I order about $500 per year from NES and get case pricing. They are one of my my backup suppliers because I have 5 people that can deliver in one day. NES is 2 days for me. I have been ordering more and more from Alpha though. Seems their prices are more competitive than in the past. From: signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [amayausers.com] Re: SanmarDate: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:45:20 -0500To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx've been using Sanmar over 6-7 years after repeated, weekly problems with NES (now owned by Alpha, who is now owned by Broder) and then Alpha discontinuing my 'case price status' because I hadn't increased my purchases by 15% a year. Not even a notice they were doing it-I just happened to double check an invoice. Rep from Sanmar stopped in (I think the only time I've seen him in years) and said they would give me case price, no minimums, free shipping over $150 or so, except for sale items, AND monthly billing. I've stayed with them since-even talking customers out of a preferred house brand with Alpha into something else from Sanmar. Free catalogs from Sanmar, priced or unpriced, with our company info on it...just pay the freight, free website link and when I get around to it-THEIR web tech will help me fully customize the website-including 'web ordering' through them. Have I had problems? Yup...once in a rare while someone will goof and short me a shirt or send the wrong size-and every time-they next day air the replacements, and send a shipping label for the returns. Credits do take some time to show up but they do get there. My only complaint with Sanmar-they don't stock all available colors, like Gildan tees-they leave off a few colors and of course, THAT is what the client wants because they check out other websites and see the color there. So I had to keep my account active in Alpha and Broder. But the customer has to foot the bill for freight and I eat the difference in price to keep the client. Doesn't happen often but it does. If you don't have an 'account executive' (an inside 'contact person' you can call direct) at Sanmar, then ask for one- this gives you a real person to call, the same person each time, that will get to know you and your account. Compared to the problems I had with NES, then Alpha...Sanmar has been a gift from the supply gods to us. Even drop shipping to contract jobbers for large embroidery jobs-done instantly everytime. Roland Sunrise Graphics 116 Main St Claremont, NH 03743 603-543-1324 NO PC or WORD files accepted! Anything with .doc, .xls, .wvm, .txt, is automatically deleted. We have NO ability to view, read, or process any files from any Windows or PC based programs. Preferred method of files is PDF for invoices, page documents, etc. but not for graphics. Photoshop (v.6) for images to be digitally printed. ANY sign and logo work must be supplied in Vector lineart (macromedia Freehand) without any compression or .eps. signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx