abfds001
New member
What is interesting about the terminology is that it would appear that the use of the word Retail is no longer a specific indicator of pricing. As a manager of a nation wide music retailer I have the privilege of understanding how pricing works. Retail and List are not the true price of any product anymore. For example, when you go to a dealership you see a tag that says Retail/MSRP $28,000 but the vehicle is actually sold at $21,000. Now that's a heck of a discount....lol So why is that? thats because there is a term that manufacturers called MAP (Manufacture approved pricing). This is the beginning price point of an item which is normally 20%-40% less that retail. So you see when someone states that are buying an item or items below retail in in no means indicates wholesale. Wholesale is base cost (usually 45%-65% below so called retail) of an item. No one buys at cost unless they are an actual licensed/authorized reseller. MOD's need to quit playing semantics with those who are trying to just find a bargain. Leave the politics at home..... If they are going to continue down a path of forcing there will on hobbyist then perhaps they should experience the same exodus that Netflix has been subjected with. :debi:
