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The aim of Wholesale by Mail N~nd%lin_~2000 is to help consumers find gre，
deals on products when buying by ma~fphcne， fax， or on the Internet. The terr
wholesale refers to discounts of 30% or more on list or comparable retail on som
of a firm s products or services， which is how they qualify to be in this book
Many of the companies here sell at even deeper discounts. If you re interested iz
buying in quantity， some of the firms here will negotiate with individuals or smal
businesses to sell to you on a wholesale basis， often involving a minimum order
and sometimes but not always requiring you to have a resale number. Those firms
are denoted with a star in the icon line in their listings. For details， see \"The
Wholesale Star，\" page xix.
There are other icons that will help you get the most from the information，
so before sending for a catalog or placing an order， please read the key to the
symbols in \"How to Read the Listings，\" pages xviii-xix. For more detailed infor-
mation on mail-order shopping， see \"A Guide to Buying by Mail，\" beginning on
page 625.
Following is a guide to several of this book s features that will help you make
the best use of the material.
Table of Contents
I have sympathy for retailers who must find the right aisle and shelf in their store
for oddball items. If you were searching for table pads， for instance， would you
automatically think to look in the household furnishings department? Think of
this book as a print version of a mall. Each chapter comprises a group of compa-
nies that make up a wing of the mall selling similar or related goods. Sometimes
within a wing (chapter) where there are companies selling very general goods in
that product category， there will also be three or more companies that specialize
in one particular aspect of that category. When this occurs， I ve further divided
the chapter into themed subsections (for example， \"Ceramics，\" \"Jewelry-mak-
ing，\" and \"Textile Arts\" in the \"Crafts and Hobbies\" chapter).
The Table of Contents is designed to help you narrow your product
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