In amazon marketplace, the order is fulfilled by a third-party vendor (i.e. the distributor of the film) not by amazon directly. So, when the order hits, the distributor rejects it if they're charging institutional prices and you're trying to buy it cheap.
> I know they have been actively goind after some educational titles. I just > don't see how you control this on Amazon or any secondary seller. > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:13 PM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >> Yeah...interestingly we've had a few orders bounced back from amazon as >> requiring institutional prices...these are generally titles that amazon >> is >> brokering via amazon marketplace, rather than stuff sold by amazon >> itself. >> >> gary handman >> >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Just spotted tiered pricing on these DVDs at amazon.com: >> > >> > What Price Clean Air >> > >> > Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress >> > >> > David Weissman's Short Stuff >> > >> > Little Moth (Xue Chan) >> > >> > Nelson Mandela: Free at Last >> > >> > Taoism >> > >> > and a few others (search on "Institutional Use". So a vendor can put >> > in multiple prices on Amazon; if the vendor does not, how can they >> > argue that you should have paid more? >> > >> > >> > Brigid Duffy >> > Academic Technology >> > San Francisco State University >> > San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 >> > E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu >> > >> > >> > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, >> acquisition,bibliographic >> > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats >> in >> > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will >> serve >> > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a >> channel >> of >> > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> > producers and distributors. >> > >> >> >> Gary Handman >> Director >> Media Resources Center >> Moffitt Library >> UC Berkeley >> >> 510-643-8566 >> ghand...@library.berkeley.edu >> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC >> >> "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." >> --Francois Truffaut >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries >> and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an >> effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >> > > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > jessicapros...@gmail.com > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
