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I don't know if LP prices are negotiable.......... Does LP offer better prices when you call?
From my experience . . . yes. Minimum ADVERTISED price.
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I don't know if LP prices are negotiable.......... Does LP offer better prices when you call?
Ask if they will ship usps priority flat rate. To australia 3lbs should be around $20.00 if that. I sent books to australia and for 2lbs it was $14 or so. Sas, pm me for what you are trying to get. May be able to help facilitate?
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What the USA scuba market needs is a good. grey market dealer. Maybe someone will show up and fill the void left by LP changing its business model. Or, maybe we should just wait. I really don't see LP coming out ahead if they have to go up against Scubatoys and other online dealers based on service rather than price.
One of the things I explained in my book was the way pricing works in the Scuba Industry. Actual "pure" MAP itself is not a bad thing. It does level the playing field between dealers and lets them compete or at least gives them a starting point. But MAP is just that - MINIMUM ADVERTISED PRICE. It is not MSP - MINIMUM SELLING PRICE! The latter is what outfits like Scuba Pro and Aqualung did to not only level the field but to actually control their dealers.
Jim, from my understanding (please correct me if I am wrong) that there are different levels (tiers) of dealers and that high volume (upper tier) get a better price than lower tier dealers. So without MSP or MAP the high volume dealers would sell for less driving the low volume dealers either out of business or to other product lines. This is a good news / bad news situation for the manfacturer. The good news is that it is easier to service one large account than 100 small ones. The bad news is that now you have large dealers that make up a significant proportion of your sales. This happened to companies doing business with Walmart. Walmart is their least profitable retailer but they can't drop them because Walmart moves 40% of their product, in fact they fear Walmart will drop them. Walmart knows this and uses it to extract more concessions from manufacturers.