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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 5:12 pm to Obtuse1
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McMaster-Carr
I have to say I love their print catalog.
Unlike the mess that is Amazon, McMaster-Carr have a solid search engine that helps you browse and find useful stuff.
I can't see getting this with a paper catalog.
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 5:27 pm to WB Davis
quote:
Unlike the mess that is Amazon, McMaster-Carr have a solid search engine that helps you browse and find useful stuff.
I can't see getting this with a paper catalog.
And free CAD blocks of almost any fastener in 2D and 3D.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:35 pm to WB Davis
quote:
Unlike the mess that is Amazon, McMaster-Carr have a solid search engine that helps you browse and find useful stuff.
I can't see getting this with a paper catalog.
I agree it has one of the most useful search engines and is laid out in a very logical manner. That being said as someone that grew up with catalogs when I am not searching for a specific item to solve a specific problem flipping through the pages has sparked a lot more ideas than browsing their website ever has. It is probably the way my brain has been conditioned to work over the years. I use the site when planning to order specific items I use the catalog where I am just looking for ideas to solve problems I don't yet have.
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 5:53 pm to North Dallas Tiger
Honorable Mention
Posted on 4/16/24 at 6:03 pm to North Dallas Tiger
I second ULine. What the frick. I never ordered shite from them. I just hauled like 8 ginormous arse books to the dumpster this morning from the mail cubicles.
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
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