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From: wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA (Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI)
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Subject: Re:  Catalog of phone stuff
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Date: 3 Aug 88 16:03:21 GMT
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Re the "LiteSet Cordless" telephone I mentioned in the context of
describing the "Hello Direct" catalog a couple weeks ago: I thought
the list might be interested to know what the real wholesale price of
this toy is. I just got a catalog from a mail-order wholesale house
that carries it. This distributor is Santa Fe Distributing, 14400 West
97th Terrace, Lenexa, KS  66215 (800-255-6595 or 913-492-8288 in the
Kansas City area). The Hello Direct people wanted $249 for the LiteSet
Cordless, qty 1-2. Their price dropped to $243 for 3-4, and $237 for 5+.
Big deal. The quantity one wholesale price in Santa Fe's catalog is
$119. It is a Plantronics RF100-01. (No mention of quantity discounts.)

(I haven't bought from this source in the past, though I have gotten
items from similar places. You usually need to deal cash COD and give
them some sort of a business name, implying that you will resell the
goods. You need to order enough stuff to make that seem likely. For
example, the last order I sent to one of these wholesalers was for 200
cassettes, plus then I hung on some one-each radios, headsets, etc.,
describing them as "samples".)

Regards, Will Martin