Too much to quote, and it'a early morning so don't have time , but I'd say some stuff.
No it's not jealousy , jealousy is like - flipkart is listing a 55" LED model and retailer can't afford the billing of the same model and hence haven't got the piece in stock or in display at his store, then the dealer/distibutor/wholesaler/retailer will be jealous of flipkart, it's not what you are implying.
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blkrb0t , No they don't. One business deserves to die if their technology is old, with that I agree but here in this case, a dealer has the same product as flipkart. It's not like flipkart is selling a whole different technology which they have patented or have copyright or something. Also, No I don't know what the word is for "those people". PM me the word, as it's not allowed here.
TV's deserved to die because some new tech came along, LCD's needed to die coz of new tech, and even plasma's. You deserved smartphones because simple phones had old tech. But in this case it's not the same thing.
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asingh They can't retail at the same price point is the faults of OEM's, not the dealers. You probably haven't heard of this or may be you have but OEM's have managed to keep the retail business balanced , how? SRP, MOP. SRP is introduced by Samsung only for now and only for electronics (other than Mobiles) and MOP is introduced by local dealers with their union and it is working wonderfully for them. These are the terms by which no dealer have the balls to give any discount lower than that. If a dealer is caught red handed doing otherwise get's his stocks stopped down and 2nd violation of this rule get's you unauthorized dealer for life. I guess my point is same as I said on my previous post, it's all about being fair. Sure dealers CAN sell at the same price point as flipkart, they won't be hurt doing that but they are just not authorized doing that and have restrictions from the OEM's and market managers. So dealers have 2 choices , either cheat OEM's but that will get them thrown out of the market or just go against flipkart and other e-tailers legally. You just can't argue with oem's managers, coz for starters they know so little, even a 15yro knows much more than them, I wonder how they get recruited, and 2nd they don't listen.
for now, I have to say this only and sure we can have a civil way of doing this.