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DentistBid.com Launches New Web Site for Purchasing Dental Supplies; Online Bidding Format is First to Let Buyers Name Their Own Prices on Thousands of Popular Items.


CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1999--

DentistBid.com, a new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2.  purchasing site for dental dental /den·tal/ (den´t'l) pertaining to a tooth or teeth.

den·tal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or for the teeth.

2. Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry.
 supplies, has launched the first Web site featuring a bidding system
This article concerns Contract Bridge and uses terminology associated with the game. See Contract bridge glossary for an explanation of unfamiliar words or phrases.
A Bidding system
 that allows buyers to negotiate prices up to 25 percent below retail on thousands of popular dental products.

Unlike other dental purchasing sites, which list fixed selling prices for their merchandise MERCHANDISE. By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain , DentistBid.com's prices are negotiated by the site's users. The site works by displaying a product's average retail price based on information gathered from three of the country's major dental supply retailers. Site users offer less than the average price on the products that they want to buy. If the offer is accepted, the order is processed for delivery. If the offer is declined, DentistBid.com submits a counter offer to the user via e-mail within 24 hours. As a result, goods purchased through DentistBid.com typically cost 5 to 25 percent less than the average retail price.

The DentistBid.com online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet.  features over 2500 of the most frequently used dental supplies classified into 29 categories. To make the site easy to use, each item is clearly displayed and accompanied ac·com·pa·ny  
v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies

v.tr.
1. To be or go with as a companion.

2.
 by detailed product information including size, type, weight, manufacturer, and average retail price. All orders are made in a private and secure environment and delivered via UPS.

DentalBid.com is a dental purchasing site providing the most popular dental supplies at below retail prices. Additional information is available at http://www.DentistBid.com.
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