Almost hate to bring this up ... but am I the only one who sees the "Big Picture?"
Frank at Country Comm is pressured by manufacturers to quit selling flashlights below costs ... after the manufacturers received complaints from whining dealers.
Fusion's group buy of Pak-Lites crashed and burned after "The manufacturer could not ship my
order, due to a complaint from a certain "Retailer(s)" who found out about the group buy on the
Candlepowerforums which were being sold at cost"
Now, I realize that I don't understand all the "ins" and "outs" of manufacturing, retailing, etc. etc. etc. ... but it appears that some dealers who read CPF whine like a bunch of babies when somebody undercuts their price to a point that hurts.
I know we've hashed all this out before.
And I know the story is basically the same in almost everything I purchase ... i.e. every gas station in town seems to raise prices to the same price within hours of each other.
While I won't call it price fixing ... I will say this ... it seems many manufacturers and retailers only have one goal in mind ...
That goal?
To take as much of my money as possible.
Anybody interested in a group purchase of some Vasoline?
Frank at Country Comm is pressured by manufacturers to quit selling flashlights below costs ... after the manufacturers received complaints from whining dealers.
Fusion's group buy of Pak-Lites crashed and burned after "The manufacturer could not ship my
order, due to a complaint from a certain "Retailer(s)" who found out about the group buy on the
Candlepowerforums which were being sold at cost"
Now, I realize that I don't understand all the "ins" and "outs" of manufacturing, retailing, etc. etc. etc. ... but it appears that some dealers who read CPF whine like a bunch of babies when somebody undercuts their price to a point that hurts.
I know we've hashed all this out before.
And I know the story is basically the same in almost everything I purchase ... i.e. every gas station in town seems to raise prices to the same price within hours of each other.
While I won't call it price fixing ... I will say this ... it seems many manufacturers and retailers only have one goal in mind ...
That goal?
To take as much of my money as possible.
Anybody interested in a group purchase of some Vasoline?