Most manufacturers do not sell below list price.  If they did, they would be
undercutting their own supply network.  The exception would ber factory
outlet stores, where you can buy seconds and overstocks.  The "Outlet Malls"
you see here and there tend to not be true factory stores, but rather retail
outlets of the manufacturers.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|David Beierl
|Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 10:35 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Group 41 Battery at Wal-Mart
|
|At 11:15 AM 11/12/2010  -0600, John Rodgers wrote:
|>  Michael,  I never understood that logic either!
|
|It may not be logic, but my experience is if you buy something from
|the factory you're going to pay full retail aka MSRP.
|
|I know a monastery that became a Seiko dealer so they could get cheap
|alarm clocks and wristwatches....
|
|Yours,
|David