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But resale, outside of the contractual chain? The problem is that they bypass contracting with and buying direct from manufacturers, which gets them into legal trouble. I know guys from Dr. Pepper and other suppliers that would routinely bust those places for such end-run activity. No, they're shady.

 

 

[Spktyr]

I didn’t say they weren’t shady. Just pointing out that a business buying from Costco or Sam’s Club for resale is what those two’s business plans *are* and those people aren’t shady for doing that, particularly since they’re allowed to do so by their suppliers. If they’re buying from other non-warehouse stores and reselling - yeah, that’s absolutely shady.