Comments on: Web organized team buying in China gaining popularity

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:50:51 +0000

Hi Elsie and thanks for your feedback on my comment however please consider the following:
“Bulk Buying” is NOT the purchase of a “few of the same identical items”, it is the purchase of a large
quantity of “identical same manufacturer model #, color, features, items”. The Vendor has NOT saved the expense of “attracting” new customers because without his advertising the “group” would not have known of his existence so he doesn’t save there. As far as “commission”, okay, let’s look at that. “Commission” is the “payment” received by a person in exchange for servicing a vendor’s clients thru the process of expediting the exchange of payment for product AND for continuing to expedite and service the vendor’s clients’ concerns and needs AND building a long term relationship with all parties involved. Now, in a “buying team”, is the “leader” willing to accept the responsibilities of coordinating warranty issues, delivery issues, service issues, update issues, vender/client dispute resolution issues as well as maintaining records that could pertain to issues such as “re-calls” , rebates etc…….. Soooo, that’s kinda my point…..

By: elsie

elsie — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:19:04 +0000

It’s true that the discount has to be cut from somewhere - and it may be someone’s paycheck. However, the reason bulk buy discounts are offered here in North America is because the vendor saves the time and expense of attracting new customers. In this sense, the buying team leader is acting as a salesperson for the vendor, and the ‘commission’ is the discount the end users receive. Just one more way of looking at it.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 29 May 2006 18:42:41 +0000

Perhaps employers will start “team job openings”. Employers could then pay the “cheapest wages” by “teaming up”. Why is it that the public doesn’t get the concept that if you want the merchant to give you “a deal” that the “cost” of giving you that “deal” has to be passed on in one of two ways:
1. Reducing the wages paid (this could be in raw materials or assembly or both)
2. The merchant or manufacturer will start tacking on “a cushion” to the price to “offset” the “deal demand”.
Perhaps the question in each consumers brain should be:
If I demand a lower price, which person involved in the manufacture and sale of this item just got a pay cut? And start thinking about how you are going to feel when your company /employer starts cutting your paycheck . Or maybe you might want to picture all the 5 year olds that are now working in horrendous conditions so you can buy your “toys” cheaper.
Grow up!