Re: Baker&Taylor service charge

[Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>]

> Have others noticed B & T's new policy of charging $4 per book for those
> titles B & T buys at no discount from publishers?  In my last order, the
> money spent on addition $4 charges was noticeable, and I begin to think
> about issuing separate purchase orders to many companies and the time
> involved?  At $4 a book, which way is most cost effective?  The list of
> vendors for which B & T would charge the $4 fee runs 12 pages, 3 columns
> to a page in the October, 1994 issue of their publication, Forecast.
> Margaret Tabar, St. Paul Academy & Summit School, St. Paul, MN
>
That is just one of several reasons that I and our high school librarian
have decided to switch jobbers. Our new choice -- Ingram!

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