Prospect Heights, IL
Quoted from LTG:If the distributor has to order for stock. And pay up front. They can charge what ever they like. No one has to buy it.
If you order one and pay for it up front so no risk to distributor, yes you should get a better price.
Totally agree Lloyd.
I do think the manufacturers have handcuffed the distributors though. It should be here's your cost, sell for what you want. If you want to add an MSRP to ensure it does not get too jacked up that's fine. If disti A wants to tout service, install and warranty and charge X over so be it. If another goes for volume and prices lower at Y, so be it. The problem is all these A disti's complain and squeezed out the B disti play for volume, rewarding repeat customers, etc.
This is why it's crap now to buy NIB.
