Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:31:06 +0400
From: Maggie Hite <maghite@EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
Subject: vendor discount question

Librarians and Vendors,
        Am I making a big deal out of nothing? I had a person call from
another library. He was deciding which vendor to transfer a journal to.
He asked who our vendor was and what price we were paying for that
title. I felt it was probably unethical to tell him what our discount
was with that vendor. I asked him for his name and said I'd get back to
him.
        On the one hand, the library community definately needs to
communicate more on prices and serials pricing issues. But on the other
hand, do I have a responsibility to our vendor to NOT make public our
privately negotiated discount? I'd really like to hear from librarians
and vendors on this.
        Please note that if this wasn't about vendors and their
discounts I'd obviously have helped him with the price from the
publisher, subscription address, etc.
        Thanks, Maggie

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