Blind invoices & professional ethics
Rolly Harwell 19 Sep 1995 13:54 UTC
Recently my library has two blind invoices from the same publisher for
periodicals never ordered. In each case the publisher claimed that we had
ordered the title and that they had sent issues. One invoice even
claimed that not only had they sent the issues but that we were in
arrears on our payments. Do other libraries receive such invoices?
Frankly I'm reluctant to mention the publisher's name for fear of being
held libelous. Does anyone know if I would be and has anyone else had
experience with publishers who use such tactics to con libraries into
subscribing to their journals?