[MLB-WIRELESS] [TIB] A new offer has been added to TIB - 18/03/2003

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

Basically retailers are in it to make money. So TIB is another way to
advertise (find customers to profit from).
So they're prices are going to be more because they are after a profit, by
definition isn't that a retailer/business?

The TIB was designed for individuals looking to help themselves and others
source hardware cheap, while not making a profit, simply covering their own
costs to arrange it (time and labour).

There's also some people that somehow fall into the middle like Vak and
others. He as far as I know is making none, if not minimal profit as he
tries to provide hardware as cheaply as he can to melbwireless members, his
main intent being to push the wireless movement forward.   (correct me if
i'm wrong vak!)


>retailers. I'm offering those Hills antennas on the TIB system, and even
>though I have stated I'm not making money off it, people ask me if they
>can get it any cheaper, and how much money I'm making off them!
>
>The wiki page (http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/wiki/?TheIncredibleBulk)
>implies, to me, that wlan nerds like us should use the system to offer
>bulk orders to decrease the prices. Even the name, "The Incredible
>Bulk", doesn't say to me "Hello, I'm a free e-commerce system for
>retailers of WLAN gear".
>
>If retailers are to use the system, their offers should be flagged, and
>they should pay for it, as Ryan suggested, since MW is acting as a sales
>agent for their business! Then again, can a non-profit organisation do
>that?
>
>IMHO, where retailers are involved, they should become a Melbourne
>Wireless discounter, so we can flash MW cards around and get stuff
>cheap, and they can get their publicity ;) I don't think TIB should
>become a mere sales tool for retailers..
>
>Cheers,
>
> - Simon
>
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