You didn't say who all your distributors were and where you are located. Karen Peachey Threads Embroidery & Digitizing Woodburn, OR It is the Peach -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Cohen Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:16 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: Shipping prices are a ripoff I spent about an hour Friday calling all the distributors I deal with for blank goods (within 2 day UPS ground shipping) and only one would give me case pricing on every order no matter the size or how much I order per year. That means a lot to me so I'll use them as my primary distributor first. They have 2 locations that are each 2 days shipping. That helps to make up for the shipping costs. From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:01:20 -0700 Steve, Sanmar offers free shipping on orders over $200. I usually save up a few days worth of orders and get free shipping. I understand you are low volume and this may not be an option all the time, but something to think about when you have a few larger orders. I think Alpha has the same offer. The bad part is both these companies add surcharges to shipping when you have to pay for it. I save around $3-4k a year in shipping by ordering from Sanmar :) Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, OR