I’m interested in possibly purchasing computer components and operating systems at wholesale prices from dealers like Ma Labs, ASI-Corp, Ingram-Micro, etc., for the purpose of building and selling PCs.
So, for example, I can get a copy of Windows XP Pro for about a 0 (for system builders) at newegg.com. Or I can get the latest AMD Phenom II X4 CPU for 230$.
How do these prices compare to those of wholesalers? Do the wholesalers generally require bulk purchases? If so, what’s an example of a minimum number of, say, CPUs I could buy? 10, 20, 500?
Or is this privileged information that resellers have to promise never to leak out? (If so, I understand).
(I just don’t feel like actually getting a sales-tax ID from my state and a business license just to see IF its something I’m interested in and can manage financially).
Thanks.
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A big store like newegg would be able to sell things cheaper than a small operation like you would be able to buy them for wholesale.