Re: Vendor Discounts (2 messages) Ann Ercelawn 19 Apr 1996 13:21 UTC
2 messages: ______ Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 17:03:18 -0500 (EST) From: Suzanne Druehl <SDRUEHL@everest.acpl.lib.in.us> Subject: Re: Vendor Discounts (Maggie Hite) I don't see a problem with revealing the discount. The problem is that the price of one journal should not determine the selection of a vendor. Vendors negotiate discounts based on the client's entire list and not just one title. > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:31:06 +0400 > From: Maggie Hite <maghite@EMAIL.UNC.EDU> > Subject: vendor discount question > > Librarians and Vendors, > Am I making a big deal out of nothing? I had a person call from > another library. He was deciding which vendor to transfer a journal to. > He asked who our vendor was and what price we were paying for that > title. I felt it was probably unethical to tell him what our discount > was with that vendor. I asked him for his name and said I'd get back to > him. > On the one hand, the library community definately needs to > communicate more on prices and serials pricing issues. But on the other > hand, do I have a responsibility to our vendor to NOT make public our > privately negotiated discount? I'd really like to hear from librarians > and vendors on this. > Please note that if this wasn't about vendors and their > discounts I'd obviously have helped him with the price from the > publisher, subscription address, etc. > Thanks, Maggie > > ********* FREE THE BOUND PERIODICALS************** > > Maggie Hite EMAIL Margaret_Hite@unc.edu > Public Services Coordinator PHONE 919/962-1067 > Serials Department, CB#3938 FAX 919/962-4450 > Davis Library, UNC-CH > Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 > ********************************************************************** Suzanne Druehl Allen County Public Library Acquisitions Services Manager PO Box 2270 219-424-7241 ext 2236 900 Webster St. 219-422-9688 fax Ft. Wayne IN 46801-2270 ********************************************************************** _____ Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 08:58:23 -0400 From: Scott Wicks <sbw2@CORNELL.EDU> Subject: Re: Vendor Discounts (Maggie Hite) Maggie: While I see no ethical issue with your disclosure of the discount/service charge arrangements you have with your vendors, such data is irrelevent to your colleague. What I pay as a service charge or receive as a discount is dependent on my mix of orders. A more relevant issue your colleague may wish to explore with you is quality of service. Discounts and service charges are only as good as the service accompanying them. My $0.02. --Scott PS: Spring has finally arrived in upstate New York...well, for today, anyway. ********************************************* Scott B. Wicks *** Acquisitions Librarian *** Cornell University Library *** 110A Olin Library *** Ithaca, NY *** 14853-5301 *** ____ *** - *** *** ***