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Some manufacturers (such as Evolis, Fargo, Zebra, and others) have a Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) policy that we are contractually required to not "advertise" their product below a specific price. This is a required contract with these suppliers for us to resell their products. Since our "Advertised Pricing" is available on our website to the general public even though our selling prices may be quite lower (much lower in most cases), we have implemented a special secure web site for viewing the ACTUAL prices that we will charge.
Since
our "Advertised Pricing" is available on our website to the general
public even though our selling prices may be quite lower (much lower in
most cases), we have implemented a special secure web site for viewing
the ACTUAL prices that we will charge. To receive the most current special pricing, you may
call one of our friendly sales associates at 1-800-519-8800 or add the
item to your encrypted shopping cart.
Some manufacturers (such as Evolis, Fargo, Zebra, and others) have a Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) policy that we are contractually required to not "advertise" their product below a specific price. This is a required contract with these suppliers for us to resell their products. Since our "Advertised Pricing" is available on our website to the general public even though our selling prices may be quite lower (much lower in most cases), we have implemented a special secure web site for viewing the ACTUAL prices that we will charge.
There
is quite a bit of controversy about what part of an Internet eStore
represents an "advertisement" and what part of the eStore is an actual
offer to buy or in essence, a "commercial transaction". Some recent
legal rulings by the US Circuit Courts and FTC rulings MAY shed more
light upon this subject as they seem to agree that an encrypted
shopping cart on a website MAY be construed as an offer to buy and thus
a commercial transaction - not applicable to these MAP agreements.
There
is currently no mechanism to display the correct discounted pricing in
the open on our website within the constraints of our agreement with
these manufacturers.
Since
our "Advertised Pricing" is available on our website to the general
public even though our selling prices may be quite lower (much lower in
most cases), we have implemented a special secure web site for viewing
the ACTUAL prices that we will charge.
Once
you enter the item into our SSL protected "secure shopping cart", you
are considered to have entered our "online retail storefront" and are
no longer on our "advertising website", therefore the agreement is
upheld, but you also see the actual lower pricing.
Our
shopping cart website is secure and may require a password for you to
enter our "online retail store" and view the discounted pricing
schedule for these and other products.
In order to receive the most current special pricing, you may call one of our friendly sales associates at 1-800-519-8800
to discuss the particular make and model you are interested in
acquiring, you may place the item in your secure SSL Encrypted shopping
cart, or you may sign up for an online account with our secure shopping site requesting your username and password to enter the discounted pricing section of our websites.
We
use 128 bit SSL Encrypted Comodo eCommerce Server Certificate to secure
ALL transactions between your desktop and our offices. Your
information is securely transmitted over this "tunnel" through the
Internet directly from your PC to our server and is not viewable by
anyone during transit.
Customers
that make purchases from any Artemis Solutions Group website will have
their account name and password automatically emailed to them so that
they may see the most current special pricing.
I
wish to personally thank you for your patience and consideration in
this matter as we endeavor to uphold our contractual obligations to our
suppliers, our legal obligations under these distribution contracts and
yet still attempt to provide the lowest possible cost to our customers.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions regarding our MAP pricing policy.
James Childers
CEO Artemis Solutions Group
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