...If these are the same people selling to the other vendors than why not spread their wings and offer to a more populated venue which is us. ...
I have no facts to prove this but I do not believe the people on this forum constitute the vast majority of pen turners. The people that I know in this area in no way supports the stock of pen making supplies that the local Woodcraft and Rocklers carry, and that does not include those of us who never buy from them.
Tony
I am sorry I do not follow what you are saying. Could you explain abit more???
Woodcraft and Rockler are just other resellers. By "us" I mean the small one or two kit buyer guy. Not the 1000 kit buyer guy.
I might be the one who misunderstood here, but what I thought your meaning was that they would be selling to a much wider audience by selling into IAP than selling through their (Dyacom's) traditional resellers. I thought about adding a disclaimer to my original post about "If I have misunderstood what you are trying to say, please forgive me" but it required a lot more typing to do so. :wink:
I don't think selling into (or through) IAP will increase Dyacom's total sales by much, if any. In the long run, it could 1) reduce the overall number of pen kits available and 2) increase prices, because the of the reduced volume the current suppliers would experience. That reduced volume could make the existing suppliers reduce their offerings or stop carrying pen supplies altogether because the potential profit drops too much.
Again, if I have missed your point and started this thread off on another rabbit track, I apologize.