According to an email we just received from NAED, confirmed by press releases on Trade Service’s website and IDEA’s website, the two companies are moving on from their 10 year agreements. Click the links above to see the press releases and let us know your thoughts. As we hear more and consider the impact, and opportunities, for distributors, we’ll post additional later.
What do you think?
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It is about time that TSC moved on.
NAED (through their little deal with running the IDEA president off last year) has been attempting to take over the world with their President. To his way of thinking, the for profit companies (including manufacturers& distributors) should bow at the alter of NAED.
It is not enough that we as manufacturers have to pay for over priced “parties”, but to his way of thinking, everyone of the for profit enterprises should be turned over to NAED for them to run and reap the profits.
We live in a country that is built on risk and reward…..not the pay off to some association that has sing along as their feel good event at a way over priced hotel.
Maybe Dick Waterman should help Tom N. skip a pay check so that he can get a sense of what the real world is like.
Hacked off in Chicago
We are moving back to TSC. This is disgusting the way IDEA has treated the TSC data contract. I/we had no idea that IDEA was violating a 10 year agreement. No wonder they decided to go separate ways. As I understand it IDEA wasn’t paying for the TSC data.
IDEA sales ethics should be reviewed. Or maybe this is the NAED effect of no ethics on the IDEA BOD.
Once again, NAED has stepped in it.
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