Quoted from Pinplayer1967:Try to buy direct from Victory Fireworks. If you order early enough you can pick up at warehouse. They usually sell direct to the Indians. The markup on fireworks is insane
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Thanks for the name of that place. That's one that I hadn't heard of before. Unfortunately, it looks like their nearest warehouse is 300 miles from me, so some of the other wholesalers can ship to me cheaper than I could drive there and back.
But yeah, the markup is absolutely nuts. The retailers make a killing, but they got hit pretty hard with the container fees, so I understand why prices really shot up these last few years. I know a few importers, and they went from having container delivery fees of $10,000, go up to $50,000 once the Covid crap hit.
Anyway, luckily one of the places that I shop at a lot is the largest in the world. 126,000 square feet of inventory, and he sells to many of the other retailers in the Midwest, so he can beat all their prices. He has very good deals.