>
> --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], WLeed3@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > reduces the price making it available 4 more of us to buy &
more of
> > > > it as
> > > > > well that whole milk & @ Wal-mart great news for many of
us. now
> > > > if Wal- mart
> > > > > could sell Maharishi Ayer Vedic products as well.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > The problem there is that Wal-Mart actively negotiates their
costs
> > > > with suppliers DOWN every year. As I understand it, Wal-Mart
> > attempts
> > > > to get their suppliers to bring their prices on supplies to
them down
> > > > by about 5% every year, which they then pass on to consumers.
Many
> > > > economists have said that Wal-Mart's policy in this area is
almost
> > > > singularly responsible for the very low inflation rate in the USA
> > over
> > > > the past 15 years.
> > > >
> > > > Negotiating with the TMO over prices? Can you imagine being a
fly on
> > > > the wall over those negotiations?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wal-Mart: "TMO, now that we're carrying your MAPI products in
all of
> > > > our stores throughout the world, your products are accessible
to over
> > > > 2 billion people. We'd like you to see what you can do to
bring down
> > > > the costs of your supplies...economies of scale and all that."
> > > >
> > > > TMO: "Sorry, Wal-Mart, we have a strict 1,500% mark-up on our
MAPI
> > > > products. For example, on our 8 oz. Vata Churna product, it
costs us
> > > > about 34 cents for the spices we put into it. Add on another 20
> > cents
> > > > per unit for packaging, labor and overhead and you're talking a
> > > > whopping 54 cents cost to us for each one. Now we sell each
unit for
> > > > $15.95. We're selling each unit to Wal-Mar for $10.00...tell
us how
> > > > we're supposed to make money if we bring our cost to you down!"
> > > >
> > >
> > > Of course, MAPI products are all supposedly made in the traditional
> > way, which probably
> > > doesn't mean much, cost-wise, since they come from India, but it
> > DOES mean that there is
> > > a supply constraint: you can't just plant more crops willy-nilly and
> > increase production if
> > > said crops have to be grown and/or harvested in a certain way.
> > >
> >
> > Based on all the other TMO things that are most probably lied about,
> > do you really think that MAPI 'traditional' production practices
> > aren't lied about too?
>
> I don't base things on all the other things the TMO most probably
lied about (such as?),
> but on my own interaction with the folks involved or observations of
their other actions.
> Sharma, Triguna, MMY, etc., have a desire to see their cultural
traditions validated. Cutting
> corners wouldn't validate their culture.
>
You said, "I don't base things on all the other things the TMO most
probably lied about (such as?), but on my own interaction with the
folks involved or observations of their other actions."
Do you think that's a more 'high minded' view or what? If you can't
observe the people who make that decisions on what goes into the
products, then what's left is the reputation and honesty of the
organization and people who sell it. If they are dishonest about some
things, how can you know that they are not dishonest about other
things? There is no way to know...
JohnY
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