Music Hunter purchases all product direct from the various labels or from their
exclusive authorized distributors ( sometimes label owned ) as applicable to
the titles required. Buying from third parties or " grey market " sources adds
a concern to a title's authenticity and we feel that our clients are entitled
to have no doubt about product rec'd from Music Hunter.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: Jessica Rosner
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Videolib] WB Archive
As far as I know it is an all automated system geared towards consumers. I
doubt you can require a company to sell anything to a particular person or
institution that frankly is going to require extra work. They don't sell to
wholesalers and I am pretty sure they limit quantities during the 25% off sales
to limit clever wholesalers. FYI what I mean is wholesalers can buy like
anyone else but they don't get a discount and have to pay upfront just like
consumers.
I am curious do you guys buy them and resell with an added fee to cover costs?
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Music Hunter <musichun...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Is it legal for them to insist on collecting sales tax from tax exempt
buyers? I would think not but the firms that have been mentioned here are
pretty big & must be getting their financial advice before deciding policy.
Since all of Music Hunter's clients are tax exempt institutions, we honor
their status & do not collect sales tax.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: Jessica Rosner
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Videolib] WB Archive
This is very unfortunate. The WB archive is doing what all movie buffs
wish all studios would, make available a huge number of rare & often important
films. The only way they can do this is a bare bones operation in terms of
both the DVD ( not extras DVD-R for now) and selling ONLY directly and not
through wholesalers. Now some clever companies buy and resell the stuff, but
they obviously have to charge something to do that which is likely to be more
than the tax. Since WB is selling all titles at $20 and frequently has 25% off
sales, they really can not afford to do anything but "straight" sales, as in no
extra paperwork that might be needed for institutions. I will check with my
contact there. I am sure they would like to encourage institutional sales, but
again not enough to do anything extra. For the record I just checked one WB
archive title on Amazon. Amazon sells it for $27. some Amazon seller has it for
$22. It would clearly be cheaper to buy direct from WB but if it costs a few
more bucks to get it past your purchasing people it is worth it. I will post
next time they have a 25% off sale.
Jessica
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Gail Fedak <gfe...@mtsu.edu> wrote:
Since we are a state institution, we are prohibited from paying sales
tax. We have two options when a company can't/won't honor our tax exempt status
- 1. have a staff member or friend purchase the title(s) personally and pay the
tax, then donate the title(s) to our library; 2. don't buy the title(s) - which
has happened on a few occasions.
Gail
On 10/21/2010 8:57 AM, Jessica Rosner wrote:
Eileen,
They are not really set up for institutional ordering and their
prices are cheap. Also the regularly have 25% off sales.
I would just eat the tax, but if you want I will check with a friend
of mine there.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Karsten, Eileen
<kars...@lakeforest.edu> wrote:
Dear CW,
Has anybody been able to order DVDs from the Warner Archive without
paying tax? I have been trying to order a DVD from them for months, but the
order form does not allow me to tell them I am tax exempt. I sent them an
e-mail to ask them how I could order from them and include a tax exempt number.
They responded saying they needed more information which I gave them. When I
did not hear back, I e-mailed them again and they did not answer this e-mail.
Now, I have a request for a second title which is in their archive. I see that
Amazon is selling the WB archive titles through their site, but they charge
more for them. I will be greatly appreciated any help with this problem.
Sincerely,
Eileen Karsten
Head of Technical Services
Donnelley & Lee Library
Lake Forest College
555 N. Sheridan Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
kars...@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5066
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