obx lsds...
03-19-2008, 12:32 AM
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Re: obx lsds...
Originally Posted by chris
OBX dealer buy in for real price breaks should be around 5k
Honestly, I wouldn't absolutely suggest doing this, but I guarantee OBX will sell you 10-15 diffs if you are a legit business because they expect if you do 10-15 diffs in one shot, you will do it again and even if you don't they still sold 10-15 diffs. It would be a different story if they were $5 items but near $400 diffs, 10-15 is a pretty solid order. And again, Steve would get a free diff and get to help out his bros on HMT.
03-19-2008, 01:03 AM
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Re: obx lsds...
You'd be surprised what wholesalers will do. I know of a few that as long as you spend $5k a year you're good to go. Others are more particular. $360 shipped you know the guy is at least making a few bucks on the damn things so figure he is buying them for at most $250 which is 20 LSDs and that's at a relatively shitty profit margin based on the fact you are buying $5k worth of product. Typically in retail you want to make 2x your money but on something like this, 1.5x your money isn't terrible. So basically $5k should buy you at least 20 LSDs.
03-19-2008, 01:12 AM
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Re: obx lsds...
Originally Posted by bigwig
You'd be surprised what wholesalers will do. I know of a few that as long as you spend $5k a year you're good to go. Others are more particular. $360 shipped you know the guy is at least making a few bucks on the damn things so figure he is buying them for at most $250 which is 20 LSDs and that's at a relatively shitty profit margin based on the fact you are buying $5k worth of product. Typically in retail you want to make 2x your money but on something like this, 1.5x your money isn't terrible. So basically $5k should buy you at least 20 LSDs.
That is not the case in the cdm world
03-19-2008, 01:36 AM
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Re: obx lsds...
well ----, what wholesellers do you know that I'll be all set with 5k? I wouldn't mind buying into other things.
in my experiences, making 2x is far fetched unless you are a dollar store [most stuff there only costs about 20-35 cents]. The H-T guy is making a few bucks, but I doubt he's making close to a hunderd per item and I doubt he's buying 20 at a time. He's more than likely having them drop shipped one at a time. It's easier/better to make less per unit and not have to stock them or ship them. It's like making money with no intial investment [buyer pays you, you pay supplier, supplier ships].
Even at 250, it's a rather crappy return [at least on HMT]. 340 shipped is too much, so probably expecting 300 shipped. Subtract 15-20 for shipping, 10 for PayPal fees and you are left with making 20-25 a unit. Not factoring the fact if you buy it legitimately with a seller's permit and document it legally you would have to pay taxes on it if sold/shipped in the state you are established in.
Better question I suppose is, what is HMT expecting to pay for one?
in my experiences, making 2x is far fetched unless you are a dollar store [most stuff there only costs about 20-35 cents]. The H-T guy is making a few bucks, but I doubt he's making close to a hunderd per item and I doubt he's buying 20 at a time. He's more than likely having them drop shipped one at a time. It's easier/better to make less per unit and not have to stock them or ship them. It's like making money with no intial investment [buyer pays you, you pay supplier, supplier ships].
Even at 250, it's a rather crappy return [at least on HMT]. 340 shipped is too much, so probably expecting 300 shipped. Subtract 15-20 for shipping, 10 for PayPal fees and you are left with making 20-25 a unit. Not factoring the fact if you buy it legitimately with a seller's permit and document it legally you would have to pay taxes on it if sold/shipped in the state you are established in.
Better question I suppose is, what is HMT expecting to pay for one?
03-19-2008, 03:08 AM
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Re: obx lsds...
I did this once a long time ago with traction bars.. My parents have a business that we could sign up to be a dealer, we've sold other performance stuff in the past...and have been talking about doing it again.
normally in a parts dept. you want to make atleast 42% mark up.. which is around 30% gross.. and then handling is normally 17% of that... but if I can just get a free lsd out of this I'm down. I'll get to work on this tomorrow.
1. me
2.88dx (2?)
3.stealthmode
4.SDRAWKCAB
5.AgentMurdoc?
6.Teg2Boo
7.Zeniceguycrx ?
8.onlyflash944 (2?)
thats 10 possible..
normally in a parts dept. you want to make atleast 42% mark up.. which is around 30% gross.. and then handling is normally 17% of that... but if I can just get a free lsd out of this I'm down. I'll get to work on this tomorrow.
1. me
2.88dx (2?)
3.stealthmode
4.SDRAWKCAB
5.AgentMurdoc?
6.Teg2Boo
7.Zeniceguycrx ?
8.onlyflash944 (2?)
thats 10 possible..
