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09-08-08, 05:08
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David Fermani is offline
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
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David, Will that "force" 3M into producing lower cost/inferior products? I hope not. I realize the body shop business is much larger then what we do. Maybe its a good idea to stock up on a few more bottles of 3M ECC.  |
Unfortunately, it already exists in their bulk line of chemicals. They cater these products to dealers and body shops. Not impressive in any way. Although I've been told their new Perfect-It Rubbing Compound is getting lots of negative feedback from shops, I'd still stock up on Extra Cut.
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09-08-08, 05:14
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
I worked for a small electronics company that through the brainless management got itself bought and sold twice. Our new owners - Eaton Corp - started off all nice and everything and it soon became apparant that they were just in it for the money. They're changed our software to the point we're two steps backward, they got rid of seasoned field engineers and sales staff - that would later join our competitors and reduce our profits in several large markets. THe thing I hate about them is the "we're Eaton - we do it this way, forget you and how you use to do it" Yeah buddy, going from 44% profit on service to under 10, yeah, you know what you're doing - *******es!
Lets hope Megs does better!
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09-08-08, 07:54
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
3m probably bought them for their OTC product line. Walmart, Autozone, PepBoys etc. sells a lot of Megs.
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09-08-08, 08:17
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
Looks like 3M is buying up their main competitors . Hope this ain't the old buy and squash the competition routine.
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09-08-08, 08:34
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
Didn't see this coming!
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09-08-08, 08:47
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
I don't know what to make of this.  |
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09-08-08, 09:17
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
Why are the prices going to increase 10-15%? I'm not very business minded.
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09-08-08, 09:21
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
I'm afraid I see the future. Higher Meguiar's prices coming down the pike, maybe even 100% increase.
Presently - $15.00 a pint for Meg's #80, $40.00 a pint for Ultrafina. Oh, this doesn't bode well for us.
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09-08-08, 09:28
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
Yeah, I sense that prices are about to go up big time...
Guess who's buying a gallon of M105.
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09-08-08, 09:41
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
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Looks like 3M is buying up their main competitors . Hope this ain't the old buy and squash the competition routine.
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3m will buy Chemical Guys next.
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09-09-08, 01:14
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
Anyone know the country of origin for 3M?
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09-09-08, 03:21
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Re: 3M Buys Meguiar's
French maybe?
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