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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SD51555, post: 2029151, member: 71871&quot;]Hedge. </p><p>Use line of credit at .5%/month. </p><p>Turn inventory once/twice per month at 5-10% premium. </p><p><br /></p><p>If they can make a 5% gross profit on the same capital (or better yet leveraged capital) 18 times in a year, that&#039;s a hell of a business.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The bars I just bought tonight aren&#039;t even in stock yet.&nbsp; They&#039;ll get them in one door and out the next in probably the same day.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have no first hand experience, but I can see some creative use of a credit line, hedging, and tight inventory management leaving a lot of profit margin on the table for nothing invested.&nbsp; I used to buy from a shop in Des Moines, IA and he told me that he hedges everything he buys.&nbsp; Hedging isn&#039;t free, but if you can move your inventory fast enough, you&#039;d make out just fine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Judging by how much stuff is regularly out of stock, I&#039;d say they&#039;re not carrying more than a few days normal supply.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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