Members lws380 Posted March 31, 2017 Members Report Posted March 31, 2017 I'm disappointed Weaver Leather requires minimum purchases to buy their products. And if you don't meet the minimum, they charge a $200 per year "fee" to buy as wholesale. I've bought several things in the past, but being a small business, likely will not ever get to the $1200 per year minimum to avoid a $200 per year fee to order. I did buy their large floor model snap setter in excess of $500 and some other tools in the past. It is unfortunate they appear to not want any business from small businesses, without jacking up their prices through the use of retail pricing or jacked up member fees. Have bought from them at leather shows as well, but likely no more. Seems to me they work hard to turn away sales. I understand their business model, but I'm disappointed they push away small businesses like mine. Quote www.bearcreekholsters.com
bikermutt07 Posted March 31, 2017 Report Posted March 31, 2017 When people get big, they want to weed out the small fish. It's just business. There was a big ruckus around here when letters went out to all the small businesses. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members TacticallySharp Posted March 31, 2017 Members Report Posted March 31, 2017 I do not buy from them. Did before the change. It has been a while. Quote George Tactically Sharp, Inc. Hialeah, Florida tacticallysharp.com "time only is forever"
Members cjartist Posted March 31, 2017 Members Report Posted March 31, 2017 Why Not organize a co-op buy. Just get a few others to go together with you on a purchase. The only thing that would be difficult would be shipping everything out to each person. I guess that would depend on the savings (?) you might get. Quote Check out my Unique Marketing Strategy and see if it might also work for you to get paid for your art.
Members JimTimber Posted April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 1 hour ago, cjartist said: Why Not organize a co-op buy. Just get a few others to go together with you on a purchase. The only thing that would be difficult would be shipping everything out to each person. I guess that would depend on the savings (?) you might get. Single account (one email address) and multiple buyers info and shipping addresses? Don't save your CC info on the account and it shouldn't be a problem. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Posted April 1, 2017 3 hours ago, cjartist said: Why Not organize a co-op buy. Just get a few others to go together with you on a purchase. The only thing that would be difficult would be shipping everything out to each person. I guess that would depend on the savings (?) you might get. Why would you do that? There are other smaller suppliers who are still glad to have your business. Why submit to ordering from some one who thinks they're too big to bother with your account? Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
MADMAX22 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Posted April 1, 2017 Careful weaver is a paying advertiser on the forum Quote
Members cjartist Posted April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 15 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said: Why would you do that? There are other smaller suppliers who are still glad to have your business. Why submit to ordering from some one who thinks they're too big to bother with your account? Oh I agree. i have no reason to do that myself. But if the savings were there it might work for some. I really don't know how their prices compare. Quote Check out my Unique Marketing Strategy and see if it might also work for you to get paid for your art.
bikermutt07 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Posted April 1, 2017 1 hour ago, MADMAX22 said: Careful weaver is a paying advertiser on the forum If that was for me, I didn't make their policy. I don't feel that I my opinion is out of line. I'm sure they have plenty of customers on here that their minimum reqiurements will have no effect on. And that's ok too. I have only bought from them once and that was at the retail level. And to be honest I was happy with the order I received. When I had my first business UPS did everything they could to make sure I would never want to give them my business again. This was all about my small business shipping a quarterly publication. If you don't conduct business with them within a 45 day period your account goes inactive. Then you get to reenter all of your shipping information for everyone again, and again, and again. It was a mess. My friend who works for them was encouraged to let all his friends (that had small businesses) know, by the sales department, that UPS wanted to be their shipping company. So, I jumped in. When the mess was finally over with he typed a letter about my situation. Which included my last encounter with two broken feet, a pallet of magazines ready to ship and no help to be found at the distribution center. He waited until the sales department came along asking for the small businesses again. Then he sent the letter. That letter made it all the way to the vice president's desk. I did get a phone call from UPS. They were polite, I was polite. But I made sure they knew there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell that they would ever get my business again. I do my best to try and get someone else to bring my stuff to me that I order. It's a shame when you can make the USPS look more convenient than your own business. Sorry for the late night rant. And hijack. Carry on. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members JimTimber Posted April 1, 2017 Members Report Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) Wholesale pricing is meant to reward the volume buyer with tiered discounts to offset the lack of personnel time the business has to devote to servicing those transactions, as well as mitigating their exposure to returns and other quality/CS interactions (retail in general has a return rate somewhere around 10% - 1 in 10 sales will come back and cost you money as a reseller). If you don't meet their buying criteria, it's reasonable to assume they think you encumber them as much as any other retail customer and they're right in charging you accordingly. I don't see the problem here. Edited April 1, 2017 by JimTimber Quote
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