Re: Still Got One Job to Finish

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"NickMark" <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 9:03:13 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> Everyday I look forward to the day I used to be in a contractor.
>>
>> Today I called around my vendors for some video cable for a job.  Pretty
>> sure its going to be my very last one.  They all seemed high to me, and
>> most
>> didn't have exactly what I wanted.  For the heck of it I tried Amazon and
>> found exactly what I wanted listed under Amazon prime (free 2 day
>> shipping)
>> for a $39/1000 less than the CHEAPEST distributor, and more than a $100
>> cheaper than the first one I called.  None of the distributors offered me
>> free shipping on the order.
>>
>> Its going to get tougher and tougher for even the big distributors to
>> compete with Amazon.  Its even tougher for dealers when their customers
>> can
>> buy nearly everything they sell for less than the dealers distributors.
>>
>> Thank goodness I atleast still get a decent labor rate.  (Actually I bid
>> jobs with a flat total and don't worry about if I don't get them
>> anymore.)
>
> Check monoprice for cabes etc very good pricing

Thanks,  I forgot all about them.  Bought a bunch of customer speced patch
cables from them years ago.  No isseues.  I just checked their siamese CCTV
and its was close to the price of Amazon.  Only about $10 more.  If any of
my regular distributors had been in that price range I'd have bought from
them.