[Genealib] Payments

[Sandy Day]

Dusty
As the others have stated we request pre payment. When someone contacts us 
for an obit search etc I state that we do provide the service, then I state 
the fee and state that they can pay by cash check or money order or even pay 
online with Pay Pal or credit card. Before I established this procedure we 
sometimes got stung but no more. I have no way of knowing if any of the 
checks have bounced but I know they aren't getting the service without 
paying for it.
Sandy Day
Genealogy Librarian
Schiappa Library
Steubenville, OH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dusty Gres" <gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org>
To: "'Librarians Serving Genealogists'" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:35 PM
Subject: [Genealib] Payments


> We charge a small fee for copying and mailing requests.  In the last year 
> we
> have had almost every request answered from the mail, where the patron 
> said
> "bill me," remain unpaid.  We have also had a number of out-of-state 
> checks
> used to pay this fee, bounce.
> I am curious about other libraries -- Is this a trend elsewhere?
>
>
> Dusty Gres, Director
> Ohoopee Regional Library System
> Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library
> 610 Jackson Street
> Vidalia, GA 30474
> PH: (912) 537-9283
> FAX: (912) 537-3735
> EMAIL: gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org
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> speeds.
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