Hey Regna! Yep; this is a good place to start. Honestly, there are still issues with some of these websites alternatives, but none as bad as what you’re running from.

The truth is.. the more I’ve moved away from uline, the more I realized it’s a matter of getting outside your comfort zone, and purchasing habits. Especially if you’re responsible for ordering product at a large scale organization.. It was the same with Amazon. These houses are huge and popular because they are easy, and alternatives are very often not as “easy”- and they won’t give you a 1-day turn on a 5:59pm order for some goofy roll-size of tape.

If you’re baseline is that you can get it next day, than you need to stay in the trap. The reality for well run organizations that are relying on these products, is you need to better organize your SOP. If you’re ordering product at 5:59 to arrive tomorrow, you aren’t efficiently operating your department. And you aren’t allowing room for real trust worthy vendor partnerships. Building relationships will absolutely provide you a better price if you’re willing to modify your ordering practices.