Re: OR/U's versus Pipeline 75 (fwd)

falken@htonline.com
Tue, 20 May 1997 21:25:02 +0000

I used to work for a reseller and the problem I had was the
distributor seemed to be trying to take my clients away. I would
pay like $2640.00 for a PM2-E30 from Capella, and they would quote my
client $2699.00 for it, all the while we were quoting $2999.00 for
it. Kinda stupid wasn't it? All so Capella could make $59 more
bucks. I would have gladly paid more for it, if Capella would keep
their nose out of the retail market.

But then again, what Mom & Pop store be it, computer or Ice Cream or
grocery store doesn't have an account at Tech Data. Tech Data has
got to be about the WORST at keeping out of the retail market.

> Subject: Re: OR/U's versus Pipeline 75 (fwd)
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 17:01:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>
> Organization: WPI Discordian Society, Undocumented Cabal of the Accursed Saint Shiranto Joe
> Reply-to: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>

> Once upon a time Jake Messinger shaped the electrons to say...
> >On Tue, 20 May 1997, Brian Elfert wrote:
> >> Doesn't Livingston have a reseller plan where you can get ORs fairly
> >> cheap, and then sell them to your clients at whatever price?
> >Yes they do, and its pretty good. But I have to compare apples to apples
> >for my clients.
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> Who pays attention to list pricing?
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> It is like list pricing on jewelry... Never seen anyone pay list. ;-)
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> What should matter to the clients is what they will be paying - which
> isn't likely to be list.
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> -MZ
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