Dear SERIALST subscribers: Re : back volume dealers - Our wonderful list moderator has suggested that it's OK to post all this info. to the list after all. So, if you've already read it as a response to your individual request or if read it as a response to your individual request or if you don't need it anyway, please just delete it here and don't read any further. Note : I don't know under what geographic limitations, if any, the companies listed below operate. You would have to inquire yourself. G.H. Arrow Co. (Medical, Scientific, and Scholarly Publications) 2066 W. Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19140 (shipping address) or P.O. Box 676 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (mailing address for correspondence) 215-227-3211 fax 215-221-0631 Attn. Jay E. Butler gharrow@aol.com May provide boxes, pack, and pick up. (I know from another library that they have gone at least as far as Boston.) We have had a long-term relationship with this company, but this is the first time we have received and accepted a bid from them. Still awaiting payment more than 30 days after pickup. Periodicals Service Co. (Attn. John Mullin or Jennifer Hankamp) 11 Main St. Germantown, NY 12526 518-537-4700 fax 518-537-5899 psc@epix.net Reimburses shipping costs. We accepted a bid from them. Payment was very prompt. Alfred Jaeger, Inc. 66 Austin Blvd. P.O. Box 9009 Commack, NY 11725-9009 800-969-5247 x16 or 516-543-1500 fax 516-543-1537 Attn. Jennifer DiNapoli jaeger@ajaeger.com Internet : http:///www.ajaeger.com Will generally pay for needed items from past 5 years; will reimburse shipping costs. Recommended by others. Sent a bid, but we did better elsewhere. William S. Hein 1285 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14209 716-882-2600 Interested in legal periodicals only. Norman Laufe 12948 Lull St. North Hollywood, CA 91605 818-764-5757 fax 818-764-3867 Mainly wants the most recent 5 or 6 years. Asked for our list but was not interested in what we had. (Ours were general medical journals, including some surgical and nursing titles, but only a few included very recent years. Most were from 1979 through 1985.) CJR Periodicals, Inc. 237 Washington Avenue Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-488-9490 fax 201-488-9496 Attn. Nancy Murphy Carmine J. Rapisarda, Mgr. Sent us a bid, but we did better elsewhere. Roy Young, Bookseller 145 Palisade St. Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 914-693-6116 royoung@aol.com Sent us a bid, but we did better elsewhere. Research Periodicals and Book Services POB 720728 Houston, TX 77272 800-521-0061 fax 713-779-2992 rpbs@rpbs.com Attn. James J. Sullivan, General Manager Will pay for shipping to their warehouse: 9207 Country Creek Drive, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77036. Included the following info. with their bid: Please send the journals "freight collect" as "Used Periodicals, Item 161701, Class 55" via CF Motor-freight (Gave us the CF phone number for our area; said they would pick up the boxes from our truck loading area.) Will reimburse shipping costs. Their bid to us was low. USBE (United States Book Exchange) / Zuball Auction Co. 2969 W. 25th St. Cleveland, OH 44113 216-241-6960 usbe@usbe.com Mentioned by several libraries. Sent us email after seeing our original inquiry posted, but were not interested in what we had to offer. Jerry Alper, Inc. (Back Issue/Book/Microform Vendor) 217 Main Street P.O. Box 218 Eastchester, NY 10707 914-793-2100 fax 914-793-7811 alperbooks@delphi.com Attn. Ken Hoch Responded to my questions with the following info. : "We pay cash or credit. The price is based on the title and volumes, there is no fixed per issue or per volume price. You would need to pack the volumes, we pay the shipping charges. If necessary, we can send shipping cartons. If known in advance, we factor the cost into our bid. Otherwise, we deduct the cost from our bid. We can provide shipping labels for a large shipment, together with a bill of lading for the trucking company, if the shipment is large enough to be sent by motor freight. We advise the trucking company to use and the phone number to arrange a pick-up. If the shipment is small, we arrange a pick-up by RPS, so there is no cost or paperwork for you. Much depends on the titles you have and how complete they are. If your list consists of many volumes missing issues, it will be less interesting than if you have the last 5-10 years complete." Was not interested in what we had this time but asked us to keep them in mind for the future. Several other libraries mentioned them as well. America Periodicals Exchange 1719-21 North Front Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-3203 215-739-5262 fax 215-739-5270 Attn. Donna or Bo Will pick up free (in this area at least). Recommended from a few sources, and contacted us directly, but were not interested in what we had to offer. Abrahams Magazine Service 56 East 13th Street New York, NY 10003 212-777-4700 fax 212-995-5413 Attn. Gabe Did not reply to the list that I faxed after inquiring by telephone. Another library mentioning them quoted the following from their brochure: "We buy complete volumes only, preferably in long runs or complete sets. We are primarily interested in scholarly, scientific, and technical journals in all fields and most languages." Scholarly Publications Houston, TX (If I had a more complete address for this one, I have misplaced it; sorry.) 800-275-7825 fax 713-781-2112 Attn. Rose Said on the phone they would pay shipping costs and reimburse us for cost of boxes and packing, but did not respond further once we faxed our list. THE END! Good luck to all of you. - Natalie Gorvine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Medical Library <gorvine@email.chop.edu>
