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I too have been interested to see that apparently there are different profits for different parts of the country. For a regular sale here we get a percentage. Since I don't have Fair information in front of me I don't remember the exact amount but it is about 35% and goes up a bit as you sell more. Your sales have to reach a certain threshold before you can take any profits in cash. I never reach that threshold so I don't remember what it is. The profit percentage offered by Scholastic has slowly been shrinking recently. You can take your profits in books from the cases or go to the warehouse and use them there. I usually do some of both. I really like cashing in at the warehouse as there is a much better selection there than appears in the cases for the Fair. We don't get any teacher incentives but get $10-$20 (?) dollar profit incentives for doing various things--showing the video to all classes, doing a classroom wish list program, displaying the posters, and such. You can earn up to $100 dollars of credit this way. I'm sure that Scholastic has always had a certain amount of loss. I wonder how much that loss has gone up recently and how much the current concern has to do with the most recent change in corporate ownership and much increased push for marketing and corporate profits that I have seen recently. My current big complaint has to do with Buy-One-Get-One-Free fairs. I have traditionally done a regular fair in the fall and one of these in the spring. I won't do one again. The profit has shrunk over the last 5-6 years from 20% to currently nothing. Scholastic says that the profit is the get one free. However this sale is of benefit to them as well as they are using it to clear out old stock at the end of the year. Scholastic needs to remember that we are their sales people. We are the ones who make the money for their Book Fair division. We work hard at selling Scholastic products. They need to pay us for our time and effort. Yes, I do also do it to put books in the hands of kids, but I also do it to earn books for the library which is another way of putting books in the hands of kids. And a last gripe is the increasing amount of overpriced junk that comes with the fairs. More and more the kids buy the junk and not the books. I refuse to put out the worst of it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean Townes, Media Specialist townesj@PEAK.ORG Clover Ridge Elementary School Phone: 541-967-4565 Greater Albany Public Schools 2953 Clover Ridge Rd, NE Albany, Or 97321 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-