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Originally Posted by greg5436
I wish some of these large companies did not have a middle man and would sell at a fair price to all.
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Originally Posted by 509Chevelle
I know and I hate it when I call a manufacturer to buy from them direct and they won't sell to you, forcing you to go thru a dealer.
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Unfortunately, dealers/distributors/middlemen are a necessary evil when you're trying to get the word out on your product. Without them many manufacturers would have to charge much higher prices as the volume sales that they enjoy from this sales force structure helps keep their pricing competitive through mass manufacturing. Without them they would not have the exposure they need to make it feasible to manufacture on that large a scale.
Keep in mind that even manufacturers are beholden to their raw materials/parts suppliers. If their suppliers are not able to deliver the parts needed for whatever end product the manufacturer is producing then they are, in effect, in the same boat as their dealers in terms of being able to deliver on time. That being said, to try and run a business with a supply chain that only has one supplier in that respective category is just asking for the problems that we are seeing. This is where management is at fault as they are not doing their jobs correctly. ALWAYS have a back up plan!
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Originally Posted by solarguy09
We cannot afford to buy things twice....Or worse, pay for parts and labor twice.
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So true! I know how you feel as this has happened to me also! Still waiting on some parts I paid for to be shipped to me.........
John