Customer Service?

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Originally Posted by gvidas

Around here, you'll find that the places which have (or can order) parts for home appliances are hard to find, and very unreceptive to selling to the public. When they do, it's at ridiculous prices. Licensed tradesmen get a much better rate. By inflating their prices, they're encouraging you to pay someone to fix it, or to just buy a new stove.

It's more than that. Whether you are considered a "wholesaler" or a "retailer" will dramatically affect your corporate taxes. Companies have a huge incentive to remain strictly wholesale and sell only to other businesses, if they can manage it.