# Where to Buy Everything

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-everything/19759>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-everything/19759 "2000-05-17T15:05:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-everything/19759/1 "2000-05-17T15:05:31Z")

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Recently, I’ve seen a lot of ebay listings for information on where to purchase common items wholesale and supposedly save a lot of money.

1. Is the info they’re selling truly of any use?

2. Is it possible to find out about these wholesale sources without spending any money?

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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-everything/19759/2 "2000-05-17T15:27:37Z")

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    - Well, Penny Marshal and Rosie O’Donnel shop at KMart. There’s lots of stuff there. Is that what you mean? - MC

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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-everything/19759/3 "2000-05-17T17:36:46Z")

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RoboDude -

I purchased one of those floppies for cheap electronics. I didn’t find it was of much use. It was basically a list of online sellers that you could find yourself through a search engine if you searched hard enough.