wholesale surfing gear?

[stender]

Anyone know where I might find a wholesaler to buy rashvests/rashguards? I'd like to stock some but can't find anywhere that sells them cheap enough. On the web most of the supposed wholesalers sell at retail prices.
Or anyone have any experience of buying direct from companies? where do the shops buy from? i'd like to buy brands like o'neill, billabong etc...

cheers

 

[orchardapple]

When I was looking to stock some of the kids rash vests for a sun protection site i currerntly run i approached o'neill, billabong etc directly, unless you are looking to shift some serious volumes highly unlikely they interested,

things might of changed but i dont have any contact details these days unfort, so i'd recommend a quick call to them

Also might be worth popping over to the wholesaleforums to see if anyone stocking these brands

 

[stender]

Thanks. Yes thats the problem if your not a chain of shops. I've found it with lots of products and various companies. Once contacted a manufacturer of a pc gadget and they wanted the same price wholesale as I could buy on sites retail. These single shops must buy from somewhere and not massive volumes and still make a healthy profit.

Anyone know what sort of % markup shops make on things like clothes or sporting goods, shoes etc....?