We received it also and I'm treating it as unsolicited mail at the
moment.  If they really wanted to charge us for the index, then wouldn't
we see an additional charge coming through our vendor?  (We get the
associated titles through Blackwell).  I do notice that the publisher
asks you to return the index "postage due" if not wanted.  Still, this
is an unfair burden on us.  I think I'll let the vendor handle the
problem.

It's not clear whether this situation falls into the category of
unsolicited / "not ordered," because it IS related to an existing order
record...  If there were no order record associated with this then
there'd be no question about ignoring the "invoice."

Any other thoughts?

Lucy Duhon
Serials Librarian
Carlson Library/Serials Dept.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH  43606

(419) 530-4493
(419) 530-2726 [fax]
lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu <mailto:lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu>

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Picerno [mailto:ppicerno@CHOCTAW.ASTATE.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 12:49 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Policy Studies Organization publication(s)

Has anyone received _The PSO Indexes to Policy Evaluation, Developmental
Policy Studies, and Creativity Plus_ along with an invoice for $19?? We
did
not order, nor request, the title, and the accompanying letter from the
publisher opens with "Enclosed is a copy of the first edition of ..." So
are
we obligated to pay? Since we didn't request it, I believe not.
Anyone else's take on this would be appreciated since it smacks of
publishers sending information which they assume one will want and then
deciding that since one will want it that one will pay for it.

Dr. Peter V. Picerno
Collection Development Team Leader
Dean B. Ellis Library
Arkansas State University
State University, AR 72467
(870) 972-3078
Fax: (870) 972-3199
<ppicerno@CHOCTAW.ASTATE.EDU>