[SLL] looking for computer wholesaler in Seattle/NW area

[Paul A. Franz]

Harddrives NW will sell to resellers. Most of the nationals including
Gates/FA, Compac, MicroAmerica (became Merisel), and TechData have moved on
or dropped their local presence. You'll find that the margins are so small
that reselling is no longer worth the trouble. The big wholesalers primarily
sell to large retail outlets now. I quit when it was cheaper to buy from
buy.com than get wholesale from Merisel.

If you have a value added hardware solution, you probably can go directly to
the manufacturer though.

Don't be surprised if you can easily find retail prices on the 'Net lower
than your price.

HDNW will give you about 5% on some items depending on your volume. Speak to
Eugene Bien at HDNW for an account.

I am still a reseller and can give you sources for things such as monitors,
hubs, switches, Ethernet cards and other networking gear where the margin
could be as high as 10% if you're going to purchase sizeable quantities. I
think that the cost of handling Washington State Sales Tax plus the added
cost of B&O Tax will kill your interest in reselling unless you have a
substantial value add.

Paul Franz
Blackdog Motor Freight
Office/Home 425.641.8202
Cell 425.241.1618
FAX 425.641.1773 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-list-bounces at ssc.com [mailto:linux-list-bounces at ssc.com] On
> Behalf Of Dave @ Allnix, LLC
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:58 PM
> To: linux-list at ssc.com
> Subject: [SLL] looking for computer wholesaler in Seattle/NW area
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I am looking for some names of local IT hardware suppliers that sell
> hardware wholesale for retailers.   Does anyone know the names of some
> local companies that I can get in contact with to possibly open an
> account?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Dave R.
> Allnix, LLC
> http://www.allnix.net
> Seattle, Wa
>