re: Wheres the best place to buy a green egg, primo, or commado joe?

Holla at me when the supreme court rules on who can sell bge's

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So Costco and Sams club sell these and Sams even has it on their internet site. And I’m to believe BGE actively tries to prevent this from happening when it occasionally does happen to protect their customers???????

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Why do you think we, an authorized dealer, were warned to be cautious of anyone buying large quantities of BGE's from our store? I mean, they aren't hunting people down and prosecuting them, but I'd say they are actively trying to prevent it. Not honoring the warranty is another way they are preventing it. Sam's knows neither they, nor BGE, can offer a warranty if it is sold in their store by an "illegal" means (in BGEs eyes)...so IMO it's on Sams to make that known to the customer. As far as BGE knows, they have no clue that some Sams club in Louisiana has their product. Sams club managers aren't walking into stores and telling retailers who they are and why they want 5+ fwiw.

I'm still not understanding how Sams is making a profit after purchasing at your marked up price?

Sam's managers aren't walking into ANY retailer buying ANY BGE for resale. Deliveries of BGE to Sam's come directly from the Sam's general merchandise distribution centers. Fact.

Grill Dome from BBQ guys here.

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I'm still not understanding how Sams is making a profit after purchasing at your marked up price?

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I'll address this below.

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LINK lol, I googled on an ipad and found that in 2 seconds yet BGE claims they are actively pursuing unauthorized retailers???

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And guess what, that egg also comes with no warranty. Sam's is not getting them straight from BGE if that is what you are implying.

I'm not sure what your beef is with this. If I remember correctly, I'm the one here who has a direct link to BGE. So even if I only know a little about what is going on, it's still more than what you, or anyone else who can't let it go, knows.

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Sam's managers aren't walking into ANY retailer buying ANY BGE for resale. Deliveries of BGE to Sam's come directly from the Sam's general merchandise distribution centers. Fact.

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This is correct. I will admit that I will do a little back tracking on what I've said here...but in my first post I was only stating what I had been told up to that point.

I just asked my parents about this. Apparently BGE will not warranty ANY egg sold at Sam's, either in store or online. BGE does not want any affiliation with Sam's and does not want them selling their product. My parents said the president of BGE sent a letter/email to all authorized retailers expressing his discontent with Sam's and they are going back and forth with Sam's trying to figure out who is supplying them with BGEs. There is some vendor supplying Sam's direct with eggs at cost and Sam's is marking them down below what retailers like us sell them at. It is also still possible that some stores are buying them direct from retailers, as most retailers offer a lower price for "cash & carry" and bulk buys. Apparently Sam's is also beginning to do the same thing with Vera Bradley products and Vera Bradley is less than pleased.

So they aren't buying them from you at $1100 and selling them at $899?

That's a pretty big "back track" and has been the basis for all of the questions directed towards you.

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That's a pretty big "back track" and has been the basis for all of the questions directed towards you.

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And I more or less redacted that statement and set all of those questions straight. So what's the big deal?

It is still entirely possible for them to buy from a retailer by buying in bulk, unassembled...but it seems they are purchasing overstock from distributors and sending them to Sam's HQ for redistribution to stores.

Either way, the moral of the story is don't buy from Sam's if you want a lifetime warranty from BGE.

Sam's will refund the price that was paid, lifetime. Sounds pretty good to me.

Fairly informed sources claim that the Sams eggs were the result of a "rogue" distributor....but this is a repeat occurrence. New corporate ownership at BGE blamed a distributor last time the eggs appeared at Costco and Sams....plenty of dealers are unhappy.