Are there supply chain problems for certain components? Did they underestimate the demand? Any ideas?
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Um, it IS available now.  Here's a link to 10 different GT's: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010380048+1067920129&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 and here's one to 10 different varieties of GTX's: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010380048+1067920130&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48
380781
you are too vague for estimating, Are you going to manufacture? or buy from a wholesaler? or have someone else make it for you? How large a space do you need ? you will need office staff, warehouse staff, computer systems, software, Phone systemsforklifts, storage systems, Trucking companys need to be contacted and .....  Too many variables . You need a business plan
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First of all be sure you are not overcharging for shipping and handling.  I notice a lot of sellers of late are doing that and their sales have gone down. Be reasonable on your shipping and state what it is or use the shipping calculator. Items with picture on the search do better I find.  I don't know how many items you list at a time, but limit it to 5 to 10--that way if they don't sell you are not hit with a big seller fee all at once.  Hang in there, some of my things will sell like crazy one time and next time, maybe none or just one.  Good luck.
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I absolutely agree! I found that most items were barely marked down, and most that were appeared to be stuff they weren't able to sell earlier in the year... As for the lines, some store stop their sales at a set time and what we found out (after waiting in a line for 90 minutes to pay) was that if you didn't buy what you wanted before the time  (for instance 11:00) and were still in line at that time, to bad... they didn't care you didn't get the sale. I have to wonder if the cashiers were slow and if there weren't as many so that the stores wouldn't have to give so many people sales. \n\nI like you in the past have finished my shopping on Black Friday, this year, I'm not even close, and am watching all the ads still. I am beginning to think I will just do ALL of my shopping online after this experience.\n\nHave a GREAT day and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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A major problem that I have heard of, but have not personally seen (as I sell on eBay myself) is stores take too high of a commission. Many charge upwards of 35%.\n\nAnother problem is that with the volume the stores do, they may not give the same personal attention to your product that you would give. This could lead to fewer bids, it could also potentially lead to them not pursuing a non-paying bidder / unpaid item, or them mustering the merchandise, leading to a return.\n\nYou might want to check if they are investing in their business to drive sales up and get you more money. If they use a service like buySafe (to bond items and guarantee quality) or ReliaBid (to deter non-paying bidders and insure timely payment) then you probably can mitigate a lot of the risk.\n\nStill, check into those fees.
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I have been selling home decor items online for about 6 months, with a friend's help (she does most of the work, I do the books & finances).  We have experienced several frustrating situations: many damage claims with UPS and FedEx, even though we have researched best way to pack our product; ebay has been making many changes to their site, which always affects the listed items in some way; and also the fees incurred to list items and to have a store is really ridiculously high. There is a fee for everything!\nOverall, we have enjoyed it-the shopping for inventory is the best! After 6 months, we are finally beginning to show a profit. We hope to expand to other auction sites soon.  Next will come a "brick & mortar store." My friend  just dreams of having a "real" store!
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I am in the tech business. The biggest challenge I face is customers that won't register my advice or predictions and then become difficult and/or won't pay when they don't follow my advice or my predictions come true. Sniffing these types of customers out sometimes offends otherwise good customers.
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There is usually another step in the process - product readiness - it's a separate group of people / different dept.  Prevents those crazy QA guys and gals from taking over the world :)
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Here are some more discussions on the problems.\nhttp://forums.ebay.com/db2/forum.jspa?forumID=97
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I never heard of them before. I don't want to discourage you. If you interested I think you should look at what you getting and what is will actually cost in both time and money. \n\nMy experience with a similar deal was that most people don't find that they end up losing money.
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Dude,\nYou have identified a  potential product gap, cash on it.
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It can be in billions....Depend over Replacement quality
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I agree - sounds like the sales manager has been brainwashed. It might not be a bad idea to put a smaller percentage through that distributor, but not 80%
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typical Chinese company.  The will sell a few items for cheap but will take the extra onto other items.  Also they operate on 1% margins.  I been watching this company for the last 2 years and I think they will go out of business withen the year.  Computer biz is sollowing down. And there is a war going on between Lenovo and Dell.  Have you seen the price of pc from these companies??  am in the biz for the last 15 years and have seen companies like newegg come and go.  try marketpc.com
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Me and other local customer computer builders.  Big brand name companies cut too many corners.  For all the computer systems I build, I'm willing to make a cheap custom system for someone, but I do *not* use crappy quality parts.\n\nMost systems built by big brand name companies will have some good quality parts and other stuff that is total crap.  I've worked on a lot of brand name systems, and the modems, motherboards, network cards, sound cards, and lots of other components tend to be inferior to parts that only cost a few dollars more.\n\nBig companies are all about their bottom line.  I'm about making a little money but more importantly building a quality computer system. They don't care if there is a modem that is $2 more that is 10x better than the piece of crap they put in. They just care that they saved $2000 on 2000 computers they put together.
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How about incentives. sales, price cuts for select products jsut to get people in the door. How about a special opening for preferred clients?\n\nGood luck!
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No, I have never heard of them.   I am looking for a good company to sell products from.  Give us more information.