[Jewelry making - Article 00545] - Re: [Orchid] Wholesale vs. below wholesale

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>        You're abusing your dictionary and the English language. To be
>     "below wholesale" all that's required is that the price be below
>     the TYPICAL wholesale price offered by other wholesalers. 
	

    Dear James, If I manufacture in the U.S. and sell silver for $.75 a
    gram, and silver is sold by overseas competition for $.38 a gram,
    whose price is typical? Can they say they buy it below wholesale
    when buying from an overseas dealer? I have a retail store, and I am
    a manufacturer. I disagree with your statement about typical
    wholesale price. I have seen where one gem dealer sells something for
    $120 a carat, another, same quality for $95, and another $60. I don't
    see the typical in that. It has to do with how close to the source
    they are.	I think it is radical to call what I wrote an abuse of the
    language, and use of the dictionary. Evidently you have stong
    feelings about this, and I have my experience from manufacturing,
    buying wholesale and selling retail. You did not convince me with
    your thoughts. Maybe for widgets, or tires you are right, but not in
    the jewelry business. Buying for less than another dealer has it
    priced, but not possibly the lowest price you could get it for if you
    did more shopping, is where the lack of clarity is for me. Then it
    would be "below, below wholesale"? And I would agree with you, if we
    agreed that the correct statement made 	was " I bought it at a below
    typical wholesale price". 	 						 

Best Regards, 	 
Richard in Denver


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