QCC Newsletter

NEW SINCE LAST UPDATE

There were some big payouts at the casino [ Merchant Community Site arcade] ..where were you?? Payouts will continue at the current level through December. Highest score at the end of the month will get 1,000 qc. Second highest score at the end of the month will get 700 qc. Third highest score at the end of the month will get 500 qc. With eighteen games available, thats a lot of coin to be made, and Kaylee has a lot of extra holiday spending money she can vouch for! Come give us some competition [ must sign up to participate ].

QCC Racing additions! Ideas and edited text authored by Belladonna Maddox [ roseofmalice ]:

Added-Money purses - When the lineup goes out, a deadline will be given for individual sponsorships of any race on the card. For example, Belle sponsors Race #XYZ and puts up 800qc to double the purse for Win, Place and Show because her horse is running in that race and it's his birthday. For another example, Hope puts up X amount of qc because it's her parent's anniversary and she sponsors a certain race in their name. [ For the December races, send your money and race sponsor information to qccracing@questcoin.com]. Your information should include your name, your house and/or treasurer's name, the amount you want to sponsor, the specific race you wish to sponsor, as well as the reason for sponsoring that race.

Claiming - There were also be the option to have a claim horse listed, starting with the Feb/March season. A claiming race is one in which the horses carry a price tag for which another owner or trainer can buy the horse out of the race. The price will be set with the track steward, and is the one who handles all the deals. If no one "claims" the horse before the race goes off, the original owner keeps him. If he is "claimed" before the race goes off, regardless of outcome, the new owner keeps the horse. The sale price is non-negotiable and the sale is final. No returns, and the former owner can not rescind the sale offer after it is posted. The race entry form already has a comment section. Owners should indicate in the comments section which slotted horses they would like to put up for claim and the price. Once the form is submitted, there are no takebacks. We'll simply make a notation of a claiming price on the regular lineup, remind the announcers to announce when a horse is up for claim and then call the race. We'll either set up a specific Claiming Form with all the other automated forms, or require a time-stamped e-mail to "the track steward" be sent before the official start time of the race. Regular rules concerning increasing stable size and transfers still apply.

Shop owners ~ if you attended one of the November market, all you have to do to earn 350 qcoins is to also send out a flyer advertising your shop [ to voluntary@questcoin.com] , then fill out the paperwork [ Shop Certification Form ]. You'll also receive a certificate you can display in your shop window. With a two day bazaar coming up, it should be very easy for you to make some extra spending money.

Speaking of the bazaar,this will be a pure two day shopping opportunity, allowing everyone to get their shopping done and for the vendors to get all their holiday orders lined up. A lot of time and diligence go into these shops, so please patron them this winter season. Though, if you know what you want ahead of time, it will give the shopkeepers extra time to prepare their deliveries for later.

Next update will be Dec 15th.

[ Mailstring reminders: Members string can be used for Initial shop announcements once, or events may use it for an initial announcement and then a following reminder. Additional mailings should go to the Voluntary string. If you aren't signed up on the Voluntary, you may be missing things like monthly merchant flyers! QCC Voluntary Mailstring ]

[ For 50 qcoins ~ Go sign up at the QCC Merchant Community Site!, All the merchant information is now there and easily searchable. ]

[ Quality of merchant email deliveries are just as important as your stock. If all you do is cut and paste the picture of your item, and don’t include any item or delivery descriptions, your customer probably won’t return. Those spending their qcoins want to feel they’ve gotten their ‘moneys worth’. Things that have proven to work are rp’d descriptions of the shop and/or delivery method, some do bigger item descriptions than what is on the shop site, bonus items, graphics of the included note cards, thank you gifts included with the receipts. Anything to give the buyer satisfaction.

Do not include the prices or bill total on the actual delivery. A player may be planning to forward the email to someone as a surprise during roleplay. Receipts should always be done separately from delivery. ]

[ After the holidays, we will be doing checking on links and information on the various QCC houses, treasuries, businesses, taverns, and stables. This is a bit of a heads up, so you can look over the site if you think about it and make sure everything that pertains to you is correct. ]