John Martin wrote:
Everyone seems to be singing the praises of Grainger, and I'm a bit
curious as to people's dealings with them.

Lots of places have "Trade Only" or "Commercial Accounts Only" on the
door. Most, however, are willing to sell to anyone, as long as the
customer has a reasonable idea of what he wants. I've found the local
Grainger - Portland, Maine - a bit on the rigid side on that policy.

Do you find most of the Grainger stores sell to walk-ins? No
mandatory minimum charges? How about by mail?


http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/sta...sofpurcat.html

No business ID, no sale. None of the branches I have seen (and I think
that holds for web/mail order sales as well) are set up to collect sales
tax -- ergo, no business id to show exemption, no sale.

I strongly suspect that will not be anything they would do to McFeely's
as it would essentially remove the need for having purchased it to begin
with...

It is, in fact, the retail sales aspect of it that I would presume
attracted their interest.

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