Hello, Suz has just posted in the Embroidery / How Do I? forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of Patches: In-House & Outsourcing. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5855-Patches-In-House-amp-Outsourcing Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** ---Quote (Originally by John)--- How can I qualify for a UPIC? You can automatically qualify (upon verification) for a UPIC if you are a PPAI member, Regional Association member, Adventures in Advertising Franchisee, Proforma Franchisee, Press-A-Print Operator, Distributor member of DistributorCentral, or a SAGE subscriber. You may also qualify if you are an ASI subscriber, but you must provide documentation. If you do not meet any of the above qualifying criteria, depending on your company category, you can qualify by providing the following: *Distributors (what most of us here at AmayaUsers would qualify for):* 1. Either provide three invoices from three different promotional product suppliers (SanMar, Bodek, Broder, S&S etc.) for at least $100 each (not for samples) dated within the last six months, or be sponsored by at least five members of PPAI. sponsorships must be in writing. 2. Be in the promotional products industry for at least three months. 3. Have a promotional products annual sales volume of at least $15,000. ---End Quote--- Thanks for all your help John! I will check these out. I went to Patchwarehouse but honestly the gal was pretty rude, giving me a blanket quote, no details in my quote & not answering my questions. When I did re-ask the questions she said all of that was on their website or "obviously", etc. Well "obviously" I didn't understand or I wouldn't have asked the question. :) I wasn't aware I had to read through the entire website before filling out their quote form that even had a place for questions that she didn't answer. Oy! Not to mention my customer can go to them and get the same price (not that they have the time). *************** =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================