David,
Perhaps this isn't a good example. If I sell components I've already openned myself up to competition from my client. Wouldn't I be like Golfsmith?
Cub
Hi TFlan,
Here's a different spin,
Let's say you have a stick n glue guy walk in your shop and buy iron heads for $55.60 and steel shaft's for $22.00 and grips at a buck ea. while watching you sell the same set for $300.00 and he tells your customer he can do the same thing for $199.00, but you offered the place of business and the demo's to see what he hit the best as well, as a selection of heads and shafts to pick from, this guy would be considered a snake and thrown out of the store and limited to mail order,
I believe as some have said that the line is drawn where it either benefits your business or detracts from it.
If your actions at the range detract from their business than they are UN ethical and if they don't then they are not.
David
Hi Cub,
I bought some Rifle shafts today from Golfsmith at a higher price than I pay Royal Precision because RP was 4-6 weeks out and GS had them 2 day aired at a ground rate.
There is a GS store less than an hours drive from me, had I chose to drive there I surely would not have tried to take business from their customers while I was picking up my supplies.
David
