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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 48102" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Becoming an equipment dealer&nbsp;We were a (note the &quot;were&quot;) a dealer for several of the Harmon family members.&nbsp; We were purchasing a number of products (not a whole lot-but &quot;enough&quot;) from a particular manufacturer.&nbsp; Then one year we had an install job that used a large number of that companies products-and our yearly numbers went up quite a bit-several hundred percent.The next year we were expected to do a certain percentage higher number than the previous year. Since the previous year was not part of our normal sales numbers-we were not able to top that years sales.So we were dropped as a dealer.&nbsp; All because one year we had much better than average sales numbers.&nbsp; So we were punished for selling more product.&nbsp; Go figure.Strange how things work out-or what some companies expect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 48102, member: 30"] Re: Becoming an equipment dealer We were a (note the "were") a dealer for several of the Harmon family members. We were purchasing a number of products (not a whole lot-but "enough") from a particular manufacturer. Then one year we had an install job that used a large number of that companies products-and our yearly numbers went up quite a bit-several hundred percent. The next year we were expected to do a certain percentage higher number than the previous year. Since the previous year was not part of our normal sales numbers-we were not able to top that years sales. So we were dropped as a dealer. All because one year we had much better than average sales numbers. So we were punished for selling more product. Go figure. Strange how things work out-or what some companies expect. [/QUOTE]

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