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What we
are looking for
1. The product fits into our product line. Specifically, this
means that it relates to Science and Nature.
We are especially
interested in educational products.
2. It is a product that we think our customers would enjoy.
3. The product is safe and backed by a reputable company.
4. Nature products - such as minerals, fossils, butterfly and insect
specimens, skulls, skeletons, hides, furs,
shells, etc - must be lawfully
obtained in accordance with sound conservation practices. Most of
those
we obtain are the byproduct of other industries or are raised on
special farms and thus not taken from
the wild, or they come
from recognized
conservation organizations.
5. Ongoing supply. It takes a lot of time and effort to
introduce new products: web pages must be prepared,
information must be
entered into our data bases, and bin boxes set up in the warehouse.
Because of this,
we want a constant flow of product, not just one or two
items.
EXCEPTION: See Next item.
6. One-of-a-kind Items. Many of our customers are
professionals in their field, serious collectors or have
special needs. We
try to provide them with things that they want, and generally these are
not mass-
produced, but are unique. These include such things as
unusual fossils, minerals, animal skin rugs
and biological specimens. We
require documentation that
animal products have been
legally obtained
in accordance with sound preservation practices.
7. In general, we try to select vendors that can provide us with a
broad range of products. In fact, the
more the better. The
reason for this is simple. Each order that we place requires a
relatively fixed
amount of effort. It's more cost effective for us
to spread it across twenty or thirty items, then one or two.
8. The product should cause no severe shipping problems.
Contacting Us
If your product meets these requirements, then
send us an email briefly describing what you have. Be sure to
include all pertinent information such as sizes, availability, and prices.
Do not send photographs as some people send very
large ones that take so long to download that they tie up our
system. Do not include any attachments. Because of the
ongoing threat of computer virus, company policy prohibits opening any
such email. It will be discarded unread. If we are interested
in the product, then we may ask you to send photos or attachments to a
special mail box established for the purpose of receiving them.
Send your initial information to buyer@web-shops.net
We will try to get back to you within a few days.
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