1. First off, a contract print buyer should qualify as a "business”; they should have a business license and a tax-exempt number. This will authorize them to buy printing tax-free by the state for the legal purpose of reselling to their customers. If the buyer does not have a tax-exempt number then as far as the state is concerned they MUST be charged sales tax at the time the goods are paid for.

2. Secondly, a contract print buyer should provide their own garments to print on, and should be delivering them at least 24 hours before the scheduled print date.
If they do not, then there isn't time to count them and alert the buyer to any shortages that the distributor may have caused. If the print price is based on a specific quantity and the order is short of that quantity because the distributor shorted them and the buyer didn't allow time to rectify it, its really the buyers fault and pricing should be re-addressed based on actual quantity.
A GOOD BUYER on the other hand delivers the goods two or more days in advance and has all ready counted the goods and provides accurate written documentation to boot.

Read more: Contract Printing Guidelines