the_fuzz
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Let me ask you though, using your Harvey Norman principle, if you called Sony and asked them what their minimum wholesale order quantity was, and they told you 100 TVs... And you had 100 people that wanted to buy those TVs... Would you be content dealing through Harvey Norman to buy those TVs at a price that is somewhere between the wholesale and retail price? Most people would rather deal with Sony at a wholesale level. Of course, if Harvey Norman convinced Sony to disallow such an option you'd have no choice in the matter...
But the problem with the above is that Sony with flat out say no - There is generally no industry that will supply wholesale goods to a Non-Business entity. Food Stuffs seem to be the exception. It is not is a wholesalers interest to seel direct to the public - to you a pallet might be considered "wholesale quantities" but when Lion Nathan etc are buying by the Semi Load it changes the spectrum
I find it very hard to believe that Cryer don't want to deal with home brewers because its "too much trouble". If that was the case they'd simply increase their minimum order quantity. Seems much more likely to me that retailers who feel that these bulk buys are harming their retail sales have convinced cryer to stop supplying home brewers. It is this practice that I find a bit rough. Whether you agree is up to you.
Ross has advised what happened, so you are calling Ross a liar? As per the above, it is to much trouble for a wholesaler/manufacture to deal with the general public.
My beef is with the practice of artificially adding barriers to trade in any market -
Add barriers? You mean having to buy from a retailer, as opposed to the wholesaler? This is business
Sorry guy and TD, I just do not see what the problem here is, it is good business sense - the Wholesaler doesn't care about the consumer, they only have to keep the retailer happy.
In regards to storage, unfortunately I have none otherwise I would have bought 10 bags myself