Re: Black Mathematicians/Thomson Learning

[Julie Walker <jawalker@TENET.EDU>]

I missed the original post on this.  Several years ago every library in
our district received unsolicited books from a company (NOT Thomson
Learning).  After contacting the US Postal Service (not UPS), we were
told that we were under no obligation to either return or pay for the
books.  We kept them.  Apparently, this happened in a number of school
districts throughout Texas and the case finally ended up in the Attorney
General's office --- he concurred.  The districts were under no
obligation to either pay for or return the books.  Bottom line:  If this
happens to you, contact postal authorities or your state AG's office.

Julie A. Walker                         District Media Center
Director, Library & Media Services      13401 Pond Springs Rd.
Round Rock ISD                          Austin, TX  78729
jawalker@tenet.edu                      512-331-6697/512-331-1811 (FAX)

On Fri, 3 Feb 1995, Barbara Kinkead wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, Rosalind P Eyre wrote:
>
> > Also, several schools in our district have received unauthorized
> > shipments of books from Thomson Learning.  They are told that return
> > postage is prepaid and all they have to do is call UPS to have the
> > materials picked up and returned if they decide not to purchase them, but
> > it is annoying (not to mention illegal) for Thomson to do this sort of
> > thing.  Are we the only ones having this problem?
>
> I received a shipment from Thomson Learning,but they did call me first to
> ask permission.  The sales person was way too agressive and it wasn't
> until after I finally gave in that she told me I couldn't select
> individual titles.  I had to buy an entire set of books ($200-$300) or
> nothing.  When the books arrived, I didn't even open them.  I just called
> Thomson Learning and told them to send UPS. I will say, at that point
> they were very nice.  No questions asked, they just said they would take
> care of it right away.  Of course, UPS hasn't come yet.  Who knows what
> will still come of this...
> Barbara Kinkead
> St. Mark's School of Texas
>