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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4564917" data-attributes="member: 18280">I have had PCs commission items for sale because they know they would get more in the long run, even if they get nothing upfront.50% is typically the max you would get from a reseller, because reselling most items while paying more isn't worth your while.&nbsp; The exception is&nbsp; where an item is used as a cheap &quot;draw&quot; to get customers who will certainly buy more into your store.&nbsp; For example, almost every convenience store you've ever walked into puts the milk in the back so that you have to walk past everything else to get it.&nbsp; This is because milk is a &quot;draw&quot; item.&nbsp; The owner wants you to see everything else, and maybe pick up some other things you need.&nbsp; He can mark down milk to get you into the store, because the value of the milk isn't in selling the milk itself -- it's in the candy bars, the cigarettes, the lottery tickets, etc., that you buy when you buy the milk.Likewise, walk into almost any comic shop, and you'll find that the new comics are in the back.&nbsp; Same reason.&nbsp; A retailer who is trying to get more people in the store lowers the price on new materials first, because new materials are a better general &quot;draw&quot; than back issues.&nbsp; Back issue bin sales occur when the bins are getting too tight and the owner wants to make a little space.IME, anyway.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 4564917, member: 18280"] I have had PCs commission items for sale because they know they would get more in the long run, even if they get nothing upfront. 50% is typically the max you would get from a reseller, because reselling most items while paying more isn't worth your while. The exception is where an item is used as a cheap "draw" to get customers who will certainly buy more into your store. For example, almost every convenience store you've ever walked into puts the milk in the back so that you have to walk past everything else to get it. This is because milk is a "draw" item. The owner wants you to see everything else, and maybe pick up some other things you need. He can mark down milk to get you into the store, because the value of the milk isn't in selling the milk itself -- it's in the candy bars, the cigarettes, the lottery tickets, etc., that you buy when you buy the milk. Likewise, walk into almost any comic shop, and you'll find that the new comics are in the back. Same reason. A retailer who is trying to get more people in the store lowers the price on new materials first, because new materials are a better general "draw" than back issues. Back issue bin sales occur when the bins are getting too tight and the owner wants to make a little space. IME, anyway. RC [/QUOTE]

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