Recent content by wonderreef1

Thats the attitude that makes this a wonderful industry, "business is business", "all is fair", and "every man for himself", "too bad". So, for sure I know PAF and QM share this business philosophy completely, any others you know of for sure. Yep Steve, "business is business", give no loyalty...

I said many times I have no issue with etail vs B & M. I am not a collector, importer, wholesaler so how do I "join 'em" or "out compete" them? That can only be through service and that only goes so far. So are you good with your suppliers selling direct to your customers?

Not really my original intention of going tit for tat on each item of how you choose to run your business, there are obviously things a small guy can do better/different than a big guy as wholesalers go. The general theme is that there is this mentality that this the way it is with a big...

And why is that, are you a wholesaler?? Got a consulting job for me???

gdw, I don't see the importer end change you speak of. I do see a change in the upcoming smaller wholesalers, many of them having been former cherry-pickers around LA that have now started their own small wholesale operations, some newer than others. Such places are Consistent Sea, Route 66...

There are a host of product and service innovations that the small guys do that make me feel they want to earn my business every week vs. the attitude that I am one of hundreds begging to get a few crumbs from the big guys.

Pardon me, but it sounded like that in a few of your posts, if you reread them you might see that. Anyway, the point here for me is to find out who else is selling direct--just the facts and not rumors. Plus, obviously, I must become better at what I do so as to somehow remain profitable if in...

The line about cash moving from bank accounts and not sump pumps is a good line and does wrap up the issue. However, I think you are getting a bit abrassive now. I am not doing some public call for a boycott as you are, I am simply stating my personal experience and thoughts and have asked...

Dave, interesting that you feel that PAF could do better and gain more business via changes and improvements, I would be better off and hope to hear that selling direct to my customers is not part of the changes. The BZ venture has harmed your wholesale business, at least to some extent, maybe...

Yes Race, for the most part I agree with your above post. Also, a huge factor for me and most retailers is that you with QM and BZ with PAF can offer a much larger variety of fish (mostly it is the fish, but also corals) than I can at my store. I simply can not have even one or multiples of...

Race, if I said I expected a wholesaler to not sell to a competitor then that is not at all what I meant. I don't think I said that, there is no such thing as that and I would never expect it that they would not sell to a competitor, everyone is a competitor that is a retailer. No, waht I said...

Ok, so lets talk about who else we know for sure are doing the same thing now, not some past issues, but right now. QM is in the same boat as far as I am conerned as they are doing the same thing by doing your shipping--despite the fact you have tried to distant this in some ways. I have heard...

Yes Race, "a trusted business relationship" is at the core of why I started this thread. That trust is not there if my supplier is smiling when taking my order and payment and then plotting behind my back trying to put me out of business by devising strategies on how to sell to my...

Sorry dave, my last post was being written and submitted as you posted yours. I understand the wholesale trade is changing. I suggest you would have been better off making your wholesale operation even better than it is now and not trying to recoup losses from lack of sales in wholesale by...

With all due respect Race, the "best" livestock is a subjective evaluation and tends to vary with every shipment. I have been there and seen far too many shipments unpacked from the same colectors/exporters weekly and the quality varies dramatically shipment to shipment. The best wholesalers are...