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In Reply to: RE: Some questions about your interesting and helpful (if somewhat inflammatory!) post posted by JoshT on November 16, 2009 at 08:11:44
>>Why do these authorized dealers go this "back dooring" route? Why not just offer a special deal to regular customers on the pieces they cannot sell at the price that MSS and others offer?
It depends. Usually, dealers will do this because the manufacturer either requires them to buy a certain dollar amount of goods or offers significant discounts above some level. The dealer knows that they can't sell that much, but if they can unload a certain amount at cost, then they carry the rest and make some extra profit.
One would think that they'd just put the extra stuff on ePay, but their contracts can limit them from selling out of their territory. Making them sell at certain price points is dicey; however, there are lots of things that can be done to dealers that don't quite tow the line that have the same effect as forcing them to maintain price levels which may or may not be legal. Dealers usually won't fight it if it's a good and profitable line.
-Rod
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