Sure, you can buy cheap, discount beads just about anywhere. However, if you buy cheap beads, your finished designs may lack quality and luster, and that means they won't sell for higher prices. Cheap beads are cheap for a reason, and usually that reason is lack of uniformity and quality. For example, many cheap seed beads aren't glass at all, but cheap plastic. They look cheap and they cannot have the gloss and sheen glass beads have. Many cheap seed beads are also non-uniform in size, which can ruin a design that relies on evenness and balance. Weaving these cheap beads on a loom or off-loom can be a nightmare because they never line up correctly.

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