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Thread ID: 116154 2011-02-19 02:15:00 List of Computer parts Distributors wanted woc (13210) PC World Chat
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1179755 2011-02-19 02:15:00 I ran a small computer repair and retail shop and get most of my supplies from 4 main large distributors.
Tec Pac, Dove, Synex and Golden leaf.

I want to extend the products I can sell but cannot find a list of Distributors.

Some online shops sell products cheaper that I can get them from my suppliers so there must be some serious undercutting going on.

Can anyone help me out and point me to a listing site.
woc (13210)
1179756 2011-02-19 02:26:00 All all I know if is Dove.. you can find the retailers on pricespy.co.nz Agent_24 (57)
1179757 2011-02-19 03:29:00 Look in the back of PCworld magazine.

That aside, those selling retail for less then you get them wholesale will probably be importing them through their cousin Chow back in noodle land.
Metla (12)
1179758 2011-02-19 03:34:00 Tec Pac, Dove, Synex and Golden leaf .


Some online shops sell products cheaper that I can get them from my suppliers so there must be some serious undercutting going on .


It's easy . Most of the manufacturers have a list of the various countries wholesalers on their sites .
There is also Altech - they do ASUS, Gigabyte and Corsair among other things .

But .
Price is dependant on how much you buy for one thing, and there are those shops who import direct .
For instance Ifocus is owned by Iway - Iway for wholesale and Ifocus for retail . So they supply themselves .

Be careful about cheap wholesalers - they are as dodgy as the ripoff retailers . Zcom for instance, although some of what he gets is direct from Ingram . And he has no after sales service . If you want an argument when you try to RMA something then go right ahead .

Forget trying to compete on price and do it on SERVICE, which is sadly lacking in 90% of computer places I've come across .
pctek (84)
1179759 2011-02-19 06:30:00 Thanks for that advice Pctec on distributors.
I have been going now for 5 years and soon realized I could not compete on price, and people would support me if I gave good service.
I dont spend enough time on research now days as I seem to be flat out but would like to be able to sell other brands like samsung etc.
woc (13210)
1179760 2011-02-19 12:49:00 Pb tech have wholesale accounts.
Exeed do hp and samsung.

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CYaBro (73)
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