Richard Anderson wrote:
> Hmmm. A (small?) shipment made up off discs of different ages from
> different manufacturers arriving at the same time? Whatever. Usually the
> least you can buy wholesale is a shrinkwrapped 'bale' of 1000.
That is a small shipment isn't it?
BTW, don't forget that there can be several warehouses in the chain, each
holding progressively smaller stocks:
[Manufacturer] --> [Supplier] --> [Smaller suppliers] --> [Distribution centres]
--> [Retail outlet]
> This consists
> of 10 boxes of 100 which are themselves usually 20 boxes of 5. These don't
> usually get split then mixed'n'matched.
Depends on the size of the distribution centre or warehouse. If they supply
individual boxes (people like TopTape act as both mail order and distribution
centre for some HiFi centres) they pick and mix boxes of discs just to make up
an order. Special offers or promotions from distibuters will sometimes get you a
mixed batch too - new discs are paid for but free ones are from old stock etc.
> Most Richer Sounds branches get
> 2000 discs a week, and they're not split either.
Richer *spit* sounds probably sell more MDs than the shop I go to does. They're
not a specialist HiFi retailer, just a discount centre as far as I can tell.
Richer has also been in several court cases with my little retailer and we
haven't lost a case yet (the DVD fiasco was a real laugh).
> I guess your little shop's
> just special then ;-)
Yep, very special, I get big discounts! LOL ;o)
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