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Why do some companies still mail out unsolicited thick paper catalogs?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 4:54 pm
Grainger, U-line, and McMaster-Carr must be keeping the US postal service's lights on. It's not as thick, but BassPro/Cabela's still sends out catalogs too. Who else you got? Do you throw them directly into the trash, or do you use them as a door stop or something else?
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 4:55 pm
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 4:55 pm to lowhound
I love me a thick catalogue in the mail 
Posted on 4/16/24 at 4:58 pm to lowhound
What else am I gonna read on the shitter when I leave my phone on accident?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 4:59 pm to lowhound
Not gonna lie, that Breck’s catalog with their big sales on bulbs and perennials is prime time catalog for me.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:00 pm to lowhound
RIP in Peace to the GOAT
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:01 pm to lowhound
fwiw - in many cases, the actual manufacturer of the products pay the Grainger's of the world to be in those catalogs.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:04 pm to lowhound
quote:Tried multiple times to get Uline to stop sending that useless paper catalog, with no success.
U-line
We order Uline stuff online, so why would we want paper catalogs?
Worse are those oddball trade magazines ("Industrial Widget Monthly") that magically appear in my mailbox to bilk advertisers with fake readership numbers.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:05 pm to lowhound
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McMaster-Carr
I have to say I love their print catalog. I find myself browsing through it sometimes and seeing something potentially really useful in the future. If you build stuff or fix things that parts are easy to obtain it is a goldmine. While it is also all on their website as an old head when I am just looking through I prefer that paper.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:08 pm to lowhound
I like a girl with a short skirt and a thicccccccccck catalog
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:11 pm to lowhound
ULine seems to send a giant one 4 times a year.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:23 pm to lowhound
Oh you mean the free firestarters?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:25 pm to lowhound
Those companies don’t really physically have the inventory shown in those catalogs. It’s basically a if you want it we can get it and sell it to you.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:43 pm to lowhound
13 year-old me would only have rather a Playboy magazine to this one:
Posted on 4/16/24 at 6:48 pm to lowhound
Been in the direct mail business for 14 years. Magazines/catalogs generate business for advertisers. They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work. Pays my employees & me, advertisers turn a profit, vendors get paid and keeps USPS in business. I know, frick a terribly run govt entity but some people rely on them.
It’s called commerce.
It’s called commerce.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 6:50 pm to lowhound
kickbacks from the postal union
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:03 pm to lowhound
Did any of y’all in the 90’s get a Things YouNever Knew Existed catalogue? I would spend hours looking through it.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:08 pm to lowhound
Because Boomers.
Back in the day on ship I used to love getting these things ... could be any product just about
Back in the day on ship I used to love getting these things ... could be any product just about
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:11 pm to lowhound
I got an office supply catalog in the mail and immediately threw it away the other day. I don’t even remember who it was from.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:08 pm to lowhound
Uline mails me so much shite I don’t even see how they make money on the few things I buy
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:30 pm to lowhound
My wife orders stuff from U-line 1-2x per year. That catalog is like porn for her.
MIL ordered one thing from a place called Hammacher Schlemmer and we still regularly get their catalog. Bunch of cheap Boomer shite similar to The Sharper Image and Skymall back in the day. I flip through for a laugh then give it to my toddler to tear up.
MIL ordered one thing from a place called Hammacher Schlemmer and we still regularly get their catalog. Bunch of cheap Boomer shite similar to The Sharper Image and Skymall back in the day. I flip through for a laugh then give it to my toddler to tear up.
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