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There's a tonneau cover website that has a banner asking for people to call him before placing an order because he can save you money. You could just order the tonneau cover and pay without talking, but I thought what the hell?
I called and it's just the owner sitting in his warehouse. He explained that his contracts prevent him from quoting anything less in print, but over the phone I just told him which one I wanted and he said "That one? My margins kinda thin so I can only discount it by about 8% or so. That work for you?" Lowest price by a good amount and ended up ordering.
So not always a bad idea. I suppose the website screamed "I'm just a dude sitting in a warehouse waiting for you to call me and wouldn't know how to sell your info even if I wanted to."
Yeah, he's just basically doing logistics/re-sale as a middle man between you and the manufacturer. But the vast majority of websites displaying this, especially, but not solely in software sales, do it to get you on the phone with someone that will attempt to get more money out of you, not offer discounts...