[NHCOLL-L:1378] Re: Fw: RE: Invoicing loans of specimens

[Stuart Fullerton]

wait till you try to get material back!!!!!!!!  i have in a short period of
time, late in life, come to the opinion that like money, you do not loan.
consider it a gift.  if you get it back be very very happy and surprised.

MOST folks do return material, and return it promptly when they are done, or
even request an extension of the loan. but there are those few (and they are
the ones that take up the space in the mind) that do neither and as you have
noted do not even return loan forms.

i understand that once upon a time (and a work still in progress) we have/had
this problem here. unfortunately all the folks involved at this end are gone -
retired, dead, and the specimens went with them to another unkown home.   was i
red faced when i found this out.  with this lurking in our past i can not beat
up on other folks when materials do not come back.  thus some material that has
gone to europe will never be seen again.   BUT - as i say., most folks are very
very very good about this.

cheers! and good luck!

Ann Pinzl wrote:

>     I too have had the same pattern of non-returns.  I (being certain that
> my colleagues were not lazy or stupid) tired to write it off , and would
> either call (and then note the results on my companionless form), or in some
> other manner conffirm that the plants were indeed recieved.  I also tried
> highlighting the instructions to sign and return forms.  Maybe we will all
> be better in the future.
>     On the other hand, when I have not been able to acknoweldge receipt of
> material right away, I've tried calling to say that the plants had arrived,
> but I woudln not b eable to finalize the reciept for a certain period of
> time.
> Ann
>
> Ann Pinzl
> 4020 Hobart Road
> Carson City, Nevada 89703
> USA
> phone: 775 883 0463
> fax: 509 278 8810
> apinzl at worldnet.att.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rich Rabeler <rabeler at umich.edu>
> To: <nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:38 AM
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:1371] RE: Invoicing loans of specimens
>
> > I agree with Alexandra's comments.  We routinely ship a separate invoice
> as
> > well as placing one in the box.
> >
> > While I've also seen an increase in e-mail transactions, I've noticed an
> > increase in the number of cases where a copy of our invoice acknowledging
> > the receipt of the materialis not being returned.  I keep a folder titled
> > "unacknowledged shipments" and it seems to be somewhat fatter than in
> > previous years.  Do our shipments actually arrive?  An acknowledgment
> makes
> > a nice replacement for an assumption.  I suspect this situation is not
> > unique to MICH.....
> >
> > Rich Rabeler
> > Collections Manager, Vascular Plants
> > University of Michigan Herbarium
> >

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