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Old 04-04-2012, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cdavisdb View Post
What discount houses do is suck suppliers in with promise of big volume. Once they gear up production and get hooked on the volume, Walmart starts cutting what they will pay, and cutting, and cutting. Pretty soon the supplier can't make a decent product for what Walmart pays, but still needs the volume, so they cut quality. Hence my Igloo and Blue Heron's. Maybe Fr Frank got one of the better quality ones.
Exactly what the "Discount" home builders do to their sub contractors. Looks great to begin with but in the end the subs darn near have to pay the builders to get the contracts.

High end custom builders are the only ones worth the time now days..
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