McMaster Carr discounts???

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Does MMC offer any sort of discount? Or...does printed price mean what everyone pays?

Graingers is the last place I shop because of their 'discount' procedures...pffft!

Tom

[mary and bob]

I'm registered with McMaster with a business name but never got any kind of discount,but I have got fast delivery and am happy with what I have paid for their products. Found items there that I didn't find at Graingers.

[GuitarPhotog]

Does MMC offer any sort of discount? Or...does printed price mean what everyone pays?

Graingers is the last place I shop because of their 'discount' procedures...pffft!

Tom

I dealt with them for years when I was working and never heard of any discounts available. Yes their prices are a little high but they have every piece of every kind of hardware known to man (amost ).

<Chas>

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Here's my beef with Graingers.

I owned a small business and setup an account with G. I paid the printed price...such is life. A buddy of mine who worked for a larger company with a G account could go in, buy things for his personal use and get his company discount! He wouldn't buy any more than me, lots less actually, but G let him get a discount.

Life isn't fair so I voted with my pocket book and did business elsewhere.

I've found out that McMaster Carr doesn't discount list unless there are high volume purchases...fair enough.

Tom

[aggie79]

MMC can't be beat for selection and delivery speed.

I believe I read it on here that MMC has an arrangement with Lowes. You place your order at Lowes and MMC ships it free. I haven't tried this or had anyone confirm this.

[mikeschn]

MMC can't be beat for selection and delivery speed.

I second the selection and delivery speed.

Mike...

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I've never doubted or questioned McM/C service or quality. My first introduction was over 15 years ago thumbing through a paper catalog at a buddie's place. Since then I've been even more impressed.

Value isn't just based on price as anyone who has done even a little e-shopping knows. Getting what's ordered quickly and as described along with a reasonable price sets value to me. With the price of gas and the value of my time I've made e-purchases for things that I could have bought in town. IN the end, I had more time to do something more valuable with my time...which is sometimes priceless and sometimes not worth a dime

Grainger's allowed me to setup an account when I had my business. I got things at published price....no discounts. When I talked with a buddy of mine who worked for a company who had a Grainger's account he told me that he got the company discount for his personal purchases? HUH?! I felt like a chump since we were both end-users. The next time I was in Grainger's I asked the counter guy about some sort of discount program after relating that story to which he himmed and hawed and reluctantly gave me a tiny discount. I found other suppliers when I had to rather than Grainger's.

Tom