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BD Cams for Sale 5-Nov-2009 At 7:14:20 PM Rock Climber

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Dear Mike,

Thanks for making me laugh with your first comment. It has been a pretty serious day. Perhaps the point is Mike that there are just some things that should not be discussed in an open Forum like this? Stating actual wholesale prices does not help anyone! IMO Customers do not need to know the actual cost price! You could have said that your cost price is higher than what you can buy them for direct OS and leave it at that? People do not generally like discussing how much they earn for a living? It's private.
Climbers only want to know YOUR sell price!

Importers, Distributors and/or Wholesalers also take the good with the bad with fluctuating exchange rates, just like Retailers. We all have to be price competative. Pay what you believe is a fair price. The Importer is not the enemy here. Work with them and not against.

Consumers will pay for what they can afford. It is up to us to offer great gear at great prices. It all comes back to the sell price and not the cost price. I still make a margin at my sell price, because my buy price is good. The rules are open to negotiation for everyone. I have to keep re-inventing the way I conduct business to keep up with the pace that is this rapidly changing world. :-) (Margin = Profit = Jobs!!!)

Regards Steve.