08-02-2019, 08:58 PM
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Intermediate Rocketeer
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 76
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Originally Posted by Jerry Irvine
Apogee charges near retail $13.12 for C's.
So $6.99 is a 46% discount to the end user on the key product Estes wants to sell through.
That is not looking good for Estes, or real dealers or smaller online dealers. Just fine for Hobby Lobby and its customers.
Some repricing is needed there.
In the past most hobby manufacturers offered product at 40/25 or 55% off to DISTRIBUTORS and 40% off to DEALERS to which the distributors also sold.
If a retailer is offering distributor wholesale to the public, like Belleville has done in the past, then pricing is wrecked.
It might be time for a firm set sale price from the manufacturer and don't even discuss MSRP.
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I can confirm the pricing is still wrecked. This make it tougher for the average local hobby store to compete when you have the larger internet retailers selling at 40% off retail since they get distributor level pricing and sell direct to the public.
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