Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:47:45 +0000
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Prepayment is increasingly expected from foreign vendors; made possible and also likely doing a great deal to boost the success of services like Paypal. Note that bank wire transfers can meet the same or (usually) heavier fees at the receiving bank. There are three types of fee structure: 1) sender pays all fees 2) fees are shared/collected by sending and receiving bank (and intermediary banks) 3) receiver pays all fees Option 2 is the default. Most banks won’t touch option 3. The only one that is neutral for your vendor is option 1. As these fees can be upwards of $25-$50, it’s easy to see why a vendor may add a “handling charge” to a transaction! Jaimie Miller Monograph Coordinator | Technical Services – Acquisitions The University of British Columbia Library Phone 604 822 9655 From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Carol A. Kornhauser Sent: October-19-16 7:18 AM To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org Subject: Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Has anyone ordered from The Centre for Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry? Hi Janet, I have not dealt with this particular organization but judging from their website http://www.jewishstudies.lt/ they look legit. I know that infrequently when we have had to order items from small vendors in out-of-the-way-locales we have had to wire transfer the payment because the local bank with which they deal either cannot handle checks drawn on American banks or in so doing the vendor would loose a lot of money with bank fees charged to handle these checks. Good luck. -Carol On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Morrow, Janet <j.morrow_at_northeastern.edu<mailto:j.morrow_at_northeastern.edu>> wrote: [cid:image001.gif_at_01D229EC.0BEF0480] Hi All – We’ve gotten a request to order a dvd from The Centre for Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry. They are in Lithuania and are requiring a wire transfer payment before sending the dvd. I couldn’t yet find holdings on OCLC to see if anyone else had purchased this set from them. We’re always a bit leery of sending money off to a totally unknown organization! If anyone has dealt with them and would be willing to contact me on or off list about dealing with them, I’d appreciate it! Thanks - janet Janet B. Morrow Head, Resource & Discovery Services Northeastern University Libraries 360 Huntington Avenue 260 Snell Library Boston, MA 02115 j.morrow_at_northeastern.edu<mailto:j.morrow_at_northeastern.edu> 617-373-4959<tel:617-373-4959> -- Carol Kornhauser Acquisitions Coordinator Shadek-Fackenthal Library carol.kornhauser_at_fandm.edu<mailto:carol.kornhauser_at_fandm.edu> p. 717-358-3841 | f. 717-358-4436 USPS Mailing Address Franklin & Marshall College Library Acquisitions P.O. Box 3003 Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 FedEx/UPS/Airborne/DHL Mailing Address Franklin & Marshall College Library Acquisitions 415 Harrisburg Avenue Lancaster, PA 17603-2615 .לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ, כֵּן הוֹדַע; וְנָבִא, לְבַב חָכְמָה So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
