GENERAL
STORES
About our
service
FAQs

MIGS
(Vendor office supplies)
Instructions
Order on line:
>>>OfficeMax
>>>UI web
Beware the
competitors
Download
toner pricing

SIGS
(General Stores stock)
Instructions
Recycled toners

Safety shoes, glasses
Return policy
WWW links

2008 OFFICE SUPPLY CATALOGS AVAILABLE
The 2008 General Stores/OfficeMax catalogs are available. Customers should email their name, department name, campus delivery address, and the number of catalogs they need to genstores@uiowa.edu. Some catalog numbers and primary vendors have changed, so it is important to use this catalog when you order office supplies. The staff at General Stores thanks you for your support. Our OfficeMax contract has saved our campus customers over $1,180,000 in the past three years!

SAVE MONEY ON TONERS!
Download this new price list for HP-compatible replacement cartridges. You'll find BIG savings! Check our MIGS page for ordering information.

VENDOR ALERT
It has come to our attention that vendors are calling UI departments to market copier and printer toner and ink cartridges. These vendors do not represent the General Stores contract with OfficeMax, and departments should NOT order supplies from them. Typically, although the pricing may sound attractive in the phone call, it ends up being significantly more expensive than our contract prices. Often these vendors give the impression that you are purchasing new, original, equipment-manufactured toners when in reality you will receive low-quality reconditioned toners.
Gary Anderson, General Stores
Anne Sopher, Purchasing Department

General Stores provides The University of Iowa with office products, custodial supplies, paper, copy machine supplies, and specialty products such as dry ice and softener salt. It also operates a gas cylinder pick-up and delivery service. Although some items are kept in stock at General Stores, many more are available through an office supply vendor on contract with the University. Presently, that vendor is OfficeMax. Print catalogs are available on request.

MIGS is the online ordering system for the 30,000 office supply items that are available from OfficeMax. The MIGS cutoff time for next-day delivery is 4:00 pm; for Pcard orders the cutoff time is 5:00 pm.

SIGS is the online ordering system for the more than 1,500 items that are stocked on site. Available items include paper and paper products, gas cylinders, dry ice, light bulbs, and photocopying and custodial supplies. A printed list is available on request.

Some University forms are available from Stores, but many others have been converted to electronic format. Check e-forms or your departmental website first when you need forms.