Not Enough Choice!

Too much choice getting you down? Not me. I don't know about you, but I frequently find that "the market" doesn't provide exactly what I am looking for, i.e. the stores don't carry a supplier's full line of products, i.e. there's not enough choice to make optimal decisions.

My most recent disappointment along these lines was looking for 20 lb. white 100% cotton paper, the least expensive and lowest quality I could use when handing in my dissertation to GMU:

Cotton papers come in a variety of weights. 20, 24, or 28-lb papers are most suitable. 32-lb paper is fine as well, though it will cost substantially more than the others.
So guess which weight is available in Staples and Office Max; why 32 lb. of course! (25% cotton paper has much greater selection in these stores).

This is my cost effective choice, yet this (in white), at about twice the price (and quality), is the only in-store option. Yet, that additional quality is worthless to me...

I should note that all paper options are available online, at about the same cost, so my paper choices are really limited in the short-run...

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