Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awesome CDs and Yorkbrunner for Sale!


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Posted by David on April 10, 2003 at 17:40:57:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awesome CDs and Yorkbrunner for Sale! posted by Matt G on April 10, 2003 at 13:49:43:

Most companies have to invest before any sale is ever made. Most of us consider it an investment and not a risk to be avoided.

Anyone in business knows there are risks involved. Most risks are calculated risks and those that stay in business know them. Most consumers make an assumption that a business, whether it be a tuba business or the corner drugstore, has plenty of money and is trying to stick it to him or her with outrageous profits.

So, of the businesses mentioned as good places to buy tubas, which ones are not out to make a profit? What is the profit margin of each instrument? Where is the most money made, in the new, used, or repair market?

Now the most important question of all. Which one of you would be willing to fund one of those operations for 5 years or more with no profit? and then complain that the owner makes too much money off some product? Put yourself in the shoes of a company owner and then see how you feel.

P.S. - If you were the sole importer of a product, would you want the manufacturer to pull it out from under you just to make things a bit more fair and reduce your profit margin?


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