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Originally Posted by wolfdogKC 
MC I generally order stock from Ingram or TechData. From now on, it's TechData... 
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Ingram Micro always charged more, you've been robbed.

But seriously...we had value add services like tech support with American skilled labor that made the cost difference worthwhile for our customers. We had by far the king kong of tech support in that industry. Now it's all Phillipinos that try but have a nasty language barrier and very limited tech knowledge. That and college interns in the Buffalo office who also have very limited knowledge. All the great techs are long gone and moved on, I wish I followed and left on my terms.

You wanna talk about greed? Ingram's
net profit for the year was like 140 million. Those cheap pricks couldn't even foot a few grand to throw tech support a picnic. They wanted us to pay $5 or $10 for a family. I told our department managers how insane I thought that was...they didn't get it.

Anyhow. Tech data isn't better....they actually were the first in the industry to take away the 401k retirement plan from their people. It's a greed thing across the board in corporate America. A major recession or even a depression was needed to correct wage issues and level the playing field for workers and small businesses. After the smoke clears many new businesses and ideas get their start because the risk is much lower than while in a bubble or faked recovery created by bloating the money supply/lending pool.
/RANT