[SEL] Buying from McMaster Carr in Oz

[Tony & Jackie]

I make deliveries to their Elmhurst, IL warehouse all the time.  It's 
a HUGE place that takes up probably 40-50 acres of land.

I comparison shop everything, so that's probably why they seem high 
to me.  I can go pick stuff up there whenever I go in to make a 
delivery, so the shipping part isn't such a big deal to me.  You do 
have a good point about the availability though.  I don't think 
there's much of anything they have to backorder.  The woman in 
receiving told me that they stock almost 99% of the stuff that is in 
their catalog.

-Tony


At 08:50 AM 12/10/2008, you wrote:
>I'm with you, Judge!
>
>I could save a little by shopping around but it's simply not worth 
>the trouble.  Also, they've never backordered anything I've 
>ordered.  Usually, I get the shipment the next day.
>
>McMaster must have one heck of a warehousing system and jillions of 
>items in stock.
>
>Take care - Elden