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dantimdad
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Bit of a rant here:
Brick and Mortar pet stores have a very low maintained margin. One of the largest expenses if you don't have labor, is shipping. How can XYZ pet supply think we can survive if they double the minimum order to $1000 AND cancel free route delivery? That makes shipping a minimum of $350 for a palletizing fee and delivery.
Quick math:
If before minimum was $500 and the average margin (making this up but close) was 22% and we didn't pay shipping, then we made $110 minus credit card fees, utilities, rent, theft, breakage and store use goods. We are left with about $6 out of that $110. (And I didn't even count the thousands and thousands it cost to build out the store to begin with)
Now, go to the new policy: We have wait two weeks to order because we can't afford that much a week and make customers angry we order $1000 at a 22% margin which is $220. Oh double! Wait a sec! Remember I said they put shipping on now? Take off $350 right off the bat. We are now at a NEGATIVE $130 before any other expenses.
Wanna tell me now how we are supposed to survive?
And, this is not the only supplier making changes to how things are done.
Please folks, be patient with your LFS. Pay the couple bucks more for something local.
All the while, we have been shutdown for almost a month.
Brick and Mortar pet stores have a very low maintained margin. One of the largest expenses if you don't have labor, is shipping. How can XYZ pet supply think we can survive if they double the minimum order to $1000 AND cancel free route delivery? That makes shipping a minimum of $350 for a palletizing fee and delivery.
Quick math:
If before minimum was $500 and the average margin (making this up but close) was 22% and we didn't pay shipping, then we made $110 minus credit card fees, utilities, rent, theft, breakage and store use goods. We are left with about $6 out of that $110. (And I didn't even count the thousands and thousands it cost to build out the store to begin with)
Now, go to the new policy: We have wait two weeks to order because we can't afford that much a week and make customers angry we order $1000 at a 22% margin which is $220. Oh double! Wait a sec! Remember I said they put shipping on now? Take off $350 right off the bat. We are now at a NEGATIVE $130 before any other expenses.
Wanna tell me now how we are supposed to survive?
And, this is not the only supplier making changes to how things are done.
Please folks, be patient with your LFS. Pay the couple bucks more for something local.
All the while, we have been shutdown for almost a month.
