[arista]

For example
If I buy direct from China
50,000 UK Radio Controlled Clocks
with alkaline batteries (use by 2022).
Quality sealed in a pack,
I pay one total bulk block price.


I then make a profit on them
after selling them to traders.


Per Unit after tax ,my profit would be £3.


Now that is Very Fair.


I have to Temp Store them
after collecting them from the port.
Then trade them.


Profit is needed as it keeps you trading
I hope some of you can understand this Logic.


Life In The City.

[Stu]

[Kizzy]

That is trade, yes very good... What's your point?

[fingers]

So what is the cost of 50,000 units including Import Duty?

[Stu]

You should go all out and do a Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps inspired costume for Halloween.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

That is trade, yes very good... What's your point?

So many call profit Evil
that is wrong.
Profit is Normal and Needed.


For Example Walmart Worldwide
make a large profit
and are still expanding.
That is Fair.

[arista]

Originally Posted by fingers

So what is the cost of 50,000 units including Import Duty?

that you do not put public
But the profit must be £3 per Single Unit
after all tax etc


Thats the point profit is needed
for Traders to carry on trading.

[fingers]

Originally Posted by arista

that you do not put public
But the profit must be £3 per Single Unit
after all tax etc


Thats the point profit is needed
for Traders to carry on trading.

That is a non answer, one has to know the unit cost before applying a mark up.

£3 per unit as a profit at wholesale level is absurd unless the unit COST is higher than £30.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

So many call profit Evil
that is wrong.
Profit is Normal and Needed.


For Example Walmart Worldwide
make a large profit
and are still expanding.
That is Fair.

Sorry but your clock example and walmart are not comparable.

[fingers]

I can source Radio Controlled clocks from China at prices ranging from 50 pence to £4 F.o.b

To put an excessive profit margin of £3 EACH would price them out of the market!

[arista]

Originally Posted by fingers

That is a non answer, one has to know the unit cost before applying a mark up.

£3 per unit as a profit at wholesale level is absurd unless the unit COST is higher than £30.

Because you Buy a Block of 50,000
in one Deal I get a Massive Discount.


I can tell you
they sell up to £8 or £10 in stores

[arista]

Originally Posted by fingers

I can source Radio Controlled clocks from China at prices ranging from 50 pence to £4 F.o.b

To put an excessive profit margin of £3 EACH would price them out of the market!

Lidl sell them at £4.99
but they buy them
in 500,000 blocks or more


My Model has a longer use by Alkaline battery
which means traders can sell over a longer time

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Sorry but your clock example and walmart are not comparable.

Typical From You

[fingers]

Originally Posted by arista

Because you Buy a Block of 50,000
in one Deal I get a Massive Discount.


I can tell you
they sell up to £8 or £10 in stores

That's rubbish and you know it, you can buy a radio controlled alarm clock now in Lidl or Aldi (and consider THEIR buying power) for well under a Fiver.

[fingers]

Originally Posted by arista

Lidl sell them at £4.99
but they buy them
in 500,000 blocks or more


My Model has a longer use by Alkaline battery
which means traders can sell over a longer time

...and you know how many Lidl or Aldi buy, HOW?

[arista]

Originally Posted by fingers

...and you know how many Lidl or Aldi buy, HOW?

They are examples
of how they make profits
on the same scale

[arista]

Originally Posted by fingers

That's rubbish and you know it, you can buy a radio controlled alarm clock now in Lidl or Aldi (and consider THEIR buying power) for well under a Fiver.

No mine are with longer use by dates on the battery with them
My model import is not the same.

[fingers]

Sorry I can't be bothered with this.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

Typical From You

You just said more or less the same thing arista... You buy a block of 50,000 walmart buy a block of 1,000,000... this changes everything, buying cost, import tax, transportation costs and the selling price.
Therefore not comparable.

[thesheriff443]

traders in turn will want a discount for buying in bulk, add transport cost's and you would struggle to make any profit.

[arista]

But Profit is Still Good
not just by my standard

[arista]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

traders in turn will want a discount for buying in bulk, add transport cost's and you would struggle to make any profit.

It was a few years ago.


The profit was made

[fingers]

Oh, I believe it!

[Verbal]

This is in serious debates because....

[joeysteele]

There isn't anything wrong at all with making profit and making profit is a good thing,indeed even a great thing.
It is however,particularly with excess profits,what is then done with that profit.