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Scott,
Thank you for sharing that that was insightful. If we could get some open talk like this with vendors then perhaps we could make it work. If we can gurantee a purchase then surely some way can be worked out to help us save on the cost of purchase. It may not be possible with all items but perhaps some big price tag items. My assumption here is that money could be saved by the retailer on overheads, if sales are guranteed.
In your expereince would manufactures take a deposit untill order is actually shipped?
What if you had a Confirmed group of people who are ready to purchase.
Say 50 slots for primary and 20 for secondary, if someone in the primary for whatever reason cant go through then the top person from the secondary slot is given the option etc. Charge the Primary's a deposit which they lose if no one takes there spot.
Once the batch is complete then the people remaining on the secondary list get first rights to place on a primary slot on a 2nd run.
Regards
Fahim
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