At 05:59 PM 1/17/97 -0700, you wrote: >binding for periodicals), and you then make a donation of what you think is >fair to the library I work for? You get a tax write off, the library makes >a few bucks, and you get a printed manual that will last well past the time >a new edition is out. Twenty bucks should more than cover the printing and >binding and first class mailing to Texas, and everybody comes out ahead. Just a quickie; donations in exchange for goods are only tax-deductible in the amount that the donation exceeds the fair market value of the goods received. Anyone who wants to argue can respond via (personal) email. :) Philo [log in to unmask] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Natural Laws have no pity. -Lazarus Long