Buying groups!!

[arman61]

Does anyone have information regarding to buying groups such as HMI or anyother buying groups?
I am looking for diffrent ways to bring my cost down on lenses and equipments.
http://www.hmibuyinggroup.com/About_FAQ.html

[Steve Machol]

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[N Tausch]

Try Optical Resources out of Louisville KY Call 1-813-649-1664 ask for Virginia Haskins. Or call me Norb at 1-414-871-7600 (NT Optics Inc) to get some the other nice facts about them

[Lisa Lingard]

Hello Arman...
I should start out by telling you that I work for Vision West Inc. so I know a thing or two about the differences. Buying Groups vary by the number of vendors they offer and the fees that they charge for their service. There are only 2 ways for a BG to make any $$. They either withhold part of the discount thay receive from a vendor (Vendor give the BG 20% discount and they pass on 15% to you) or they charge an Administrative Fee. Vision West Inc. passes the FULL discount to you and charges an admin fee on the discounted amount. The admin fees runs between 1.5% and 5% depending on the volume of business billed through VWI. This method saves you a $100.00 per $1,000.00 spent.

regardless of which BG you join, be sure to ask the buying group to do a comparison for you so that you will know in advance what the real benefit will be to your business. Give VWI a call...we'd be happy to see if we can save you money =)

Take Care,
Lisa Lingard