Thanks for understanding my plight. Now that I know I could get 5200 for $5 and retail it at $6.50, I will NOT change suppliers. My supplier stores the stuff in his warehouse, and ships it to whomsoever orders it through our store.
This store has no warehouse, nor does it stock any items, other than our own videos, books and vhs tapes -- stuff we produce.
Selling 5200 is not a profitable thing to do, when you have Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart.
What our store DOES offer is over 6000 items in one place from over 30 suppliers that drop ship. That means you can get almost anything you want at one place, with one-stop shopping that has the items delivered to your door within a few days, without checkout lines and dumb checkout clerks that won't talk to you or even look you in the eye.
Selling 5200 is only a convenience as a "Oh, by way, I need..."
As are many of the products we sell. Most of the small stuff we barely break even.
We do well on trampolines because we have four suppliers and are adding another.., so we have a strong market position for tramps.
So, back to 5200, I don't intend to go to Walmart and buy a case of the stuff to sit in my office until someone buys one tube. (I belive we have only sold a few over the past year) At that rate, I really ought to go public with my stock. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
By the way, I really do appreciate the folks that do use the store -- it is one of the only ways this site is being paid for. And running this site has not been cheap.
Again, Thanks,
Rick