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**lomonel** · 05-25-2012, 09:07 PM

I don't know if you guys have noticed, but I've never gone to Pricesmart or La Sirena, that I haven't seen people buying things in bulk for resale.

The few times I've made a lighthearted comment about how much of something somebody buys, they always respond it's because they have a colmado.

There are even folks that buy in bulk at the big stores, then go around reselling to colmados, adding yet another level to the supply chain.

Lots of colmados COULD buy at those places, but they lack the liquidity to do so in big batches. The middle biz people that buy in large amounts and later sell to colmados, do so under a loan/pay agreement, where they supply the goods and get pay on the second order for the goods that were sold as they restock the items.

The re-sellers carry all the risks if the colmado misses the payments and can't restock with new merchandise to continue the cycle.

05-25-2012, 09:07 PM	#23
lomonel Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 648 Senior Member	I don't know if you guys have noticed, but I've never gone to Pricesmart or La Sirena, that I haven't seen people buying things in bulk for resale. The few times I've made a lighthearted comment about how much of something somebody buys, they always respond it's because they have a colmado. There are even folks that buy in bulk at the big stores, then go around reselling to colmados, adding yet another level to the supply chain. Lots of colmados COULD buy at those places, but they lack the liquidity to do so in big batches. The middle biz people that buy in large amounts and later sell to colmados, do so under a loan/pay agreement, where they supply the goods and get pay on the second order for the goods that were sold as they restock the items. The re-sellers carry all the risks if the colmado misses the payments and can't restock with new merchandise to continue the cycle.
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