Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:47:01 -0700
From: Rick Anderson (Univ. of NV-Reno) <rickand_at_unr.edu>
Subject: Business Directory scam again
I just received a phone call from "Ron" at International Business
Directories. He said he was updating their database so that they could send
me the new U.S. National Zip Code Directory. I asked whether his records
showed us as having a standing order for this title, and he said yes, so I
asked him to hang on while I checked our internal records. When I asked for
the title again so I could look it up, he gave it to me and then hung up
while I was typing the title in.
This is a scam with which we're all familiar, but I just wanted to issue a
timely heads-up: some of you will be hearing from this particular company
shortly, if you haven't already. If you have "confirmed your address" with
them already, and you end up receiving a book you did not want or intend to
order, remember that Title 39, Section 3009 of the U.S. Code says that you
are under no obligation to either pay for it or even to return it to the
publisher.
-------------
Rick Anderson
Director of Resource Acquisition
The University Libraries
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 No. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89557
PH (775) 784-6500 x273
FX (775) 784-1328
rickand_at_unr.edu
Received on Tue Oct 23 2001 - 13:06:00 EDT