OK - enough - I really didn't mean they were cooks. I know these folks work hard for the money. I sometimes just get tired of having all the rates for doing anything go up and up and up. I too do volunteer look-ups, traveling to different library and county offices for others and never ask for anything in return. I figure down the line some kind person will return that favor that I need. So please don't take offense at my sounding off about our higher fee's for doing the same ol job they been doing for cheap fee's. Tired Ol Jo >From: "Dan M" <wb@wvi.com> >Reply-To: OREGON-L@rootsweb.com >To: OREGON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OREGON] Out of State Fees >Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:29:01 -0700 > >I don't think any one is being a crook. >I do think they were being low cost in the past. >I do know how much work they do to get us boxes to look into and do look >ups >for people who cant get there. , also the archives is not that big and >there are not very many people there and it is time consuming on them to do >hours of look ups , they get wages like every one else with no means of >profits ,I think cost could be a little high, or the out of state research >might be questioned, but this will help cover costs they cant meet , but to >be called crooks it way out in left field. > I have got many of these for people and I paid the 25 cents and I paid >the postage and I never ask on cent , its about 25 miles round trip and >once >I told some one it would cost 25 dollars for 5 lookups because they wanted >me to make a special trip, I am my wife's caregiver and at times I cant get >away unless I pay some one to stay with her 25 dollars, I was called a >crook >and they refused to write to me any more, in general I look to helping >people because I get help from others at times and we just return favors to >different people and the circle goes on. > As a mechanic would I install a 34 cent part in a machine if the labor >took 1 hour as least and only charge 34 cents ? > We need to take one step back and look at this whole picture and >consider >these people and how the archives are funded - Ps I am one who parks in >free >spots on the block and walks just a little rather than fill a parking meter >, so I am no different than other people who like to save a buck, and I >think parking meters should be cheaper <G> > But crooks? Nah! >Dan l;-) >----- Original Message ----- >From: <joneils@msn.com> >To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:45 PM >Subject: Re: [OREGON] Out of State Fees > > > > > > No joke - just what on earth make's mailing a piece of paper out of the > > state that much more expensive. The Post Office still only charges 34 > > cents. And the cost of copy paper is lest than a penny. Ink cartriges >last > > thousands of copies and are only about 40 bucks each. Boy I need a job >at > > this Oregon office. Labor for supplying out of state copies is a real >good > > deal, if you are a crook. You can rip them "out of stater's" off and >they > > are too far away to do anything about it. Hummmmmmmmm. > > > > Jo > > > > > >==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST >To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L >web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html >Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

Agreed l;-) Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <joneils@msn.com> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [OREGON] Out of State Fees > > OK - enough - I really didn't mean they were cooks. I know these folks work > hard for the money. I sometimes just get tired of having all the rates for > doing anything go up and up and up. I too do volunteer look-ups, traveling > to different library and county offices for others and never ask for > anything in return. I figure down the line some kind person will return > that favor that I need. So please don't take offense at my sounding off > about our higher fee's for doing the same ol job they been doing for cheap > fee's. > > Tired Ol Jo