In a message dated 08/08/2002 3:54:01 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
DLancer7676@cs.com writes:
> Quantity discounts are
> unfair and should be illegal under antitrust regulations. Mom and Pop
> Hardware stores should be able to buy a hammer for resale at the same price
>
> Wally World does and then let them compete on the basis of their own
> decided
> markup and service. It punishes the little guy.
>
> --David C.
>
>
>
Dang Dave, I usuallly agree with you about nearly everything.
In my opinion, and I could be wrong, quantity discounts are simple economics
101.
If I produce a widget for a dollar and make twenty cents profit, and M&P
drygoods can sell 100 a year I make $20.
If I produce the same widget and Wally World can sell 10,000 of them a year,
I can sell them for eighty-five cents and make $500.
Wait, let me think, what should I do?????????????
All of us also have to shoulder some of the blame. If we would pay $1.50 for
all our widgets instead of wanting them for $.97, Wally World and M&P would
all sell at the same price. But, "we cheap". I just got back from buying a
piece of furniture for my daughter. It's a little 3' high jewelry cabinet.
It looks like oak, and all the drawers are lined with velvet and such. I
paid $50 for it at a discount store. I like making furniture, but the wood
alone would have cost me twice as much.
The furture for M&P will lie in service and location. Wally World probably
wont open in Oley, PA and some of us will pay $1.50 for our widgets instead
of driving 30 miles round trip for the $.97 one. It also helps if the folks
and M&P are helpful and courteous.
Robert Houston
Santa Teresa, NM
'74 Midget
63 TR4
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