02-12-2007, 07:29pm
when businesses get together to protect there margins its called collusion and is illegal.When buyers get together to pit one supplier against another(especially on forums) the buyer ultimately loses.A few good deals are gotten and mr supercheap and his competitors eventually go broke cutting each others throat.If every business knew what they were getting themselves into none of them would go broke.Some business want beer money,some know there true overheads.There is nothing to stop anyone at any time buying from overseas the same product they can buy from a dealer here.If the vendor here has a good relationship with his/her supplier and knows his worldwide competition on pricing,his prices will and should be competitive.Having said that, to promote and support a product requires the supplier to assure the vendor his overseas discount structure and who he sells his product to doesn,t make him look like a fool.Too many suppliers sell to anyone for volume and only end up having cut throats sell there product.They are the suppliers to dump and leave to the sharks to feed on.Pazzo and crg are two companies that fit this description perfectly.Selling outside trading agreements isn,t competition,its backdoor antics.