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Post #288,054
by a6l6e6x
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6/28/07 11:38:25 PM
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New Well there is this problem for a retailer...
There are times when the retailer needs to reduce his/her inventory even if there is a loss. For example when a "new" model of a product appears. Is it better to sell a product and take a small loss or tie up funds forever in an increasingly obsolescent product in inventory?

Now, there are ways to mask this with rebates, or tossing in a "free goodie" with the purchase of an item at the "regular price".
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #288,059
by Andrew Grygus
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6/29/07 12:18:52 AM
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New For that there are always the vendor hated . . .
. . Gray Marketeers.

Well do I remember the bad old days when vendors tried every trick they could think of to find out who was supplying the grays. Not only did the grays take overstock and "end of life", but a reseller could order more than he could sell to get a price break, then sell off the surplus to the grays.

Hewlett Packard's printer division was the only organization that ever forced me to buy gray market and I have never forgiven them. I am still strongly prejudiced against HP printers and always will be, and that bleeds across to other HP lines.

Back when there were computer shows and vendor shows I never missed a chance to tell HP reps why I would not consider selling their products.
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     Supreme Court approves price fixing. - (a6l6e6x) - (14) - June 28, 2007, 05:02:03 PM EDT
         Riddle me this. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 28, 2007, 05:10:35 PM EDT
             Co-sponsored advertising. - (inthane-chan) - June 28, 2007, 05:32:41 PM EDT
         No it isn't. - (bepatient) - (10) - June 28, 2007, 08:31:19 PM EDT
             Well there is this problem for a retailer... - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - June 28, 2007, 11:38:25 PM EDT
                 For that there are always the vendor hated . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 29, 2007, 12:18:52 AM EDT
             Shock news: BeeP with big biz against consumers, film at 11. - (CRConrad) - (7) - June 29, 2007, 03:05:15 AM EDT
                 This is a business to business decision - (bepatient) - (6) - June 29, 2007, 04:54:59 AM EDT
                     It's being reported as lifting a ban on retail price fixing. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 29, 2007, 07:53:52 AM EDT
                         What it is - (bepatient) - June 29, 2007, 10:50:21 AM EDT
                     It is sure to effect consumer prices - (JayMehaffey) - (3) - June 29, 2007, 09:25:42 AM EDT
                         Re: It is sure to effect consumer prices - (bepatient) - (2) - June 29, 2007, 10:52:17 AM EDT
                             Re: It is sure to effect consumer prices - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - June 29, 2007, 11:33:37 AM EDT
                                 I think you overestimate which side has the leverage -NT - (bepatient) - June 29, 2007, 12:19:10 PM EDT
         kinda like the IBM authorised dealership program back in the - (boxley) - June 28, 2007, 09:03:50 PM EDT

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