Re: ADI Pricing question

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Wow ADI has special prices for high volume companies... Duh
> It wasn't ADI giving the price break. It was Honeywell (Ademco) the
> manufacturing arm, not the distribution arm. They have separate reps,
> pricing, and interests.

Yes they do

>
> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> When it comes to ADI and pricing I have seen the light. It started when
a
> >> friend of mine got a sub job for a national three letter company (NOT
> > ADT).
> >> I had to go to the parts house one time to pick up a part to take to
him
> >> (just doing a friend a favor). The parts folks were really squirrelly
> > about
> >> me seeing the invoice that was generated for this parts order for the
> > three
> >> letter company. I really didn't know why (since they always say our
> > company
> >> "is" getting the best prices). Well that is true if you know what "is"
> >> is.
> >> Just like RLB said (and can't say much more about it) you can get good
> >> pricing once you hit the 10 to 20 K monthly volume with ADI. These
three
> >> letter guys do much better. They get there stuff shipped in from ADI
and
> >> Honeywell (like a direct Bosch or DMP dealer would) and only get local
> >> ADI
> >> parts on emergency basis. The invoice I finally saw showed our "best"
> > price
> >> was bested by three letters by a BIG margin. By BIG I mean the 54% type
> > big.
> >> It was an eye opener for me about ADI/Honeywell pricing. Money talks BS
> >> walks.
> >
> > Wow ADI has special prices for high volume companies... Duh
> >
> >>
> >> "Frank Olson" <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > message
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> >> > Roland wrote:
> >> >> ADI pricing to dealers is a function of volume. If the counter guy
> >> >> doesn't know your account number first, he will seldom quote you the
> >> >> correct price. Additionally it is not the ADI folks that set actual
> >> >> pricing on Honeywell gear. That is determined by special pricing via
> >> >> special SKU on your account number from the Honeywell guy. You can
bet
> >> >> that guys like Bass are in fact probably paying 54% of what you pay
> >> >> for
> >> >> the exact same gear.
> >> >> If you're a high volume dealer then Honeywell will get down and
dirty
> >> >> with pricing. If not then wait for the monthly sales fliers if you
> >> >> want
> > a
> >> >> good deal, (or see if Bass or someone like him will cut you some
> > slack).
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I seriously doubt Bass has the "volume" you think he has so
suggesting
> > the
> >> > OP arranges to purchase product through him (or any legitimate
> > high-volume
> >> > Dealer) is just plain "nuts".  We get good pricing from ADI because
> >> > they
> >> > want more of our business and they know we "shop" for the best deal.
> > When
> >> > you have three distributors in town all within "spittin' distance" of
> > each
> >> > other, it's pretty easy to maintain a lid on pricing.
> >> >
> >> > To the OP:
> >> >
> >> > Send ADI a copy of the invoice for the 20P you purchased last year
and
> >> > tell them that if they really want your business, they'd better
> > straighten
> >> > up.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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