Re: Coffee Equipment $$$
All good points raised.
I think that the scale of the current market clearly dictates the practices of retailers and how they provide their products and services. In all honesty, whitegoods retailers have a huge market with which to spread the impact of fees imposed by the financial institutions. High end coffee machine retailers have a relatively small market.
I suppose I was thinking out loud because of points raised by some site sponsors in regards to shelling out a whole lot of time and effort with a potential customer, only to lose out in the sale when the customer "steals" a machine at a cheaper price elsewhere.
Maybe the question then becomes: How does a retailer increase the size of their market share? What can they add to their arsenal to expand their client base? Or is this not a concern?
Then again Im not a retailer so maybe I should stop thinking... [smiley=lipsrsealed.gif]
All good points raised.
I think that the scale of the current market clearly dictates the practices of retailers and how they provide their products and services. In all honesty, whitegoods retailers have a huge market with which to spread the impact of fees imposed by the financial institutions. High end coffee machine retailers have a relatively small market.
I suppose I was thinking out loud because of points raised by some site sponsors in regards to shelling out a whole lot of time and effort with a potential customer, only to lose out in the sale when the customer "steals" a machine at a cheaper price elsewhere.
Maybe the question then becomes: How does a retailer increase the size of their market share? What can they add to their arsenal to expand their client base? Or is this not a concern?
Then again Im not a retailer so maybe I should stop thinking... [smiley=lipsrsealed.gif]

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