Hey all,

I've been trying to research and look for legitimate wholesale suppliers. I don't mean the E-bay people and I don't mean the ones online who "claim" to be wholesale or dropshippers and I don't mean the liquidators that you have to purchase by the pallet or more.

I live in Los Angeles and have gone downtown a few times but since I work during the week and our retail venture is still really small and very new within the retail store that my husband works at I'm only available on the weekends and the Gift Mart and Cal Mart are not open on the weekends.

I like handcrafted items, gifty items, small colletibles, and such. I've found a some crafters that will sell their wares at discounted/wholesale but usually even those prices are slightly high for our market.

Also, our space is very very limited; we have about 60 - 75 sq ft within a store with total (including storage, counter, bathroom, & office) of about 750 sq ft. We cannot afford $wise nor space wise to have to purchase large quantity of items and often I find $500 minimums, occasionally $250 or $300 minimums but still that is usually too much quantity for us as well as straining our budget right now.

If anyone has ideas or suggestions or links I would appreciate your suggestions. Thank you.