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Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood vs Harbor Freight
From: "Mike Frerichs" <shoptalk@centipi.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:47:55 -0500
According to Bob's description, they're not the same toilets.  "Seconds" are
the factory rejects.  Usually have some small flaw in them.  I assume that
what the wholesalers are selling the plumbers are "firsts" -- no flaws.

Some one correct me if I've got this wrong.

Mike Frerichs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop David Hillman
> 
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Bob Kegel wrote:
> > This came up when I was bs'ing with the plumbers while they put in a new
> > drain for me a while back. They were grousing that HD was selling
> toilets
> > for less than they paid their wholesaler. Said they'd looked at the HD
> > merchandise and concluded they were seconds.
> 
>     Hypothetical question... if HD _were_ selling the same toilets for
> less
> than their wholesaler, why would that be bad for the plumbers?   Unlike
> the wholesaler, HD will sell to anyone, right?  And they are probably
> more-conveniently located, too.
> 
>     Just wondering.
> 
> --
>   David Hillman
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