Could you use a third party jobber to purchase those items for you? Someone who is a registered vendor with your institution? They would buy the items on their PayPal account then sell them to you. They usually charge a small commission, but at least you get your items. Matt ______________________________ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian Clemons Library University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ursula Scholz Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 10:39 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Using Paypal Hello, We have found that a large number of vendors use Paypal for billing, which is problematic for us. Once you spend more than $5,000 on a Paypal account you have to link it to a checking account, which we have been unable to do with a university account. The person who was previously purchasing DVDs at my library had been using her personal Paypal account, but I am now looking at hiring someone new and am reluctant to require anyone to do that. So, fellow university libraries, how do you handle purchases from vendors who use Paypal? Ursula **************************** Ursula Scholz Head, Access Services usch...@luc.edu<mailto:usch...@luc.edu> / 773-508-2636 Cudahy Library Loyola University Chicago
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