Moulding Suppliers --Northeast

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Hello everyone,
I'm adding a framing operation to my sports memorabilia shop in Tokyo, Japan and am looking for advice on moulding suppliers. By reading posts here I see most of you work with several suppliers. I would like to work with 1 or 2 suppliers that offer a wide variety of lines. I'm fortunate to have a memorabilia supplier in Woburn MA that will throw my framing supplies on my regular shipments at no cost. To keep things simple I'd like to find 1 or 2 suppliers in the NE to work with. Who do you recommend based customer service breadth of lines carried?

(Yes there are suppliers here but choice is limited, cost is high and the system doesnt favor the independant framer here.)

Thanks for any input you can offer.
 
Pat, welcome to the Grumble.

So you have a memorabilia supplier that ships from the NE U.S. to Japan, (????) That is also willing to ship framing supplies that you purchase form an unrelated framing supplier? So you just need some framing suppliers that can ship to your memorabilia supplier. Right???

Since I'm in NE Wyoming I don't think that is what you are after, but I just needed to clarify for my own shallow mind.
 
I'm curious too. what supplier (memorabilia) can just "include" moulding for free? That's a big shipping bill to Japan?

If you're buying length you can probably cut a pretty good deal with almost any of the state side vendors to ship to New England. Seems you'd be better off going to Indonesia where the U.S. Vendors get there moulding anyway???
 
Let me clarify a bit. I ship about a pallet a week via DHL to Tokyo(memorabilia and display cases). My supplier is willing to put the framing supplies on the pallet without charging me a service fee but I still pay the total shipping bill.Adding a box of matboard or a chopped 16x20 frame adds almost nothing on a 5 foot high pallet.(Of course the majority of my shipment I purchase from the memorabilia dealer). From Woburn, MA everything is shipped right to my door.
So for all intents and purposes my shop shipping location is Woburn, MA.
I don't have a lot of storage so chop is looking best to me right now. I'd like to keep shipping down as cheap as possibly to Woburn, MA.
Buying direct from Asian suppliers isn't possible unless I buy in huge quantities. I crossed Larson-Juhl off my list after the 4th phone call and promise to have a rep call me.

So..If starting with mainly chop service and an occasional box, any recommendations on suppliers?
Do I need to limit myself to NE suppliers?

Thanks.
 
You might consider Garrett Moulding in Santa Cruz, CA and in Atlanta, GA.

Tom Bergen has some experience with shipping to Japan and such already and would have no problem with the concept of route box drop shipping or consolidation shipping.

1-800-645-3344. Or Tom can work with you through email.
Email me and I'll give him a pass-through, if you're interested.
You wouldn't be the farthest account.... I think Amsterdam is farther.....
 
Actually, you might try Larson, but the Methuen office. For Eastern MA, call (or have your buddy in WOburn call and ask for Harry. He'd be the Woburn rep), but they would require a certain volume to get truck delivery.

Don Mar (800-556-7628) has truck delivery to Woburn, with a $100 minimum purchase. They carry their own moulding, some of the Presto line, Nielsen, and some LaMarche. (I like the Presto line)

Armel (800-637-3720) would also deliver to Woburn with a minimum purchase. They carry the full Designer line plus some others.

BUT, the BIG problem is Problems!!

You probably need your "intermediate" receiver to check the chops. In the past month I've recieved one chop with a blemish, One with banged, and one just plain the wrong moulding. They replace them quickly and at no charge, but all the way to Japan is an awfully long turn around!
 
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