Originally posted by Jerry Irvine
Congrats!
My questions were about pricing and discount policy at your firm. Near as I can tell you manufacture AND sell direct (TRF, Ebay, web) and either do not sell through dealers or perhaps do, but compete against them on PRICE (and distribution channels) where you have the decided advantage (you dominate TRF and Ebay for example).As you should since I presume you like profit.
BUT, a manufacturer should not compete with their own dealers on price. At least that is standard practice in this and most other industries for a couple centuries now.
Maybe I am the wacky one and the goal in life SHOULD be to shift all business to the central hub of manufacturing, or jobs, manufacturing capacity and sources to China (for example) since they are the world's low cost producer right now. After all, saving 5%+is more inmportant than domestic capacity or jobs or incomes, or local full service dealers, right?
You might say, "but I am only one guy".
Yep.
So where do you stand?
Jerry