According to Bob's description, they're not the same toilets. "Seconds" are
the factory rejects. Usually have some small flaw in them. I assume that
what the wholesalers are selling the plumbers are "firsts" -- no flaws.
Some one correct me if I've got this wrong.
Mike Frerichs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop David Hillman
>
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Bob Kegel wrote:
> > This came up when I was bs'ing with the plumbers while they put in a new
> > drain for me a while back. They were grousing that HD was selling
> toilets
> > for less than they paid their wholesaler. Said they'd looked at the HD
> > merchandise and concluded they were seconds.
>
> Hypothetical question... if HD _were_ selling the same toilets for
> less
> than their wholesaler, why would that be bad for the plumbers? Unlike
> the wholesaler, HD will sell to anyone, right? And they are probably
> more-conveniently located, too.
>
> Just wondering.
>
> --
> David Hillman
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