Agreed that processing is what is holding up the Follett orders! I JUST contacted Mary Haggerty yesterday to confirm; she said they can ship now if I skip processing. No staff here so it's not an option for a huge order.

Sara

On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 9:03 AM KRISTINE P. EMOND <emond.kp@easthartford.org> wrote:

Good Morning,

I wanted to share that I recently completed a large book order from Follett with much success.  It was for around $1500 to spend some funding that was given to me before the end of the year.  Here is what I found to be successful for getting it filled:

*while the book order was for DNE (do not exceed) $1500 - the list of books I put into the order was almost double that in cost - I did this purposely so that Follett had a lot of choice to complete my order.

*I reviewed my list constantly up until submission and switched out paperbacks for hardcovers or follettbounds if one of those was in stock over the others.  It might have cost me a few dollars more but the books would be available.

*I submitted the order in March, knowing that I had until now - May - to get the money spent and order completed.  They shipped 3 separate boxes in a timely manner and I am happy to say I received them fairly quickly - a couple of weeks in between shipments.

*I do not do processing

*They filled the order within $2 of my do not exceed amount!

I hope this helps anyone wanting to continue using Follett for next year.

Kristine Emond

East Hartford High School

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From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces@mylist.net> on behalf of Egan, Danelle <egand@bethel.k12.ct.us>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:33:58 AM
To: CASL_L
Subject: [CASL-L] book vendors

 

Good morning,

Has anyone had success ordering from any other book vendor other than Follett? (orders coming in a timely manner...)

The delays are months long and this has been an issue for over a year, so I am wondering if it is time to look elsewhere. 

Thank you for any information you can provide!

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Danelle Egan

Library Media Specialist

Bethel Middle School 

"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."

― Albert Einstein

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