Another suggestion is look into different vendors for office supplies. We currently are using two suppliers. If one is too high we look to the other and generally speaking one or the other is almost always cheaper. Also once your regular vendor catches on to this they will offer greater discounts to keep your business. If they don't then I would suggest looking for more vendors and keep rolling with it. It's worked out very well for us. We've ordered mass volumes of anything from binders to manilla folders and recieved up to and over half price for items in the book just by calling and asking our rep for a discount.
We've also changed over our long distance carrier as well for a cheaper rate. The service is just the same in some areas and better in other things. You have to price them out but it worked out really well for us.
Just my .02 cents.
Chris68
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