Posted on 09/28/2006 4:18:18 AM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So
Incidentally, this is one of the main ways that WalMart and other huge chainsdrives smaller retailers out of business. For instance - my friend who was a Panasonic rep - they were (and are) having a hell of a time in Hawaii right now because Best Buy negotiated a huge deal through Panasonic directly where they get similar (to identical but renamed) Panasonic products but sell them for about or sometimes lower than the regular wholesale price. Best Buy can do this because they buy thousands of thousands of machines and can therefore negotiate a better price to buy and sell at than other retailers. But an independent retailer? No chance
IMO, if a shop owner BUYS the damn product from the distributor and wants to give the crap away, it's HIS OWN BUSINESS, the manufacturer and distributor got their price, they should just shut up before they ruin themselves.
Oughta go out on the fairway and break the shafts outa all my Pings - butcept I still play with Wilson Staffs.
It isn't.
The board needs to take action today. If the CEO was involved, he needs to be fired today.
The only way to stem PR disasters like this is swift action. HP is living this nightmare right now. Sosini (with Hurd) needed to clean house within 24 to 48 hours.
I was already, but then, I don't golf. Got enough expensive, frustrating hobbies. I will pass this one on to my a-day-without-golf-is-hell dad, though.
"Ping" is the sound a nine iron makes when tossed into a dumpster from about twelve yards.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
What a disgrace.
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