and 180-day replacement guarantee No sales tax for anyone and most orders arrive within 3 days or less Shipping only $3.95 whether you order 1 or 100 cartridges! Visit InkQuik today and start saving! http://www.InkQuik.com/?source=writing.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress ![]() The StoryMaster ![]() |