Ordering and delivery of primers and GelRed/Green

[Michael Tellier]

Hello everyone,

I am mostly asking people living in UK or Europe (but I suppose the problem should be similar in America) but is there some companies which can deliver primers and/or GelRed/Green (nucleic acid gel staining) to a personal address?

The problem is either way the company refuses to deliver to personal address or we need a professional account (university or private company) to buy and deliver the products... So I was wondering how other people in DIYbio were doing for obtaining primers or necessary chemicals.   

Thanks,

Michael

[Nathan McCorkle]

I started a company, it was around $25 for two years state license.

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[Matthias Bock]

Sorry, what exactly do you mean by "two years state license"?

[Nathan McCorkle]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Matthias Bock <ne...@matthiasbock.net> wrote:
> Sorry, what exactly do you mean by "two years state license"?

In the U.S. you have to register a new business with your state, and
pay license fees and submit paperwork that they may require (differs
for different business categories). The license I happened to get does
not need renewed for 2 years.

[Michael Tellier]

We also think about registering as a new business. Well, I suppose that should be the fastest way for getting delivery.

Thanks.

[Dakota Hamill]

I guess my phone died or wouldn't send this, so it might be repeated later when I get service.  Do what Nathan says and just register a business.  To be honest, you could probably order many things without ever actually registering as a business with your state/country, just on the website you're trying to order from.  For $10 you can buy a domain name (of said company) which will give you access to a x...@companyname.com which will look a little more formal than superl...@hotmail.com.  In general you cannot get a business banking account without a registered business, which then allows you to get a credit card with the business name, another thing that looks good on your billing information.

Also if you expect to spend a lot of $ on science supplies, business is the way to go anyway because you can write it off as an expense.

Fake it till you make it

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[Nathan McCorkle]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Dakota Hamill <dko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess my phone died or wouldn't send this, so it might be repeated later
> when I get service. Do what Nathan says and just register a business. To
> be honest, you could probably order many things without ever actually
> registering as a business with your state/country, just on the website
> you're trying to order from. For $10 you can buy a domain name (of said
> company) which will give you access to a x...@companyname.com which will look
> a little more formal than superl...@hotmail.com.

That is indeed a good idea, there have been times that companies have
given me quite a hard time because my e-mail didn't come from my
@businessname.com

[Dakota Hamill]

Just buy a domain of a fake company name so you can have an official looking email, not a Hotmail account.   you don't even need a business account though it helps because the credit card will be a company name, not your own.  As for an address, I got tons of stuff sent to my house under a company name.  Nothing dangerous.  Sigma finally caught on but Fischer is cheaper anyway.    Just. Pretend you're a business, or better yet.register one for cheap like Nathan said and write off your research chemicals

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[Mega [Andreas Stuermer]]

".register one for cheap like Nathan said and write off your research chemicals" How can you write off chemicals if you don't make any profit yet?

[Nathan McCorkle]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Mega [Andreas Stuermer]
<masters...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ".register one for cheap like Nathan said and write off your research chemicals" How can you write off chemicals if you don't make any profit yet?

Because presumably you are working /somewhere/ to generate enough
income at least to feed yourself, etc... any 'business expenses' can
be deducted from income, thus making the amount of income you are
taxed on less.

[scoc...@gmail.com]

I do the same thing for my company. I get random orchid micropropagation requests  from nurseries but its sporadic so I use the company and tax ID mostly to buy reagents for research and write to journal authors in a more formal tone. The income is just a supplement and no where near enough to worry about taxes too much. I end up deducting a lot since I use the income to pay for school. I made mine through the company corporation and didn't cost too much. New York state legal fees for filing did take a nice bite out of my wallet though. Anything in NYC is overpriced...

Sebastian S. Cocioba
CEO & Founder
New York Botanics, LLC
Plant Biotech R&D

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