There is no benefit to us to have customers call or e-mail to receive a price. This actually gives us much more e-mail to answer, many more phone calls and the customer has to make an effort to receive a quote.

It would be much easier to just say "the current sale price is $xxx.xx" but alot of manufacturers have a M.A.P. (Minimum Advertised Pricing) policy that vendors are supposed to follow. Some don't care what price is advertised. Vendors could sell a $500. part for a dollar and it wouldn't matter. This is becoming very rare through. Some don't want their products advertised below a certain price but it doesn't matter what prices vendors quote through e-mail or over the phone. Some don't want any discounts put in writing but discounted prices given out over the phone are ok. There are some manufacturers that have a certain price set and vendors aren't supposed to discount below that. Vendors that do can lost their ability to sell that brand. One manufacturer that we used to deal with changed their pricing policy and set minimum pricing. Well, after years of carrying their products and not having to abide by any guidelines we accidently listed discounted prices after the policy changed. Because of that, we no longer carry their products.