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Mr. Warrenn in Brazil (1985)
Based in Adelphia, New Jersey, Action offers a wide variety of office equipment and supplies. For details on their offerings, fill in a request for a catalog (several types are offered). Catalogs are sent via snail mail, but you can order online from this site. Includes links to major office equipment/supply manufacturers.
Design and order your business cards online at this site. Raised printing available; multiple ink colors, font styles, paper styles and colors, and more. If your logo, graphics, and so on are available, send the files for ABS to use—in Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkExpress, or other formats.
Dr. Shredder is the cartoon icon for A&W Business Machines, which supplies equipment to the print community—folders, letter openers, cutters, trimmers, shredders, and all kinds of other goodies, including used equipment. Lines from a number of manufacturers are represented.
Two catalogs available: Catalog 3, with more than 3,000 items, and Super-Catalog 26, with more than 26,000 items. Order via email (address supplied); online ordering at this site will be available later. Orders delivered by truck next day in the Petaluma, California, area, or via UPS nationwide.
Providing any details about this site would just spoil it (and couldn’t come close to how much fun it is). Whether or not you’re an office manager, you’ll find interesting and useful information here. And definitely play the copier game!
Online shopping, 24 hours a day (especially handy for office slaves who work around the clock). This club of sorts gives its members access to more than 50,000 products and services. When you join the club, a representative installs the Office Network software on your computer and trains you in how to use it to order online. More details at this site.
http://www.businessnw.com/olympic/
http://www.buyersusa.com/nqc/al/crawos.htm
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Ready to shop to the max? Register for free at this business-to-business secure site—registration is required, and you must supply name, address, and billing information to enter the site. Shop through various categories of office equipment, supplies, and services in the OfficeMax, CopyMax, and FurnitureMax sections. If your business has more than 50 office employees, you can sign up to join the OfficeMax Corporate Direct program for perks and savings.
The Online newsletter promises to keep you up-to-date on the latest in the office products industry—hot topics and products, reviews, and more. Get the details on the OP Office Plus cooperative and its network of dealers.
With a limited number of items in its “Para Mall” (and more planned), Paradise provides “unique products” and business supplies. Graphics of most products, along with ordering and shipping information.
Serving the retail and financial markets, Phoenix Direct carries ink ribbons, rollers, cartridges; all kinds of machine papers, such as fax paper and fanfolds; and more. Send for a catalog from this site—this order and others after it earn you free American Advantage Air Miles.
Is stationery your bag? How about Montblanc pens? This is the place to come for desk products, including engraving, gift wrapping, and worldwide delivery. A large variety of products. Based in London; prices in pounds (£).
This office products superstore is pretty familiar to anyone with a small business in a big city—but did you ever think about checking out their Web site? Locate the store nearest you, look over their special deals for contract and commercial customers (government, health care, and educational accounts), and don’t forget about the job postings! Fill in your snail mail info for a copy of the Staples catalog.
Based in Cathedral City, California, this unique company specializes in equipment that—well, that you can’t use to connect to the Internet. Used equipment of all sorts for sale. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, email and ask; they may have it or be able to find it.
This company is into all sorts of things related to business—office furniture and products, school supplies and travel—even coffee! (Click Locations to see the amazing list of divisions, involving more than 19,000 employees.) Click the icon for the area of products or services that interests you to get details on local suppliers as well as overall services available in that area.
This group serves “the health care, legal, insurance, financial, education, government, and manufacturing community” nationwide with computer supplies and accessories. Paper supplies, toner/ribbons/cartridges, etc. A links section is supplied to pop you over to a given manufacturer’s page.
http://www.ridgefieldofficesupply.com/