What Distributors Do You Use?

gury

Up until now I've used GrayBar because they're 15 minutes away from my house. In previous retail businesses, I've always kept at least 3 distributors to cover all the products I wanted to carry, and to get the best price on each item.

I'm looking for 3 distributors that offer easy online ordering, and are a member of CEDIA. So far, I've got D&H for some of the electronics, mainly because I used them for a computer business I ran about 4 years ago. I'm having a hard time finding good companies for my wire, fittings, wall plates, control panels, cabinets, IR equipment, etc.

Any suggestions?

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mdshunk

http://www.adilink.com/services/productCatalog.php

ABLE1

To name a few do a google search for the following.

Tri-ed Distribution

Alarmax Distribution

Eastern Distribution

As for ADI only when I have no other choice.

Good luck.

Les

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GregS

I'm to understand there is also a whole bunch of AVADs down there too.

ABLE1

Did you say Aphids. I thought they were a small bug that hangs on the underside of leaves on certain plants.......................

I wish they could check in at the boarder and get their DTD shots before coming south..................................

Whoops!!! You said AVADs not Aphids.
Sorry that's very different, my mistake.

What is a AVADs????

Have a good rest of the week.

Les

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gury

checked out a few of those and they look pretty good. that covers everything I need for now. Time to get the fax machine fired up...

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MAK

AVADs: A Very Awesome Distributor

Synacom

I use Graybar mainly because they are 2 miles from my office. They are more expensive but it's like having everything in inventory without having to pay for it before I use it. Anixter seems to have better pricing but more problems in filling orders. We did a project last year with Graybar and another this year with Anixter. Graybar was able to ship several million dollars of product to our job sites across the country on time and with the exception of one part, everything in stock. One example with Anixter, a single job site received about 15 shipments over three weeks time, unacceptable.

You can also shop for product on the Internet and get some pretty good deals if you can buy quantity. I went from $235 to $140 on cable, $3.45 to $.95 on patch cables, $244 to $45 on RJ45 connectors. These are just a few specifics where I was able to reduce costs substantially.

GregS

http://www.avad.com/

ABLE1

OH!!! That distributor.............. Never heard of them before.

Thanks for the link.


Les

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PHSinc

ADI, DBL, Capitol Sales, Petra, Tri-Ed, Various Manufacturers and Rep Firms

slowforthecones

Anyone use servicewarehouse out of Los Angeles for installer supplies? Can someone recommend a better place in California or on the net for stuff?

Chr1ssyb

If you are looking for landscape lighting distributors the main ones for the low voltage outdoor lighting industry are: Cascade, FOLD, Calite, and LandscapeLightingWorld.

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ICC Marco

What do you guys think about the service and support available at some of the distributors you mentioned? ADI, Target, Eastern, Alarmmax..

(except for Anixter) I can see how the 15 shipments happened.