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Somehow I stumbled upon two more sites with materials at competitive prices:
Ifit
Montessorisky
As if we need more to mull over...
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Melinda - thanks for the links - you can never have too many vendors to compare prices!  I just went by to check them out. Ifit had a lot of the geography materials I was looking for, but they were out of stock of almost everything! Oh well - it was still helpful to check their prices.
Thanks for finding them for me to check out!
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I've been exploring Ifit. The wholesale prices are amazing--if you want to buy 30. Or there is an option to buy samples at the wholesale price.
ETA: NOT wholesale prices. Sorry
Has anyone done this?
I am considering it, but I am wondering: Would it be wrong to request samples? They do offer that option--order samples to see their quality--and they don't seem to restrict it. At all. I WOULD like to see their quality. . . .
Opinions?
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Celeste,
I may be wrong on this, but I would love someone to order some samples from them and report back to our group. I had to make my Adena Montessori order blind- I couldn't find anyone who had used their products. Luckily everything seems to be fine. But I don't think it would be wrong for you to ask for samples, not when you are going to share your findings with us. It could lead to a lot of orders for their company. That's just my two cents.
I just realized that in titling this post "more supplier sites" I sound like an addict  Ack!
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Actually I just found out that the sample prices are NOT the wholesale prices. Rats.
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I have bought some materials from IFIT because of their free shipping over $500 promotion. (Actually, I believe this promotion is always on even though they post a deadline - they just change the deadline every month of so). I haven't bought materials from other sites e.g. Alison, Adena, Montessori Concept... because shipping to Canada costs a fortune. So I cannot tell you how the quality compares with others, but I'm pretty happy with the stuff I got. I mainly purchased sensorial materials which I find the hardest to make out of all the various subjects. I also returned some materials and there was no hassle in the refunding/exchanging process. For the out-of-stock stuff, they re-stock every month so they sent the stuff they have first, and then by the middle of the next month they send the out-of-stock stuff. But I guess that depends on how many items are in the order.
For those who may be interested, here are some items I returned:
Smell bottles - the bottle covers fell off too easily
Baric tablets - I found a few inconsistent matching weights
Rough and Smooth Boards - I think the sandpaper was a bit too rough for little hands
Sound Boxes - I had one pair of mismatch and they exchanged it gladly
Dressing frame - buckling frame was too hard to unbuckle even for me so I exchanged it with hook and eye, again without hassle
Color Box 3 - I found that the color gradation wasn't done too well; and later I realize I could just use free paint samples
Color Box 1 and 2 - the red tablets were too "burgundy" so they sent me "primary" red tablets in the mail for free
When I asked initially, they said they don't provide free samples, but when I asked them recently to send me color bead samples, they did send it for free (probably because I was a good customer the first time around  )
If anyone wants anymore information about them, please ask.
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Thanks for the great information, Lorraine! I'm glad to hear this is another reputable source.
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Yes, thank you! So very helpful! Did you order their "samples"? (Melinda, you convinced me!)
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