#Dealers
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As for paying more at a dealer, I will gladly pay a little more just because
the dealer is local. As long as the price difference isn't completely out of
hand. It's nice to know that if I need something my dealer is right next to
me….
Wayne,
I had a deal going with a local dealer where I would always try them
first. If they could sell the item for mail order + 15%, I would buy from
them. If they couldn't meet that price, I went mail order. I used
Computability as my mail order benchmark. About 2/3 of the time, the
dealer was able to meet MO+15% and I got a fair price from a local dealer
and drove home with the item.
Tab Trepagnier
Cruising on AutoPilot from Beaumont, Texas
That seems reasonable. On a few different occations with a few different
dealers (Amiga and otherwise) in a few parts of the country, I've brought in a
mail order ad and said "this is half your price. I know you offer more than a
mail-order dealer, but can't you come closer to this price." I think every
single time the answer has been "No."
Dale,
I've done similar price comparisons with both Zipperware and Nybbles 'n'
Bytes and they've both come down to 'near' mail order prices. That's great
'cause it's nice to be able to take the product home and plug it in as
well as support your local dealers.
Robb
Dale,
Dealers are very careful to avoid giving away the shop. In my case, I told
that dealer that I didn't expect them to match mail order. I pulled the
15% pretty much from the air. Sometimes I would buy at MO+20%, which might
be a difference (from 15%) of $3. I simply didn't need the three bucks
that bad. In some cases, hardware especially, they were double the mail
order price or higher. In those cases, I ordered mail order.
Tab Trepagnier
Cruising on AutoPilot from Beaumont, Texas