The guys doing the drop shipping are playing both ends against the middle, they know, for example, if chuck doesnt give them the discount, we will only see the msrp cost, which wont be nearly as competitive. Whats chuck to do in this case? Screw the end user because the middlemans a dick? face it, we look at the manufacturer name when we bitch about cost. nobody ever says screw doubleradius, cambium gears too expensive, we say screw cambium, because our preferred middleman may be doubleradius and distributors know this, small manufacturers probably get regular curbstompings from distributors because theyre locked into smaller production runs and tighter forecasting . In a perfect world free market principles would take care of this, but we are all cuckolded to certain distributors for various reasons, whether its warehouse locations, volume discount, support, whatever.
Still, F those guys. Next wispapalooza you should do an award for dropshippiest distributor, something like a little plaque with a drop of white letting them know theyre the white part of the bird poop (doubleradius name was used because it popped into mind, I always liked those guys, nothing meant by referencing them) On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Agreed. I'd cut the discounts on drop-shipped. They are providing little > value, so they earn little value. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Keefe John" <keefe...@ethoplex.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4:37:41 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? > > If you're giving huge discounts and drop shipping why even have > distributors? They add no value to your product. > > On 12/5/2017 4:32 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > I'm getting really sick of distributors asking me for a deep discount, > extended length net terms, and to drop ship all of their orders to their > customers. There's a reason why we haven't gone down this path. > > > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Distributors that dont maintain accurate web based on hand/out of stock >> are the devils condom. I hate them. The only thing worse is the ones that >> lie and you get an order in with a "drop ship from mfg" F those guys, they >> take your money right quick, thats for sure >> >> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:27 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> We offer dry storage, sequestered inventory and order fulfillment to all >>> distributors so they can stock at our warehouse, ship from our warehouse, >>> and keep from paying double freight (for the galvanized steel parts). Some >>> take advantage of this and some don't. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: ch...@wbmfg.com >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:26 AM >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? >>> >>> We try, our restock level is approx equivalent to a 30 day inventory, >>> but we >>> are constantly having runs on one particular part or another and then >>> when a >>> distributor wants something dropped we don't have it and they attempt to >>> blame us. >>> >>> The main reason to use a two tier distribution network is so that the >>> distributors have inventory, not us. That is how they add value. >>> Otherwise >>> I would just sell direct. >>> >>> We build to forecast and to order but the channel that stocks is the >>> channel >>> that gets the sales. >>> >>> Some of our distributors are much better than than others with this. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoppes >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:22 AM >>> To: ch...@wbmfg.com >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? >>> >>> Wouldn't this be on you to make sure you have proper stock levels to >>> absorb the 20-30 day time frames? >>> >>> I know there have been times when I've waited to get mounts because they >>> were drop shipping but "we didn't know when the supplier would have the >>> parts in". >>> >>> On 12/5/17 11:14 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >>> >>>> I got a note from a guy saying that Jeff Evans was looking for stock on >>>> our tower mount products. >>>> Some of our distributors stock, some don’t. We have most of the stuff >>>> on our e-commerce site but it is MSRP. You get discounts from going to the >>>> distributors. >>>> Not sure if there was a specific product in question or not. I don’t >>>> have visibility into the inventory levels of my distributors so I can never >>>> answer as to what they may or may not have. If you hit me off list I can >>>> give an opinion as to who may have them. >>>> I will say this: those distributors that do stock sell much more than >>>> those that don’t and expect us to drop ship for them. We may not always >>>> have the stuff depending on production cycles. We have a huge unknown in >>>> the cycle due to the galvanization. Sometimes the company that dips the >>>> parts can turn them around in 2-3 days, other times it is 20 or 30 days. >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > > >
