Comment by solomonb
2 years ago
Maybe they didn't maintain their own inventory, but it pretty clearly gives you contact info and pricing for ordering all the various products.
A ton of items also say "OR Whole Earth Catalog" which I think implies you could send the money to WEC and they would make the order for you?
That came later, when they opened the store. It only applied to stuff they decided to carry, though given that they reviewed it in print that was likely because the reviews were almost all positive.
You can look at the Spring 1970 issue and see the price, the seller's contact info, and the "or WHOLE EARTH CATALOG" statements:
https://wholeearth.info/p/whole-earth-catalog-spring-1970?fo...
Thanks for correcting me. I could have sworn that this did not happen for quite a number of years after that. I was wrong.
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