RPG (part 1)

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What is capitalism? Without what does it simply do not exist? (Forgive me, three -shirt, for ignorance). In a word, this is "concentration." At the very beginning, it was a “concentration of production” (MASS-Production), and now, if you add to it and trade, then the “concentration of proposal” (MASS-SUPPLY). That is, what a person somewhere gets something a lot somewhere. (I repeat, it doesn’t matter if I made it myself, or I bought up somewhere). And he got this “something” always at a wholesale price, but sells, which is characteristic, by higher-retail, i.e. Bait.

I use the word “cash in” in a neutral meaning, and not like some socially unauthorized “diplods of the Komi journalism”, in Soviet times “excessively former slaves”, occupying the posts of deputies of councils of different levels. There is nothing wrong with profit. Someone gets better, someone allows themselves to be profitable. As they say: "I do not like it - do not buy."

But the latter is very disappointing. As Ilyich said: "In form, it is correct, but essentially a mockery." Well, it’s a shame, when they get on you, and “everything is correct”, according to the law. And nothing can be done, not limiting prices, as in “historical materialism” (although, perhaps, we will also return to this). Although why is it “impossible”? And why not contrast the concentration of the supply concentration of consumption. I will talk about retail consumer groups (RPG) (you do not think: I am not a terrorist).

Offrop 1. About 15 years ago, I in San Francisco was engaged in one real. (She now, with a crisis and changes in local legislation, has not gone away, but has changed). I bought small-apartment houses (2-6 apartments) and sold to apartments. The topic was very successful (after each house I got at least one apartment in half a price, and often-complete), but there was one problem-time. Those. It was necessary to buy, then repair (yes, so as not to upset future buyers. And it didn’t always work out: I remember, one fool requested pink walls - I had to give a discount), then find the buyers, then draw up a second deal (sale). And all this time the house was not inhabited, there was no income, the costs grew (I cry). And then I made a feint with my ears: I dismissed a rumor that I could have a decent house and I need partners for cooperation. Such a group was created quickly enough, and I already bought a new house at once on it. And despite the fact that he, as an organizer and a financier, also did not forget himself (not without that, not without that)-other participants in this “hopeless enterprise” received significant discounts from the market price (approximately 15-20 %, that in American rubles somewhere for $ 50).

Offtop 2. One girl in bank blocks spoke many months ago about the group that she forms through Facebook to buy several dozen laptops from one supplier with a certain discount.

We also have this. It is called "Chinese sale." The word "Chinese" is not because the Chinese participate in it, but because there are many Chinese. The essence is described in offtop 2. There are several comments on this subject:

1. It always begins with the fact that the “violent”-organizer of the group is determined. It is he who does the whole that is called “Leg Work”, i.e. Practical work: defines the circle of goods and/or supplier, contacts it, creates a group, organizes calculations and delivery. He can be a group of a group or just an organizer, but in any case, he receives his prize.
2. Physical contact with the supplier is very important. The main goal, of course, is a discount. It would be nice to bind it to the size of the group and the amount of the purchase. This is natural - the larger the purchase, the more wholesale. My experience shows that when buying more than 4 homogeneous goods, a 20% discount is quite real. At 30-half of the price.
3. Despite the fact that the supplier in this scheme is always the same, the nature of the seat may vary. For example, if the product is a homogeneous discount, as The supplier buys from someone and also has a wholesale discount. When buying one supplier of any product in its assortment, the discount, as a rule, will not exceed 10%.
4. Any rather large group is a related capital, because possesses the so -called “Buying Power”-“ability to buy.” Any: members of a society of people with disabilities or “rocking”, interest club, visitors to a more or less popular site, etc., for example, we have a similarity of parental committees. They collect money for all sorts of school events. So some of them agreed to purchase gift cards of some supermarkets. Small-5%discount-5%. Parents about 400 dollars per month in such supermarkets, they still spend it: $ 2000 per month for school, they collect.

PS. There is one “but” in the scheme: there is no way to return the goods, only replacement or replacement with surcharge.

About such groups in the field of real estate - in the second part.