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- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!wex
- From: wex@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul M. Wexelblat)
- Subject: Re: Standard Furniture Mark-Ups? (Lighting Fixtures)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.195633.11154@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
- Originator: wex@cs.ulowell.edu
- Sender: usenet@ulowell.ulowell.edu (News manager - ulowell)
- Reply-To: wex@cs.ulowell.edu
- Organization: Univ. of Lowell CS Dept.
- References: <1992Jul27.161443.14325@clpd.kodak.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:56:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.161443.14325@clpd.kodak.com>, price@linus.serum.kodak.com (Kevin Price (x37128)) writes:
- |> From: price@linus.serum.kodak.com (Kevin Price (x37128))
- |> Subject: Standard Furniture Mark-Ups? (Couches)
- |> Date: 27 Jul 92 16:14:43 GMT
- |>
- |>
- |> Ok, I know that the "market value price" touted by the furniture dealers is
- |> fiction - I have never seen a single item whose advertised selling price was
- |> within 30% of the so-called market value price. And store-wide 50% off sales
- |> are pretty common. So, a question for you experienced negotiators (or
- |> ex-furniture salespeople): Just how steep is the typical mark-up on these
- |> items? How big a commission is involved on a sale?
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- Being an experienced newsgroup poster, I know how to extend a thread
- without addressing the initial poster's question...
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- The markup difference between list and net on lighting fixtures
- (common brands, Progress e.g.) is 50%, that is about 20% over
- wholesale.
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- {I.e. the guy paid about 30% of what he's trying to get from you if you
- pay "list".}
-
- Sorry I can't help about couches, but it seems like a helpful thread
- to cover as many products as possible.
-
- --
- Honk if you Teacup Chain...
-
- ...Wex
-