Something for nothing again.

[depechemodefan]

On Jan. 2 an sc contacted us to make a copy of two articles she submitted to the local paper. Usually the paper would send her copies but they didn't. When she contacted them, they didn't have the copies for her anymore. She wanted us to scan and email the articles to her. Part of her email says:

Your library information desk says this will cost me several dollars. Please contact me about payment.

On Jan. 3, I sent a reply, telling her I was able to get a color scan of one article, since we still had the original paper. The other art. would be in b&w because it was already on microfilm.

Our reply told her the price.

Today, A month and 8 days after we sent the reply, she calls and says to a co-worker: I received this long letter but no scans!
my co-worker, who wants to be nice, tells her she will send the scans for free.
My co-worker then tells me about the story, so I go to the super. I know the woman didn't pay, because it's not on the payment log. I thought maybe the super sent her a letter if the email bounced back. So the super sent the email again.

I think the sc didn't want to pay, and expected us just to send her the scans, even though our reply said:

If you would like a photocopy, please send a check or money order for $9.00, payable to the...We will mail your copy as soon as we receive payment.


Why she wait so long? She expected us to forget she didnt' pay?

[Dips]

Why she wait so long? She expected us to forget she didnt' pay?

Hey, it worked, didn't it?

I have to wonder about your spineless co-workers. If people don't pay for services, that money doesn't make it into the budget.

And isn't the budget is where their next pay raise is going to come from?

[depechemodefan]

Hey, it worked, didn't it?

I have to wonder about your spineless co-workers. If people don't pay for services, that money doesn't make it into the budget.

And isn't the budget is where their next pay raise is going to come from?

I work for a public library, so this money doesn't go into the budget btu some general pot. The money we charge is a joke. $3 for one page article or obituary. I think the only reason we charge is so people who have nothing better to do are kept from pestering for free copies. WE don't even charge for doing the research. We can spend an hour, sometimes hours, looking for something, but if we don't find it, we don't charge anything.

The super is going to charge the woman though.

[depechemodefan]

The retard called/e-mailed again. I found out from a cw what her latest rant is:

SC: I want the copies in color! I want each article to fit on 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper! If you can't do this for me, you won't get my business!


hee, well, I guess we won't do business with her. Mostly because we now have those articles on microfilm, and they are not in color. Also, one article took up a lot of page in teh paper. When I copied the front page, it took 3 pages to get everything. No way I can fit a whole article on 8 1/2 x 11.

We don't make copies to make money, it's just a service. So she is sol. She should have gotten on the ball in the first place with the local newspaper to get her copy.

[Geek King]

No way I can fit a whole article on 8 1/2 x 11.

Well, you could scan it all onto one file, then use some freeware graphics program or something like MS Paint to shrink it to fit an 8.5x11 page. It would be tiny. It would be evil. But doable.