Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Does anyone use Amazon Business?

Michael took the words right out of my mouth.  We order one item at a time
so we can include the PO#, but saves so much on the receiving and payment
end.  The orders are tax exempt.

Sherle
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 1:25 PM "Wright, Michael E (LIB)" <
acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> wrote:

> Our public library system has an Amazon Prime Corporate account and have
> absolutely no complaints, except maybe the tiny print of their invoices.
> We're invoiced monthly for all the orders, terms are generous, customer
> service is good, and it is much simpler than using a credit card, both in
> terms of orders and payments.
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>
> Michael Wright
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> Director
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> Dubuque County Library District
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> 5290 Grand Meadow Dr.
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> Dubuque, Iowa  52002
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> *From:* acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> on
> behalf of Adams, Ashley <AADAMS_at_bentley.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 18, 2019 8:19:52 AM
> *To:* 'acqnet_at_lists.ala.org'
> *Subject:* RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Does anyone use Amazon Business?
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> Hi Elizabeth,
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>
> My library uses an Amazon Business Prime account. We use this primarily
> for rush orders (faculty/research requests). We originally had an Amazon
> Business account, but shipping costs were high ($5.99 per order) and 2-day
> shipping was not guaranteed. After appealing to our University’s Purchasing
> Department, we were switched to Business Prime.
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> Keeping track of purchases and verifying transactions through our payment
> system has been streamlined and seamless, and customer service has been
> super helpful when we’ve needed them.
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> I hope this helps!
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> Sincerely,
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> Ashley Adams
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> *Ashley L. Adams*
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> *From:* acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Seago, Catherine
> *Sent:* Friday, January 18, 2019 8:29 AM
> *To:* acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
> *Subject:* RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Does anyone use Amazon Business?
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> Elizabeth,
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> My library did not use Amazon Prime, but we have started using an Amazon
> Business account. The big factor in favor of the business account from our
> point of view is that we get invoices that we can match to our orders
> without a lot of time and effort. Also, since we pay the invoices via the
> University payment system and not by credit card, we reduced the amount of
> paperwork we were doing to track each credit card transaction. We have had
> a couple of occasions when the account froze or disappeared, but Amazon
> support got it back in working order quickly. – Sincerely, Kate Seago,
> University of Kentucky.
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> *From:* acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> *On
> Behalf Of *"Zeitz, Elizabeth"
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:40 PM
> *To:* acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
> *Subject:* [ALCTS-acqnet] Does anyone use Amazon Business?
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>
> Good evening!
>
>
>
> My library utilizes Amazon Prime (amongst other vendors) for acquisition
> of content. I’ve been getting a lot of advertisements encouraging me to
> create an Amazon Business account, but I’m concerned about losing some of
> the perk and benefits of the Prime account. Do any of you use Amazon
> Business, and if so, would you mind letting me know your experience with
> it?
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> Thanks,
>
> Elizabeth
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