Re: [LM_NET] What do you do with your weeded books?

[Janet <noel2@AIRMAIL.NET>]

I have always been in private schools and it was always easier to sell our
weeded books at half price books.  This provided money to purchase needed
books.  I usually sold books at half price books and purchased books at 75%
Off  bookstore.  I was able to purchase some reference materials and nice
hardbacks and popular paperback books for the money

Janet Atzmiller
Librarian
Concordia Lutheran High School
Tomball, Texas
noel2@airmail.net
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From: "Steven Patnode" <Sun85@AOL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] What do you do with your weeded books?


> Stephanie, I would tend to agree.  I worked at a charitable  organization
> for
> many years before starting my career in librarianship, and I  can tell you
> we
> dreaded Mondays when cars loaded with junk that people couldn't  even sell
> at
> a yard sale for a quarter was donated to us.  And then these  "donors" had
> the nerve to ask us for a receipt for tax purposes.  (The  absolute worst?
> The
> nickel and dime stickers still on the items.)
>
> At the very least, if you are going to donate books (or anything) to a
> charity, donate ALL of them, the best with the lesser.  And most
> ideally...let the
> charity choose the books they are sure they can use/sell and  take the
> rest
> away for them.  And call ahead!
>
> I watched people walk away from our door for 20 years with that smug
> "aren't
> I a good person" look on their face, knowing we would have to send  almost
> everything to the landfill later in the week (and pay extra for it), but
> we
> weren't allowed to turn anything down because those same people would turn
> on  us
> like rabid dogs and put out the word that we wouldn't accept their
> "treasures".
>
> The most conscientious donors called ahead; let us choose from their
> items;
> didn't take rejection personally, because their interest was in what they
> could  do for us, not what we could do for them; and (except for rare
> cases  of a
> substantial cash donation) never asked for a receipt for tax  purposes.
>
> Bottom line: think carefully before donating to charities.  They need
> help,
> not leftovers.
>
>
> Steve  Patnode
> Grades 7-12 SLMS
> Chazy Central Rural School
> Chazy, NY  12921
> sun85@aol.com
>
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