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Payment must be made in U.S. dollars.
You may pay by
credit card, check or Electronic Funds Transfers.
Exceptions may be granted only to domestic customers. We reserve the
right, as non-profit sellers, to limit the forms of payment that
we can accept.
The UCAR Finance Office (UFO), prepares and delivers the invoices for DSS, on
Thursdays only. If your institution or business requires you to obtain a
purchase order to authorize your purchase then you
must take care of that first. International payments must be made in advance,
unless a reliable payment history has been established. The UFO and DSS can
not prepare pro forma invoices. DSS can prepare detailed quotes.
PAYMENT TERMS ARE:
When paying by credit card -
Please click on the links in the table below to see the instructions.
The first of the following applies, the second is optional:
| Credit Card | charged before we deliver the data (no UFO invoice) |
| Detailed Quote | upon request (prepared by DSS, not the UFO), perhaps for a charge |
When paying by check or EFT -
We require this to be a paper check sent by regular mail.
Send your payment to the UFO after you get the UFO invoice.
This is because it MUST show the UFO invoice number.
Please click on the links in the table below to see the instructions.
The first of the following, and perhaps one or more of the others will apply:
INSTRUCTIONS:
CREDIT CARD
We accept Mastercard or Visa only.
If you are ready to pay, click pay now.
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INVOICE
The UFO mails invoices, after the shipment, on Thursdays. It will show the DSS
Order Number, and if applicable, your P.O. Number. Any materials shipped will
also show your P.O. Number if needed.
Your payment MUST show the UCAR Invoice Number for proper
credit to be received.
Any commercial invoice that may be attached to a shipment will
not show the UCAR Invoice Number, so you must wait for the invoice from the UFO.
If you misplace the UCAR invoice, or do not receive it within a month of the
data delivery, you may send payment to the address below:
General Accounts
UCAR Finance Office
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, Co 80307-3000
Be sure to include the name of the DSS staff member who prepared the data:
"SCD/DSS- [staff member]"
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DETAILED QUOTE
DSS, when requested and for an extra charge, will
prepare a Detailed Quote.
The DSS Detailed Quote is not an official UCAR document. Neither the UFO nor
DSS is legally permitted to prepare documents marked as Pro Forma Invoices.
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PURCHASE ORDER
DSS does not require domestic institutions to use a P.O. Typically, your
institution requires you to use a P.O. when the cost exceeds some amount.
DSS does require international purchasers, when not paying by credit card,
to send a purchase order issued by their institution. It is your
responsibility to contact the appropriate purchasing agent.
Please make your purchase order (P.O.) out to University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research. Send your purchase order by fax or letter mail:
Data Support Section
SCD/NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
Our fax number is (303) 497-1291.
We require that you show the address to which the UFO invoice should be sent,
and the shipping address (unless the data is provided via FTP). Please show
in your mail or fax the name of the DSS staff member who took your order.
DSS urges all purchasing agents who issue P.O.s to show, when they are
permitted, a total price which is qualified as "not to exceed". This allows
DSS, in the event we overestimate the price, to charge only what it actually
costs, which will save you money.
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ADVANCE PAYMENT
Please make your check out to University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Please mail your advance payment check to:
Data Support Section
SCD/NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
Your correspondence should identify the DSS staff member who made the
cost estimate or detailed quote for the order.
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CASH
This is varely rarely done, and when it is, it is usually by a scientist who is
visiting the NCAR building. Deliver the cash to the specialist. He may provide a
handwritten receipt.
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ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (EFT)
Also known as "Wire Transfer", "Bank Transfer", etc.
We discourage payment by EFT, because it is not possible for DSS to expedite
the processing. It can delay the processing of your order by a month or more.
Although your bank may give you quick confirmation of our EFT, the UFO's
internal procedures do not provide DSS with timely confirmation. Also,
before getting the final estimate for your order, you must
tell the DSS staff member that you intend to pay by EFT, because we may
need to make an extra charge for EFT support - see this.
UFO EFT procedures change more often than most individual DSS staff need
to use them. Presently the information for an EFT to our bank is as
follows:
1) domestic
| Routing (ABA) Number: | 021000021 |
| Account Number: | 060152558 |
| UCAR Invoice Number: | as shown on the UCAR invoice |
Address:
Bank One/JP Morgan Chase, Colorado
1125 17th Street
Denver, CO
U.S.A.
Phone:
(303)-244-3010
2) international
| Bank: | Bank One/JP Morgan Chase, Colorado |
| Branch: | 1125 - 17th Street, Denver, CO |
| Swift Address: | CHASUS33 |
| ABA Number: | 021000021 |
| Account Number: | 060152558 |
| Account Name: | UCAR |
| UCAR Invoice Number: | as shown on the UCAR invoice |
| Phone: | (303)-244-3010 |
You MUST show the UCAR Invoice Number. If you
do not, confirmation of your payment to DSS can be delayed for months.
The UCAR Invoice Number will appear on the invoice which the UFO prepares.
The UFO prepares invoices only on Thursdays and sends them only by letter
mail. If a shipment is involved and a commercial invoice attached, note
that the commercial invoice number is NOT the UCAR Invoice Number. Any
commercial invoice on a DSS shipment is added by the NCAR Shipping
Department solely for the purpose of declaring the shipment value for
clearing customs or other shipping processes.
If you have questions about making an EFT, contact the UCAR Finance Office
officer, Missy Boone.
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If you have questions about the limits of DSS financial
procedural authority, they may be answered here.
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| Updated 22 July 2005 |
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