Re: [Videolib] Have you had experience with Midwest Tapes?

Ciara Healy (cmhealy@waketech.edu)
Thu, 25 May 2006 12:54:23 -0400

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In reply to: deg farrelly: "[Videolib] Have you had experience with Midwest Tapes?"

Dear deg,
I heard good things about Midwest Tapes and contacted them to set up
an account. Because my state goes through an "e-procurement" setup where
we can make purchases only from those businesses registered - approved
vendors - they declined to do business with me. I don't blame them one
bit since there is a nominal fee associated with becoming an approved
vendor.. or maybe it is a fee assessed with each purchase - 2% or
something close to it.

I don't know how they run purchases in Arizona though, and hope that
you can work with them. They seem to have it together in that their
thanks-but-no-thanks reply e-mail to me was prompt and courteous. The
good things I heard about them were on this list, from at least one
person who used them (i.e. not from Midwest Tapes' self promotion.) You
might want to search the archives.

Ciara

Ciara Healy
Media Services Librarian

Bruce I. Howell Library
Wake Technical Community College
9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603

(919) 773-4724
cmhealy@waketech.edu

>>> deg.farrelly@asu.edu 5/24/2006 6:34 pm >>>
Our acquisitions unit staff returned from a conference with information
on
Midwest Tapes.

This company is a jobber, offering shelf ready cataloging and
processing for
CDs and Videos.

I would like to hear of your experiences with this company.

Replies directly to me, please.

Thanx.

-- deg farrelly, Associate Librarian Arizona State University at the West campus PO Box 37100 Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 Phone: 602.543.8522 Email: deg.farrelly@asu.edu

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In reply to: deg farrelly: "[Videolib] Have you had experience with Midwest Tapes?"