Sandy Strasser wrote: > > There is another important motivation to offer rebates. > The manufacturer's profit is larger with rebates > when the order quantity is greater than the demand. The > price to the retailer is higher than if the manufacturer > offers a discounted wholesale price so the > manufacturer's revenue is larger and not all rebates are > submitted.
Along the same lines ISTR that there was an investigation into the (common) practice of booking profits based on the base value (with rebates put into the balance sheet at a later date). There might be balance sheet (and maybe tax) "advantages" with some rebates. Thom . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
