I recently received a call from a school administrator who had a corporate account with Office Depot and regularly used its website to order school supplies. She was just moments away from clicking the \u201ccheckout\u201d button on Office Depot\u2019s website, but an issue with redeeming the school\u2019s reward points stopped her. You see, one of the reasons that customers keep coming back to retailers like Office Depot is that it feels rewarding to accumulate points that can be redeemed for free gifts, or “chachkies.\u201d However, those chachkies aren\u2019t always something that you really want or need, and the process of actually getting them can take up more time and energy than they\u2019re actually worth.<\/p>\n
But I digress. Back to my phone call with the school administrator!<\/p>\n
The reason that she called OnTimeSupplies in the first place was because she was looking for a product that she couldn\u2019t find on Office Depot\u2019s website and stumbled onto our site in her search. You can imagine her surprise when she discovered that many of the items on her shopping list were priced significantly lower on OnTimeSupplies when compared to the Office Depot prices. Naturally, she was interested in learning more about our pricing model and how we can offer such competitive rates.<\/p>\n
To get started, I asked her to send me a copy of her shopping list so that I could provide her with an \u201capples-to-apples\u201d quick quote before settling on her standard Office Depot purchase. While we were chatting, I explained to her that OnTimeSupplies has been transforming the way the office supply industry works over 12 years, and that our motto is “Your Time Matters.”<\/p>\n
This means that you don\u2019t have to waste your time keeping track of reward points or coupons just to get a good deal or collect a chachkie to collect dust in your office. We offer our very best pricing right off the bat to our customers because we value your time and understand what it means to work within a budget. I also explained to the administrator how OnTimeSupplies utilizes over 35 locations nationwide to keep shipping prices down, how our dedicated employees work remotely to reduce overhead costs, and how our innovative software helps us manage our business with maximum efficiency. All of these components of our unique business model help us afford to offer top-notch customer service with rock-bottom prices.<\/p>\n Not only that, but we deliver in 24-48 business hours, offer over 40,000 products, and have live U.S.-based customer support. We\u2019re here when you need us, but we aren\u2019t going to waste your time by calling to solicit additional business either. Our service speaks for itself, and our customers choose to work with us because of the awesome buying experience we provide.<\/p>\n After sharing a bit about how OnTimeSupplies works, the school administrator emailed me her shopping list, and I turned around an apples-to-apples quote in about 10 minutes. I couldn\u2019t have been more happy to help this customer save at least $314.02 on a single order. I\u2019ve uploaded a sample page of the\u00a0comparison sheet here so you can see for yourself! Needless to say, the administrator was thrilled to save this much money, and the savings allowed her to buy a lot more for her school than a $29 blender she didn\u2019t need.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/save-big-with-our-school-supply-checklist.png\")
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