resellers, how cheap is ingram micro for prices?

[brian_riendeau]

i work at a small company with a tax id that builds computers and sells them to customers. we primarily get our hardware from standard online retailers. now that volume is going up soon, i was wondering how much cheaper items are through ingram micro compared to newegg.com for example. before sending off $100 for the application i want to make sure it should bhe worth it.

 

[John]

Ingram sux for resellers. Unless you are a big company w/ bulk buying power, forget it.

 

[brian_riendeau]

are there any resellers that are good for a company doing $1000->$2000 a month in computer sales? (mostly low end systems)

 

[John]

ygpm

 

[cowsclaw]

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
are there any resellers that are good for a company doing $1000->$2000 a month in computer sales? (mostly low end systems)

im curious about this too. where do smaller companies like heatsinkfactory or frozencpu get their stuff?

 

[Kingofcomputer]

from VAR Business magazine:

2002 Distribution 25

Rank Distributor Name
1 Ingram Micro Inc.
2 Tech Data Corp.
3 Avnet (Avnet Computer Marketing & Avnet Applied Computing)
4 Arrow North American Computer Products
5 SYNNEX Information Technologies Inc.
6 Bell Microproducts
7 GE Access
8 Brightpoint Inc.
9 Westcon Group Inc.
10 Azerty Inc.
11 Daisytek International
12 KeyLink Systems
13 D&H Distributing Co.
14 ASI Corp.
15 ScanSource
16 SED International
17 Merisel
18 PC Wholesale
19 Amax Engineering Corp.
20 The Douglas Stewart Co.
21 Electrograph Systems Inc.
22 Alternative Technology Inc.
23 RLM Group
24 Infotel Distributing Corp.
25 Evertek Computer Corp.

 

[cowsclaw]

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
are there any resellers that are good for a company doing $1000->$2000 a month in computer sales? (mostly low end systems)

hey, thanks for the list, kingofcomputer, but i was really looking for the answer to the above question.. if not, ill eventually look through that whole list...

 

[John]

Originally posted by: cowsclaw

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
are there any resellers that are good for a company doing $1000->$2000 a month in computer sales? (mostly low end systems)

hey, thanks for the list, kingofcomputer, but i was really looking for the answer to the above question.. if not, ill eventually look through that whole list...

A lot of vendors on his list fit the answer you seek.

 

[Shide1]

ASI Corp. usually has good prices. D & H not always so low, but sometimes they are good. Tech Data is high. Ingram micro is high also, but they have the most products.

 

[fr]

Originally posted by: cowsclaw

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
are there any resellers that are good for a company doing $1000->$2000 a month in computer sales? (mostly low end systems)

im curious about this too. where do smaller companies like heatsinkfactory or frozencpu get their stuff?

Don't they buy like a box of 100 or 500 directly from the manufacturer?

 

[andyfasthands]

$100 bucks to apply--what a rip.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

After you get the computer reseller's permit, you'll get calls from your local computer distributors and wholesalers.
They can know you just registered from your local business bureau, find your telephone number from yellow pages, buy your info from agency.

Wait for them to call you, you can get some deals. They need to get business from you.
If you call them first, they know you have to buy from them.

 

[DurocShark]

Contact Dil Parnnu at Future Computing: http://www.fcsi.net/

He's a good guy. I've worked with him in the past.