Wanda's Book World

Hello, I am at the end of my first full day back to work since my surgery. Bear with us. Nicki and I are here pounding out everything you need to work the SIBA Trade Show.  It works if you work it!  I’m glad to be back in the saddle.  I’m looking forward to seeing you at SIBA and wanted to share this highly effective strategy from Karin Wilson at Page & Palette.  Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers, kind words and lovely flowers, gifts & phone calls.  I feel loved.  — Wanda

We are promised all kinds of specials from publishers and other vendors promising free freight, better discounts, dating etc.  Most of us take advantage of these specials by ordering more (or ordering at all for that matter!).  The problem is, when the order comes in we either don’t receive what we’re promised, or worse, don’t remember!  Either way we’re losing out in both money and the time it takes to get all this straightened out!!  Something Page and Palette put in place years ago that has saved us literally thousands of dollars over the years is creating purchase orders that “remind” us what we were promised.  You have to create a purchase order anyway, might as well create one that helps you and your bookkeeper verify you’re charged correctly.

Page and Palette creates purchase orders that show the month the order is supposed to come in, the discount promised, dating and whether or not we’re supposed to receive free freight. When terms are set and known and coming in right away we just use something similar to today’s date. 

For example, if I place an order with let’s say Health Communications and the special is 25+ books, 50% discount, 60 days dating and free freight and I want this order shipped May 10th.  You may want to use the following purchase order: HE5060EY.

You can do whatever works for you! I promise this will save you a ton of money because one in every ten invoices is WRONG and it’s not in your favor!  When you are charged incorrectly, simply make a notation on your check when sending in your payment what the charge should have been and a phone call is not necessary.  Why should you have to pay your bookkeeper the time it takes to do this!  The only time a call would be necessary is when the vendor ships your product before the assigned ship date (in which case you take dating from the original ship date of course!).