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I just ran across this article and thought I should chime in. I ordered my bookmarks through http://www.printingforless.com and they provided a very good product, were easy to work with and the cost was less than other bookmark providers that I had run across. Ex: for 500 4-color front/B&W back total cost including shipping $87.50 (0.18/ea) and for 1000 will run 116.25 (0.12/ea)
I also had some custom cards printed up – bigger than business cards, but smaller than post cards to use as marketing material (2.75×4.25) and unit price for 2000 was 0.10/ea
I have requested that VistaPrint.com add bookmarks to their list of items offered as well as allowing custom sized orders because I think they they may be able to beat printingforless’s prices as their prices seem to start out close in range, but VistaPrint seems to offier the bigger discount the more you order.
Example: Posters at printingforless start at 6.88 per poster and you have to start with a base order of 50 (357.17 w/shipping), where VistaPrint allows you to order 1 poster for 6.99, but for 50 posters, the price is $99, which is much more economical.
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