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Re: Dealer agreement flexibilityNot likely. If every person needing microphones or every production company could get dealer cost by signing a few papers and buying mics for their own inventory, everyone would do it. Most manufacturers have yearly minimums and have a minimum opening order - and that's just to get signed up at regular dealer cost. Often regular dealer cost is very close to what online sellers like Amazon are selling at (and while the online sellers are violating MAP, no one seems to care). To get really good off-sheet deals, you need to buy large quantities. In the case of Shure, the deals start happening in the "hundreds of mics" range.There are plenty of distributors out there selling at dealer cost to businesses that are just buying for their own inventory. PM me and I'll shoot you a list.
Re: Dealer agreement flexibility
Not likely. If every person needing microphones or every production company could get dealer cost by signing a few papers and buying mics for their own inventory, everyone would do it. Most manufacturers have yearly minimums and have a minimum opening order - and that's just to get signed up at regular dealer cost. Often regular dealer cost is very close to what online sellers like Amazon are selling at (and while the online sellers are violating MAP, no one seems to care). To get really good off-sheet deals, you need to buy large quantities. In the case of Shure, the deals start happening in the "hundreds of mics" range.
There are plenty of distributors out there selling at dealer cost to businesses that are just buying for their own inventory. PM me and I'll shoot you a list.
