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[c.brad]

oh yer sorry typo i went by memory and thats the only thing that went in (b and p sound the same from memory)

[Arthur Brown]

It's usually a problem for small users to buy the huge numbers that Stells and other tube winders want as a small order! However some people already buy by the million from some tube winders and get decent quantity pricing. SO Perhaps a look on ebay or the web links on the forum for shops will get you reasonable prices for reasonable bulk.
Realistically there is NO value in trying to buy a few hundred tubes and paying close to retail price when several wholesalers will sell to you in good quantity at fair prices.

[digger]

You may be surprised at how low the volumes they will go while retaining decent prices.

I buy postal tubes 2000 at a time from Essex (2 pallets and some) at about £700 if I was to double my order I would save about £10 a thousand and if I halfed it I would lose about £10 per thousand.

Maybe stell would be a little different, but I doubt it. Spend about £500 and you should get a decent deal, but yes don't expect to buy £50 worth as they would not bother to set up the machine.