No, in my opinion, which comes from 30 years of being in business, not one
supplier on this or any other related list, has a clue of how to make it big
and control a market.
Let me relate a story which I have experienced:
Several years ago I knew a man who started buying plastic beads and doll
heads in Asia to resell to distributors and retailers in the US.
The man's philosophy of pricing his product was simple: "make a LITTLE BIT
on everything you sell, then SELL THE HELL out of it"
3 years later, this man was the largest importer in the entire Great Lakes
Area (yes, including Chicago...).
The man wasn't trying to make 25-50-75% over his total cost on an item. He
worked on a 4-8% net margin.
When Pat died a few years ago, his estate was worth in excess of 1 billion
dollars.
Before his death, I bought merchandise from him and followed his philosophy.
Within 2 years, I was the largest and most successful retail Crafts supplier
in the (Ohio) Tri-State area.
It works.
Jim Evans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Chia Sheng Wu" <cwu@cwlab.net>
To: <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Karlnet] RG-1100 END OF LIFE!
> >If you do not want WISPs relying on other sources for hardware, get your
> >prices in line.
>
> prices? I've got some of the best pricing around...and unlike CDW, Tech
> Data, or any of those PriceGrabber shops...we add value - are any of them
on
> the list, helping you guys out?
>
> and to make things even worse, I get ISPs who buy RG's off of Ebay, and
try
> to RMA them through me...
>
> -Charles
>
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