...but if Bosch didn't maintain their quality, other alternatives would look appealing to manufacturers. Bosch get to the top of the pile only by reputation - they are not a natural monopoly. All D vendors provide an excellent service (or at least, the ones I've used have). I'm not sure of your point. Martin John Hervey wrote: >Martin, Isn't it already done in the industry any way. I'm looking at a >Bosch Master Automotive price sheet that has >List, Dealer and Jobber and I have contracted for even a better price. So >Bosch is setting the price and everybody uses it for the guide. Knowing this >and the cost I get is one of the reasons that prices can go lower. >What I was talking about is called a WD ( Warehouse Distributor ) That buys >way below Jobber and then sells the corner box retail at a fixed price ( >like 20% off jobber ) to all but they are also selling to all the corner >retail stores the same. If you ever noticed over here, the independent >retail stores are at a disadvantage because of the huge amount of inventory >that would have to be carried, so most run trucks all day back and fourth to >the WD picking up parts.. Least that is the way a lot of it is done over >here. The auto zones and large stores will buy the bulk of the inventory >direct from the factory like Bosch and pocket the profit because they sell >at the published prices unless they just want to discount. Then again if >they want to they may use a WD, but they don't make the profit. >John > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1482387/R=0/SIG=16nhttni5/*http://ads.x10.com/?bHlhaG9vaG0xLmRhd =1055532537%3eM=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705126215:HM /A=1482387/R=1=1055532537%3eM=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S =1705126215:HM/A=1482387/R=2> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1482387/rand=547187120> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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