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[brianna187]

Good Example Look At Schon Cues They Will Sell To Anyone With Money At 55% Off All They Care About Is Lining There Pockets At One Time Schon Really Commanded Good Money Now There In The Toilet The Internet Ruined The Cue Business For Cue Makers And Dealers

 

[WheatCues]

MY FAVORITE ARE THE GUYS THAT ADVERTISE/SELL ON EBAY AT THE PRICE THAT ARE TOLD TO USE, BUT HAVE IT REALLY BIG "E-MAIL ME FOR MY BOTTOM PRICE" THAT TO ME IS TOTAL BS....THESE GUYS AREN'T EVEN PAYING FOR ANY INVENTORY. DROP SHIPMENTS KILLED THE PRODUCTION CUE RESALE PROFIT MARGIN. IF THESE BASEMENT/TRUNK SELLERS HAD TO LAY OUT CASH FOR INVENTORY THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT.

I WAS SETTING UP FOR A BULK BUY FROM VIKING, BACK BACKED OFF WHEN I EMAILED AN EBAY SELLER SELLING THE CUES, AND HIS PRICE TO ME WAS 6 BUCKS MORE THAN IT WOULD HAVE COST ME DIRECT, AND I HAD TO BUY A LARGE AMOUNT OF CUES TO GET ME PRICE. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY WOULD DO ALL THE WORK IN SELLING A CUE TO MAKE 6 BUCKS???????

P.S. A % DEAL IS THE BEST FOR A CUEMAKER/DEALER AGREEMENT. THAT WAY EVEN IF THE MAKER RAISES PRICING, THE DEALER CAN'T GET UPSET BECAUSE THEY STILL SAVE THE SAME PERCENTANGE. (ACTUALLY SAVING MORE MONEY, BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER RETAIL PRICE)

When I used to work at Aurora Rd. Billiard Supplies In Melbourne, Fl. back in 2000-2002 we had quite a few "trunk-salesman" that set-up legitimate accounts "so we thought" and we would eventually weed out.. but in the meantime we would drop-ship to their customers from internet sales and later would find out a few of these clowns would undercut each other just to get the sale away from "the billiard warehouse" or another major internet company and sometimes wouldn't make a dime and have to eat the shipping....

We had no minimum order, so you could imagine the ridiculous menial things that we drop-shipped for these "posers" where the shipping costs more than the item....

It seemed like they were treating it like a game instead of a business, but loyal customers would alert us of these antics and assisted us in blacklisting some these clowns that ruin the industry for those of us who try to do legitimate business...

You hit the nail on the head with that post !



- Eddie Wheat