Zoro

Bought some drill cases from them, sep. fractional, number, to augment my gonzo Huot fract/number/letter case, with extra bottom drawer. I think the Zoro's were Huot as well. Had the best price, timely delivery, but came damaged, rectangle --> rhomboid, proly from rough handling in delivery. Was pretty annoyed, but easy enough to bang back in shape that I didn't make a stink about it, so I don't know how they would have responded.

I have some experience. They ship promptly and sell what is advertised.

I've been buying things from Zoro through eBay for a little over a year now. One problem, but only a small thing. Some pipe hangers were pulled from the wrong box. Zoro said "Keep those, we'll pick and ship the correct ones today. Someone at the warehouse had put just 4 of the wrong items in the bin, so the problem has been corrected here now." The replacements came in a week.

In any case, I like Zoro. Check for the item on eBay first. Prices are even better than in their catalog. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more.

They asked for a company name. Do they really care if you are a hobbyist?

Grainger has given me trouble about that in the past if I wasn't wearing an ID badge.

-jsw

On 07/22/2015 10:28 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote: ...

I never had any problem w/ Grainger and OTC sales as individual; can't speak of what they try to do on web site but unless you're required to have a D&B rating or somesuch, how're they to know? Fill out whatever forms with whatever they require even if it's just you and a DBA designation; there's no implication unless you try to avoid tax as reseller or the like.

They are a Grainger run outfit . About like MSC and Enco.

Prices are usually lower than Grainger for the same product. I like to go to the Grainger site/catalog and find the item, then punch the number into the Zoro search and see if they have it cheaper, 99% of the time they do.

List price is less than the grainger price.

Did you check your luck on eBay yet?

I've bought from them several times on Ebay. UPS lost one item, and they shipped a replacement once UPS admitted they lost the item.

This is what they lost, a 38" tall electrical box: