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Ridiculous Pricing

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  1. heheboy2004

    Joined: May 2004
    Posts: 225

    Let me share a real story that happened to me.

    I was trying to buy something wholesale from a supplier. I asked for the unit price of a 20pcs order and 40pcs order. And he told me it would be $80/unit if I order less than 40pcs, and $40/pc if I order more than 40pcs.

    I knew he desperately wanted to sell me more than 40 pcs, but the pricing is just ridiculous and it is so obvious that he just made up the wholesale price w/o even think over it carefully.

    With his wholesale price:

    1) If I buy 25pcs : $25x80 = $2000

    2) If I buy 40 pcs and and just throw away 15 pcs: $40x40=$1600

    I can't believe he didn't even bother to set a realistic price when he tried to rip me off. :wink:
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  2. nocturnal

    Joined: February 2004
    Posts: 422

    Did it not get you thinking "whatkind of business does this guy run?"

    It's a bit of a red flag, a desperate attempt to get a sale?
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  3. feye

    Joined: February 2004
    Posts: 616

    heheboy2004 wrote:
    1) If I buy 25pcs : $25x80 = $2000

    2) If I buy 40 pcs and and just throw away 15 pcs: $40x40=$1600




    LoL :roll:

    Maybe you get money back if you take ~ 500 pieces?
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  4. waterlily

    Joined: August 2004
    Posts: 122

    :lol:

    that is just silly!!!!

    Buy more for less.
    I guess he's really desperate.

    SCORE if they are authentic items. good luck
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  5. nickysantoro

    Joined: February 2004
    Posts: 162

    haha thats pretty funny... did you explain it back to him?

    :)
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  6. themoviecritique

    Joined: September 2004
    Posts: 196

    Probably a dropshipper who has minimum order of 40.
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  7. heheboy2004

    Joined: May 2004
    Posts: 225

    NickySantoro wrote:haha thats pretty funny... did you explain it back to him?

    :)


    Yep, I wrote him an email and told him if this is his pricing policy, I would like to order 40 and maybe sell 15 back to him for $1/each. ^_^

    He wasn't prompt to reply my email (My guess is he's working on a good answer). Then he changed his story: now he offers $60/pc for orders of 20pcs-40pcs.

    I haven't replied his email yet. But I noticed that 40pcs still cost less than 30pcs:

    $60x30=$1800

    $40x40=$1600

    I think I'll give him more time to work on his pricing, the poor guy just couldn't make the pricing reasonable. 8)
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  8. yankees24

    Joined: September 2004
    Posts: 127

    lol....it usually helps to think about pricing before customers inquire..that's good stuff~!
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  9. aroma-bargains

    Joined: September 2003
    Posts: 435

    Heh

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