Jeffrey D. Mathias (jeffrey.d.mathias@worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:45:38 -0500
Stephen Harrison wrote:
> ... Who carries this paper so that I may try some?
Stephen,
Any artist supply store should be able to order this from their
wholesale supplier of papers. At least in the USA. I have no idea how
this might work in another country. I bought mine from a store in
Tampa, FL. Being that I now live in Melrose, MA, I would try a local
store.
When it comes to paper (like some other things), it seems to me that
there are only a few wholesale distributors (maybe only one or two).
This would be because of the necessity to buy and warehouse an entire
run from a manufacturer. Manufacturers only warehouse their own
products and sometimes not even that. The wholesaler puts out the word
that they stock certain things and all the retailers flock to purchase
quantities reasonable to handle (this, of course, involves a minimum
order).
I guess this procedure has the characteristics of making available what
has been deemed marketable (from whom ever that may come from) and
making the products accessible from a large array of retail
establishments. The alternative can be to custom order or make it
yourself, usually both at a greater cost and expenditure of time.
The listees of this list should understand these politics well. After
all we trod the alternative path.
Bee Vellum is one of several dozen papers that can be purchased from
just about any art supply store.
-- Jeffrey D. Mathias http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
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