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How To Order 
A Recording (or anything else)
Directly From Joel Mabus 

You have two options -- 1) check in mail  or  2) Paypal

OPTION 1 -- BY MAIL 

You can order directly from me by putting a check in the mail. 
It is as simple as that. 

I charge $16 per cd, postage & tax included*. 

My Parlor Guitar Music Book is $17, which also includes postage and tax

Sheet music goes for a dollar a page, with possible shipping fee. 

For a printable order form click HERE

My address is:

Joel Mabus
PO Box 306
Portage, MI 49081

To read detailed directions for this easy option, just click here. 

OPTION 2 -- BY PAYPAL

Or you can order from me using PAYPAL. 
This way you use a credit card -- or something like it -- to pay me over
the internet, and I will mail you your order directly.

The PAYPAL price is the same as standard mail order: 
$16 per cd, postage & tax included*.

If you are a
seasoned Paypal user, you know the drill.  Pay to my usual email address:
joel.mabus@pobox.com    

For detailed directions (especially first time users) click here: Paypal

If you would like to order my stuff from someone else, 
here are my recommendations: Other Retailers

Exquisite Detail

Here is the traditional mail order option in detail -- to make it easy I have
an order form in PDF which you can download and print and include with
your check: ORDER FORM

Or you can read below and do the math yourself and send a letter:

Mail-ordered CDs are Sixteen dollars* 
to your door anywhere in the US or Canada. 
(click here for Canada)  
(See the fine print below* for refunds& breakdown of prices)

It is as simple as this: you send me money, I send you stuff.

I try to keep it nice & simple to get your CD to you as quickly as I can. You will deal directly with me and won't mess with "Mister In-Between."

This arrangement may not have all the latest "point & clicks," but it works just fine, and there is no chance of anyone intercepting your credit card number -- because you won't be using one. 
I fulfill orders personally, and see to it that your order is filled accurately and mailed promptly. And ordering directly from me is the only way to get your CD autographed! 

In fact, I have been selling & shipping my recordings through the mail since 1987 -- even before the compact disc era. It's low-tech, but it works: you send dollars, and I send CD's.
Sound simple?  It is.  It’s just this easy:

Print out an order form by clicking HERE! 

OR:

1. Decide which CDs you want (and how many of each),

2. Multiply the total number of CDs by $16, and write a check 
   for that amount made payable to Joel Mabus

3. Send that check along with a note of which titles you want to:

Joel Mabus
PO Box 306
Portage, MI 49081

Don't forget to tell me where to send the CDs! 
(You could send one to a friend as a gift -- or have it come to your home or office.
It's ok to split your order between different addresses.)

I will send them by first class US mail (or Priority Mail for larger orders)
to anywhere in the US. (click here for Canada)  

(Besides CDs, I do offer paper goods: My book, Parlor Guitar is $17 (total) and sheet music is $1 per page with a possible s&h charge -- see the sheet music page)

If I am out on the road when your order comes in, your package  may be delayed a day or two, but I have a pretty good track record  with turn-around time. If you have a time crunch -- birthday or holiday -- let me know by email, and I'll try to help you out. 

f you want any of the CDs autographed or personalized be sure to let me know! I won't sign them unless you ask me to.

Questions?  Don't hesitate to send me an email -- just click here.

Not sure which CD you want?  You might want to go back to 
the recordings page and browse:

TO RETURN to the recordings page, click here.

To jump to a particular CD click the title here:

Omnibus   
Retold
The Banjo Monologues
Parlor Guitar
Thumb Thump
Six of One
How Like The Holly
Top Drawer String Band
Rhyme Schemes
Western Passage (CD-R)
Promised Land
Flatpick & Clawhammer
Short Stories
Firelake (out of print & unavailable)
Naked Truth
Fortunes (CD-R)

 
About Canadian orders:
At current mail rates, the same price applies for Canada as the US, but you must pay in US dollars. You can do this with your bank's help on your personal check, or via Paypal or with a money order. I will use international first class (formerly called airmail) to send Canadian orders.

(For other foreign orders or alternative shipping options email me first for terms.) 

* The fine print:

The total price for a CD is $16, unless there is a specific exception. 

Beginning in 2008: 
The "actual" price is $13.50 per CD with a shipping & handling fee of $2.50. 
That equals $16. If you return a CD because of a problem, you will be 
refunded the $13.50 if you wish – or get a replacement free of charge.

Orders that ship to an address within the state of Michigan are, by law, 
subject to Michigan sales tax, because that's where I live.
                                I WILL PAY THE TAX !
To accomplish that, I discount the price of Michigan orders to $12.74, 
then add the 6% sales tax of 76 cents and the shipping & handling fee of $2.50.  
Again, that equals $16 and the same refund of $13.50 is applicable if you 
return the item. My Michigan Department of Treasury Sales Tax License 
number is available upon request. Orders that ship to addresses outside 
Michigan are not subject to MI sales tax, and I do not pay sales tax for 
other state governments.