In news:DO2dnQKOZqLidrLVnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@supernews.com,
GerantSmythe typed:
> "TomTom" wrote in message
> news:g0oitc$s0i$1@news.albasani.net...
>> In news:Ma-dnRKAcaa4ULLVnZ2dnUVZ_s7inZ2d@supernews.com,
>> GerantSmythe typed:
>>> "Phil Allison" wrote in message
>>> news:68k9jtF2tkt4iU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Maxx"
>>>>>
>>>>> Can a distributor, wholesaler or manufacturer refuse to supply a
>>>>> retailer because the retailer is "difficult to deal with"?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ** Yep.
>>>>
>>>> Just like any shopkeeper can refuse service to a particular
>>>> customer and insist they leave the store.
>>>>
>>>> They do not have to give a reason.
>>>>
>>>
>>> While you may be correct regarding small retail stores, there may be
>>> trade practices laws that effect larger companies at the
>>> wholesaler/distributor level.
>>
>>
>> But refusing to supply a retailer because the retailer is "difficult
>> to deal with" is still a perfectly good at any level.
>
> This may not be a plausible reason if the retailer deals with other
> distributors without a problem.
It is if the distributor has had problems dealing with the retailer. That
is the fact we have been given.
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