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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: themessenger2 on March 16, 2012, 09:16 pm

Title: I'd love to ask this in the vendor roundtable but can't so vendors please weigh
Post by: themessenger2 on March 16, 2012, 09:16 pm
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I'm looking at buying a product. There are two vendors that in my mind are equally as safe and trustworthy. They are the basically the same price. (By basically I mean one is $3 higher and it's a bulk order so not a big deal).

Now, the conundrum, I'd honestly like to try both of them out. This isn't because I think the product will be much different, just because I genuinely appreciate what they are doing and the product they are selling and I'd like to support them both. The problem being that I don't need the amount of two of these orders and they don't have orders up for half of the amount where I could buy from both. I've been sitting here trying to decide which one to give my money and can't decide.

Do I message both explaining and seeing if they are willing to deal on the price or do I just pick? SR prides itself on being a free market. The free market dictates that I look out for #1 and try to get them into a bidding war. My conscience seems to say that pushing these guys down on an already fair price is a bit of an asshole move.

Vendors, what are your thoughts on this? Are you willing and happy to out bid someone for someone's business or do you look down on those that do it? I'm not asking for anything free or saying "hey I don't have the money" I'm literally trying to distinguish which vendor to go with because they have the same deal. It's like if Target and Walmart set up booths at the county fair and had the same product at the same price next to each other. An extra trip to a different store is no factor here.

TL;DR Is this a free market where no matter how good a deal you're getting you try to get a better deal or do you pick a vendor who has the same deal as another and pay that price? TL;DR doesn't cut it read the thread lazy ass! :p
Title: Re: I'd love to ask this in the vendor roundtable but can't so vendors please weigh
Post by: Rocker on March 18, 2012, 04:55 am
If one seems as good as the other, I'd just pick one. If they're proven vendors you'll be happy either way. Because vending can be so time consuming vendors often don't have time to get into bidding wars and it's usually not the chillest thing to do anyway. Most calculate their acceptable margin for the risk taken and list their products at the lowest possible price that remains "worth" the risk they've taken on for themselves.

Anyway, there's always next time for the other vendor if you so choose.

Rocker
Title: Re: I'd love to ask this in the vendor roundtable but can't so vendors please weigh
Post by: themessenger2 on March 18, 2012, 04:59 pm
Thanks rocker. Like I said, both vendors were fair. No one posted in here maybe because of the title idk. A lot of people here are really into the free market so I thought there would be more discourse. Anyway, like I said, I already felt like both vendors were being fair and just decided to go with the vet.