Just dropped off my wheels at Cycle Gear and negotiated a deal outside of the deal, but related to the deal. Long story short, got a 55 instead of a 50, which will give me about 3.1% more speed at the same wheel RPM and make my speedo a little more accurate. They say better tuck in? ???
So this is how they do it:
They wait for low stock on their fast runners, this being the BT-016 and Q2.
Then they organise a volume deal with the two manufacturers, estimated at around $2 million each. (About 100 tyre sets per store from each manufacturer)
Next thing is a sale, on the sale days the stock left in their stores sell out and the rest of the sales are on order.
Monday morning, after the sale, they place orders with the manufacturers, being all the orders they received from the sale, plus enough to stock them for the next cycle.
The volume discount takes care of the sale, with some more margin for them after the sale.
Pretty smart business and with 100 stores out there they have the muscle to pull it off.
Sorry, but whenever I walk into a business, first thing that happens, is I try and figure out how they make money and ask some innocent questions.
So this is how they do it:
They wait for low stock on their fast runners, this being the BT-016 and Q2.
Then they organise a volume deal with the two manufacturers, estimated at around $2 million each. (About 100 tyre sets per store from each manufacturer)
Next thing is a sale, on the sale days the stock left in their stores sell out and the rest of the sales are on order.
Monday morning, after the sale, they place orders with the manufacturers, being all the orders they received from the sale, plus enough to stock them for the next cycle.
The volume discount takes care of the sale, with some more margin for them after the sale.
Pretty smart business and with 100 stores out there they have the muscle to pull it off.
Sorry, but whenever I walk into a business, first thing that happens, is I try and figure out how they make money and ask some innocent questions.