From: Rick Rutherford <rickr@s...>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:16:57 -0400
Subject: RE: Trouble gettin' stuff? [CLEAN STAMP]
> krs@geohex.com wrote: Don't forget the recent merger/acquisition of all the major game distributors in the USA -- I'll bet that the distributors were trying to look as profitable as possible this summer, in order to bring more value to the table during their merger negotiations, and that means having as little stock on the shelves as possible. The more goose-like the distributors are, the more profitable they are. > I guess what I'm trying to say is that instead of assessing blame, I In a perfect world, you would have an agent who would stock the distributors' shelves with your product on a monthly basis, and would bill them monthly according to how much stuff was needed to be re-stocked. If you think you know how much of what item will sell within a 3-month peroid, you might be willing to ship them a rack of figures, rulebooks and terrain at the beginning of a quarter, and take returns from them at the end of the quarter, billing them for whatever doesn't get returned. This would eliminate some of their risk for them, and get more of your stuff into their warehouse.