SV: Re: [sdiy] Pitfalls of the synth 'small business'

[karl dalen]

--- Peter Grenader <peter at buzzclick-music.com> skrev:

> Other points:

> B)  If you do do this, I strongly recommend that you arrange payment terms
> with your major suppliers and  that you make it a point to pay them back on
> time, every time.

I havent found this (not yet) to be of great money saivings!
Maybe my suppliers suck, what do you sugest in % savings?
This also sugest steady flow of bussines.
 
> C)  While the temptation to purchase parts from the humungus one-stop
> outfits such as Mouser, Digikey, Allied, etc is great, a little web browsing
> can and will land you some incredible deals on the same high quality
> component parts you would have bought from the 'big boys'.  If you knew the
> deals we've landed by doing this you'd be flabbergasted.  You've got to buy
> more than you may need this way, but in our case anyway those quantities
> were pretty much free due to the per piece savings.

Most small bussines have the options of:
1: The local surplus.
2: The Mouser/Farnell etc companies.
3: The manufacturers distributers,(who i have found many times overpricing).
4: Chinese direct import, works sometimes can give you large savings,
   but can be big time donkey balls suck to!  
5: The possibility to adhock on a sale thats of a a larger buyer 
   from the distributor, you get your 100 items at the 10 000 items 
   price of the larger buyer. Great if you can time that sale and
   the distributor gives you the offer.

6: Bying fixed lots NOS on the spot market.

What is it you really are sugesting?

Reg
KD