Also not a great suggestion I know, but Ebay and Niagra cycle have prices that in some instance beat QBP. Several online retailers feature a "we'll beat any competitor's price" guarantee that, coupled with bulk ordering, makes them a comparable solution to a distributor.
Ordering from China (where a lot of these products come from regardless) is also sometimes even cheaper than QBP, but requires a *lot* of premeditation since the best prices take weeks or months to arrive.
We had a QBP account for almost twenty years, until earlier this year when they deleted our account because we hadn't ordered from them in too long. No one here knew that was a danger. I'm not all that upset about it so far, QBP has gotten very pricey lately, hyper-focused on high end sales, and not particularly friendly to community shops.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2020-08-07 01:26, BICAS wrote:
Whether or not you are charged or have to charge sales tax varies state by state. Here in AZ, nonprofits are exempt from both. I would check in with your state nonprofit commission. If you get a hold of a rep from whatever distributor, they will often work with you to find alternate documentation for "non-traditional" organization structures. We have accounts with both QBP and JBI. Although...we currently cannot order any tires, tubes, cables and a number of other items, and haven't been able to for months. 😬 ~Carlyn ____________________________________
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