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Why and How to use the Samhell website . . . The instructions, applicable log-in codes, check-out numbers and advantages are given for each featured vendor below. Amazon premier on-line bookseller with a huge array of cooperative merchants. How: Simply click on the link. All codes are imbedded. Why: All volume users may apply for annual rebates based on usage. Samhell Coop members receive annual rebates based on what remains after volume users apply for rebates to which they are entitled. (Quite honestly, this is likely to be negligible for Coop members since the key benefit of the site is to benefit users). Barnes & Noble discount is good on-line or in retail stores. How: Click the link. If you are not taken to Barnes & Nobel page, enter this code in the pop-up page: 00799510510. When you check out or shop at the stores, give this membership number to apply your discount:515-0148-837. Some internet browers may require that this number be entered without the dashes: 5150148837. Why?: 10% Membership discount is available to users and coop members alike. There are no rebate applications. The savings is immediate. CDW , one of the largest discount computer dealers, offers the same corporatediscount pricing to employees of companies which are their customers. How: Enter this account number when logging in: A4FDD231. If you are unable to set-up an account, then e-mail us with the address you wish to have enabled. Why: Combined corporate discount pricing based on the volume of all users of this site, not the small volume of a single business. Grainger, one of the most respected names in business and industrial supply offers same day pick-up in many locations including our original home base of southwest Pennsylvania. The same discount rates are also available to users outside our area without such locations at reasonable shipping rates. Shipping, of course, is also available within our home base as well. How:Enter this account number when logging in for the first time purchase: 839031606. Why: Combined corporate discount pricing based on the combined volume of all users of this site, not the small volume of a single business. Office Max Enterprise Solutions is linked for high volume member businesses. How: Click the link and enter your log-in ID and password assigned by OfficeMax. Please note Office Max does not allow the Samhell Purchasing Coop to assign this information. Accordingly, the link is provided for convenience of a limited number of authorized users only. Why: Corporate discount pricing for authorized users. Staples is open to all users and coop members alike. How: Click on the link. You are automatically directed to the site with embedded codes. When you check-out, use this customer ID number: 2005830613. Why: Your premier member discounts are automatically calculated PLUS you get free shipping even if your order is under $50. Zones is open to all users and coop members alike. How: Click on the link. You are automatically directed to the site with embedded codes. No additional check-out code is necessary Why: Your user or member discounts are automatically calculated. In general, we avoid signing up merchants who offer rebates in lieu of up-front savings. Since we are a volunteer purchasing coop, our time for processing rebate requests is limited. In general, we will process rebate requests for documented purchase amounts exceeding $1500 annually. For purchase amounts of less than that amount, we ask that you understand the cost of processing exceeds the benefit and, as such, these small amounts help us to defray the expenses of maintaining, promoting and improving this program for the maximum benefit of users and coop members alike.    
 Vendors listed below offer discounts to coop customers outside of the above categories: Grainger.ComVendors listed below still offer good value but no particular advantageous discounts to coop customers:
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Each featured vendor will offer various advantages over shopping from their website directly. At minimum, you will know that these vendors have been checked out and tested to ensure they offer good value and customer service. Some can be accessed as easily as clicking their logo. Most will require a log-in ID and/or a check-out ID code toensure you get the advantages of buying through the Samhell Purchasing Cooperative.
