GenTLe Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Taken from FatPanda (he's a dealer on the other RWG) here: http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=82346&st=120 (post #132) Often, it is NOT known if you can get a watch or not. If you have inventory of watches you are selling, that is one thing, but if your dealing with 15 factories, and 20 suppliers of factory watches, that is quite another. A real world example of the supply chain. This is just one example. There are others. Customer to TD - Can you get xx watch? TD - Not in stock, let us find out TD to Factory A, B, C, D, Supplier A, B, C, D, E. Can you get xx watch? Factory A,B,C,D supplier A, B, D, E. No, we cannot get that watch. Supplier C to TD - I can get xx watch price is xx TD to customer - Supplier C can get this watch, price is xx Customer to TD - sends money to TD TD to Supplier C - Here is the money, please send photos of watch Supplier C - receives money, goes to his supplier B and pays for the watch Supplier C - makes photos of xx watch, sends to TD TD sees the photos and notices its the wrong watch, or old version of the watch TD to supplier C, it's the wrong watch Supplier C to TD, its the watch you said you wanted, nothing wrong with the watch TD to supplier C, the customer does not watch that watch. Can you get the customers watch? Supplier C to TD - I don't know, but I already purchase xx watch, my supplier won't accept it back, now I am stuck with this watch. Do you want it or not? TD to Supplier C, no we don't want it because the customer wants different watch. What can we do? Supplier C to TD, I am already out the money, so ask your customer to choose a different watch I can sell you. TD to customer, we cannot get the watch, sorry, do you want to choose another watch? Customer to TD - What? You already said you can get the watch? Are you insane? FP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 That's retail for ya ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobandshawn Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Pretty enlightening. Thanks. I was just thinking today it would be helpful if everyone knew how many PM's/emails a TD gets in one day. Obviously he deals with more people than on this forum. I wouldn't be surprised if there were hundreds...and we expect same day responses??? B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraggle42 Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Supplier C to TD - I can get xx watch price is xxSupplier C to TD - I don't know, but I already purchase xx watch, my supplier won't accept it back, now I am stuck with this watch. Do you want it or not?So in this case supplier C is unobservant or trying to pull a fast one and so should end up the person out of pocket, not the TD or buyer.It would seem a slightly safer policy would be to deal directly with the factories and the TD hand over the money for the watch directly - but I know the 'factories' are very hush hush and only a few people know their members or location so I suppose it'd take a TD a good few years to get onto their "friends" list as it were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aajaxx007 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Love this post, if this were any other illicit good what you write would be a walk in the park. Makes me appreciate the reach our TDs have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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