I’m seeing mixed quotes on US Open and Championship balls for March delivery; best so far is $72/case delivered on 100+ with 2%/10, net 30, but they want a six-week lead. Is anyone getting freight prepaid plus a stronger early-pay incentive without committing past 150 cases, or leveraging multi-SKU bundles (balls + grips) to push the unit cost lower?
I shaved “$72/case” by having my rep convert it to a scheduled-release PO — 150 cases split into two drops (March/May) with freight prepaid, and I tacked on 10 cases of grips, which got me to $69 delivered with 3/10, net 30 despite the six-week lead… They counted both drops toward the higher tier even though I only took 150 in spring. Would you be open to two drops if it keeps your on-hand under 150?
@jared_turner92 Blanket PO with monthly releases; push 3%/10 ACH and prepaid to 150. If not, ask for $2/case co-op.
At $72/case, trade a flexible March ship window for prepaid and push them to 3%/10 ACH plus a 2% retro rebate on a balls+grips mix; do you have room to take full pallets? Pallet increments plus ACH usually beats the “six-week lead” and keeps you under 150.
@amelia_wright91 What moved the needle for us was adding 60‑day price protection and a Q2 cumulative retro rebate across balls + grips; we kept the commitment at 140, still got freight prepaid, and the net dropped — can your rep do a quarterly rebate without raising the MOQ?
If they won’t budge on freight or the 2%/10, I’ve had luck getting “1 free per 20” on balls when bundling grips, which nets that $72 number down without committing past 150. Have the free cases ride the same March window so you’re not paying extra drops, and add a simple sell‑through/stock‑out clause so if they slip into April you keep the net. Anyone getting better via mixed pallets, @carlos_hughes34?
And split March into two releases and add a fuel‑surcharge cap; with that ‘six‑week lead’, push prepaid on 120+?