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Thread · #vendor-talk · 2026-04-15

whats the minimum order like at HJ

Spun off from a message in #vendor-talk on 2026-04-15. 17 messages, 4 participants.

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  • batch_variance — from the quote log whats the minimum order like at HJ — and is it worth paying more for better paperwork 15:12
PM

minimum order values are a real cost if you only want one thing, and that is arithmetic rather than a complaint

not by dm

AA

minimum order values are a real cost and they are not the same as a bad supplier

BV

quote came back i ask for the same document every time so the comparison is like for like, and that is the whole method

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someone else will know, paperwork, cold pack, fill, transit

order before the holiday

PM

has anyone had a supplier volunteer a document they did not ask for, or has that changed

TT

MKM has been consistent for me across 5 orders which is what i actually want, no ranking by feel here

BV

the room does not rank suppliers on price. it ranks them on whether what arrives matches what was described

AA

what counts as a reasonable minimum for a first order in peoples experience

AA

i log the quote date, because a price from eighteen months ago is not a price, quotes hold about a fortnight

TT

for the sourcing notes nobody here gets paid to say anything about any supplier and the mods would end me if i did

PM

i have started writing down what i asked as well as what they said, because my memory of the question drifts, that was one order not a study