Archived Experts of Voat, what is something that you can teach us to make our lives easier/cooler? (AskVoat)
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Archived Experts of Voat, what is something that you can teach us to make our lives easier/cooler? (AskVoat)
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[–] Caboose_Calloway 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Everything with a brand name on it is overpriced by at least %100. Every time an item changes hands in the supply chain its price increases by %50. Everything sold in a store is further overpriced by %100 to %700.
What you want is to go closer to the source and buy at commodity prices. At that level everybody does their own quality checks btw, you need to learn to do the same.
I buy industrial supplies by the truckload, sometimes the product fails QC for things which are not important in my application. Instead of turning them back I negotiate the price. I can do that because I know my application inside out and I run my own quality checks. Middlemen are often poorly equipped to asses the quality of the stuff they sell and they tend to rely on manufacturer's data. This gives me tremendous negotiating advantage and more often than not the middlemen send me directly to the manufacturer to sort the thing out, even better for me.
[–] G4 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
How can I get Smores Pop-Tarts directly from the source?
[–] Reow 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago