RE: Minimum Advertised Price

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How about "rebates" on future purchases - force the customer to "PAY" the required price but then issue a certificate for $XXX for there next purchase - he can then use that next time as "CASH" towards another (or same -addtional) item at the "required" price. You could get your product pulled if you "discount" in ANY way items that your required to have a MIN price on.  You can offer a "certificate" for FUTURE purchase(s)  :wink: . But a straight [i]CASH[/i] "rebate" may be view as a [i]"discount off"[/i] the  min "required" price.  Many people give "mail in rebates" to get over these "MIN PRICES" - however many of them are "authorized" by the producer.

This would all be subject to your suppliers discression.  They may or may not allow to sell you product for ANY REASON THE FEAL LIKE.  [b][i]They are not required to sell you anything![/i][/b]  And if they feal your not "coming up to there standards" they can stop selling to you at any time.

If you want to deal there stuff you have to play there game.  The only way is to "give" unrelated stuff with the goods (buy this and get this thing at no charge - bundle package - still meets the MIN "required" price)