[Publib] Possible scam

[brad thomas]

Man, your predecessor fell hard on that one. You can download all of those posters ( fair labor, minimum wage, etc) here

http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/matrix.htm


> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:38:32 -0700
> From: batonrouger2 at yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: [Publib] Possible scam
> To: tcooper at wgpl.org; jrinaldi at folsom.ca.us; publib at webjunction.org; lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org
> CC:
>
> Speaking of scams, you are not legally required to put up those Personnel Concepts wage information posters. They act like it's obligatory, charge around $90 annually, and I'd been putting them up because my predecessor had done so. It started to smell funny, so I called the US Dept. of Labor, and was told, no, you do not have to put them up and yes, it's a scam.
>
> Kathi Kemp
>
>
> --- On Wed, 10/1/08, Lynne Ingersoll  wrote:
>
>> From: Lynne Ingersoll 
>> Subject: RE: [Publib] Possible scam
>> To: "'Tom Cooper'" , "'Julie Rinaldi'" , publib at webjunction.org
>> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 4:12 PM
>> Along the same lines, though not a scam per se, I have had
>> it with ABD.
>> They call frequently with package deals that sometimes
>> sound ok. This time
>> it was the ARCO civil service, postal, firefighter and
>> police exam books.
>> When I opened the box three of the titles were 2005
>> editions (with the 2008
>> due for publication soon) which I already had. The third
>> was a 2008. On
>> top of that, the great price per book was $29.99!!! Retail
>> is $14.99 -
>> $16.99 and B&T has them for $10.77. I called them
>> yesterday to tell them I
>> was sending them back; they graciously said they
>> wouldn't bill me for a
>> "restocking fee"; we have to pay the postage to
>> return them. This happened
>> once before but I thought they'd cleaned up their act.
>> Then, another person
>> called me today with a different pitch (for Petersen's
>> titles). I just said
>> I wasn't interested and hung up. The nerve!
>>
>> Lynne S. Ingersoll
>> Reference Services Manager
>> Technical Services Manager
>> Blue Island Public Library
>> 2433 York Street
>> Blue Island, IL 60406
>> (708) 388-1078 x21
>> (708) 388-9301 Fax
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
>> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
>> On Behalf Of Tom Cooper
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:30 PM
>> To: Julie Rinaldi; publib at webjunction.org
>> Subject: RE: [Publib] Possible scam
>>
>> It's not so much a scam as a high pressure sales tactic
>> that skirts the
>> boundaries of ethical behavior. Their 'plan B,'
>> once you say no, is to
>> call again and try to get someone else on the phone who
>> will fall for
>> it. They'll say something like, 'You always get our
>> publications, we
>> just need to confirm the shipping address.' Sometimes
>> it works, because
>> the person they get doesn't know that by offering the
>> address, they have
>> just placed an order. That's why it's important to
>> talk to everyone who
>> answers phones and make sure they understand that
>> absolutely anything
>> dealing with ordering must be referred to whoever is
>> responsible for
>> acquisitions or collection development.
>>
>> Tom Cooper, Director
>> Webster Groves Public Library
>> 301 E. Lockwood
>> Webster Groves, MO 63119
>>
>> (314) 961-3784
>> tcooper at wgpl.org
>>
>> Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm
>> they may do.
>> Nassim
>> Nicholas Taleb
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
>> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Julie
>> Rinaldi
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:16 PM
>> To: publib at webjunction.org
>> Subject: [Publib] Possible scam
>>
>> Has anyone else received a call from a publisher (Oxford
>> something, I
>> think), insisting your library has bought "all"
>> of its publications in
>> the past and wanting to send a new reference set for
>> review? The woman
>> told me we had purchased "Reference Library of Black
>> American Men" and
>> "Reference Library of Black American Women" from
>> this publisher, neither
>> of which is in our collection. She insisted we had taken
>> books from the
>> publisher on review before, which is a practice we
>> don't follow, having
>> been burned once before. I had to tell her no several
>> times, after she
>> questioned our policy. Just a heads up on a possible scam.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Publib mailing list
>> Publib at webjunction.org
>> http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Publib mailing list
>> Publib at webjunction.org
>> http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Publib mailing list
>> Publib at webjunction.org
>> http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Publib mailing list
> Publib at webjunction.org
> http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib
>

_________________________________________________________________
Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie.
http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008