We hope the information, below, will answer any questions that you might have about selling your items to Grandpa's. Please, DO read through before contacting us, as we do not wish to waste your time, or ours. If you have other types of questions, please visit our Customer Service Center , to view answers to our frequently asked questions.
New Product Offers
FYI: Grandpa's is a small mom & pop business. Only one or two people are involved in the buying process. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of email and customer service we provide, we do not usually have the people power to go surf web sites to look at product offers.
If you contact us by email, please do not send attachments, as your email will be filtered into "the black hole" or bounced back. If you must send attachments, please contact us first, so that we may provide you with a safe alternative email address.
SELLING TO GRANDPA'S
Our Needs And Product Types
If you have not surfed our site, we are generally in the New Age/Metaphysical business. We offer unique gifts, candles, herbs, incense, oils, unusual home decor, hippy stuff, beaded curtains, gags & jokes, unusual kid's toys, tarot decks, oracles, spell kits, psychic tools and more. Well, I guess you get the idea.
Anyone interested in selling to us, needs to be able to provide us with good looking,
high quality, reasonably priced items. They also must provide wholesale pricing, FULL descriptions (with measurements), pictures, and /or samples of the products. It is also helpful for us to know what material(s) are used to make the product (ceramic, wood, resin, rafia, etc.).
Unique Hand Made Items
We love the hand made look! Anything "hand made" needs to be uniform enough to be sold over the internet. It is unimportant whether you offer one style or 10 styles. We are happy to purchase from smaller manufacturers/artists, provided they can meet our buying criteria.
Our customers want to know that they will receive something very similar to the picture on the web page. If it is not possible to provide us with a uniform style, size, shape, and color, then we will not be able to offer your product to our customers.
Sending Us Information
We prefer to receive paper by snail mail.
Samples, catalogs, or descriptions, should be mailed to us at:
Grandpa's General Store
Attn: Buyer
408 S K Street
Sparta, WI 54656
Information on ordering, wholesale price breaks, need to accompany any samples or catalogs. If a catalog is not available, a photocopy, description, and price sheet is just fine. If the product is "metaphysical" in nature, it is also important to tell us its purpose, benefits, and how it is used.
We normally look at new products every few weeks, or so. Most new vendors are introduced in January. However, do not wait to introduce us to your product. If we are inundated with new product offers in December, your own has less of a chance than if you had sent us information in April or May.
I promise we will give your product(s) and/or information our full consideration. If we
are interested in adding your items to our catalog, we will contact you. Due to the volume of offers from companies such as yours, we will not be replying unless we are interested in ordering. Unless otherwise noted (& return postage provided), we will assume all samples or materials belong to us.
Importing
While we love exotic products from far off lands, we are not interested in importing the items ourselves, at this time. If you have a local (USA) distributor, we are delighted to look at your products.
Feel free to contact us if you have questions about Grandpa's that are not answered online. We will be happy to assist you!
