Quote Originally Posted by infinity5
Are BMA and other companies simply middle-middle men? Is there someone they're all buying from that we could simply buy from? very odd to me.
Of course they are middle-men, BMA and the others are not manufacturing parts back in the warehouse.
(some don't even have a warehouse, but would have the parts drop-shipped from a distributor like BMA)

Quote Originally Posted by infinity5

Kinda makes me think who i buy through is superfluous.. i'm getting the same part from the same place in the same condition for about the same price. I might just start searching and see how cheap they go... maybe i'll justr buy one of these generic catalogues and start my own damn business
I doubt you are going to be able to buy parts at a discount and they probably won't sell you parts anyway. (if they do, it will be at retail, or a small discount if you set up an account, with the discount dependant on what sales volume you have)

Companies like BMA get a much better deal on parts as they buy 1000's at a time and stock them. Just like if you by 100 E.A.T. chips and stock them, you'll get a really good deal on them.

MarkD