 Extra Crispy  | 16 Feb 2015 11:13 a.m. PST |
<RANT> A distributor is a business that sells to retailers. A retailer sells to the end user (in our case, gamer/hobbyist). Asking if a maker has a "distributor" when you mean retailer just muddies the waters. If you ask for a distributor it sounds like you are a retailer looking to buy stock. </RANT> |
| Extra Crispy | 16 Feb 2015 11:13 a.m. PST |
And oh yeah: Get off my lawn you damn kids! |
| FreddBloggs | 16 Feb 2015 11:46 a.m. PST |
And a distributor is different to a wholesaler as well |
Raynman  | 16 Feb 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
Oh and stay the heck off Crispy's grass!! |
| Fried Flintstone | 16 Feb 2015 12:39 p.m. PST |
I think I have a distributor in my car engine – should I tell someone? |
| nazrat | 16 Feb 2015 1:36 p.m. PST |
Tell it to stay off yer lawn! |
| wrgmr1 | 16 Feb 2015 2:50 p.m. PST |
Generally speaking the maker/manufacturer is also the distributor, unless they are using a common warehouse distributor for their products. Yes, usually a distributor sells to retailers. Some do sell to the public but not often, as they are not set up for these kinds of sales. However some manufacturers are also retailers, Front Rank, Calpe, etc as examples. However they will sell as a maker/distributor to a retailer. Front Ranks and Calpe sell to Triangle Miniatures, a retailer. I will buy from either the manufacturer or the retailer usually depending on currency exchange.
At present time purchasing Calpe from Triangle Miniatures is more expensive than directly from Peter.
I live in Canada and the U.S. dollar is killing us. However the pound is much more favorable. 25 years in logistics…. |
| Zagloba | 16 Feb 2015 4:57 p.m. PST |
I thought it was a UK thing- they use 'distributor' where the US uses 'retailer', mostly because the UK isn't large enough to need a large distribution network. Rich |
| Extra Crispy | 17 Feb 2015 7:50 a.m. PST |
Not country specific so far as I can tell. American ask "does The Misery Loves Co. have a US distributor" and what they mean is US retailer. From UK members I often hear "stockist" which I know is Brenglish for retailer (elevator/lift, crapper/loo). |
| Winston Smith | 18 Feb 2015 7:01 a.m. PST |
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| Henry Martini | 18 Feb 2015 6:05 p.m. PST |
And another ingredient in the semantic soup is the term 'wholesaler'. |
| Bashytubits | 18 Feb 2015 10:59 p.m. PST |
My lawn is full of Chain saw armed rabid Crocodiles. |
| Your Kidding | 19 Feb 2015 6:36 p.m. PST |
Screw the lawn. Stay out of my moat. |
