Policies
STATEMENT OF POLICIES
CREDIT POLICY: Under Article 7 of our constitution the A.D.A. office guarantees at 100% the one thousand five hundred dollars of every order written at our buying sessions, per dealer, per vendor. There is also an inter-dealer, catalog, and internet invoice guarantee. We constantly monitor the credit worthiness of each member. If payment performance does not meet the standard set in Article 8 of our constitution, the membership of a dealer is terminated. Article 7 & 8 are available to our suppliers upon request.
PROGRAM FEES: All costs associated with the development and implementation of programs are paid by the membership in the form of dues. There are no charges to the supplier and no add-on points to the invoices.
FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES: The A.D.A. recognizes and respects the representative system within our industry. We work within that system in implementing programs.
PROGRAM BASIS: The A.D.A. is not primarily interested in one shot price purchases. Since our stores are specialty type and service oriented, our objective is to form a marriage with a company or product line fostering a communication link and making possible the service our customers require without the historic inventory loading system common to our industry, but not workable in today's economy. One shot or closeouts are handled by the monthly A.D.A. newsletter or our dealer intranet site.
The A.D.A. understands that any program to be successful must be as beneficial to the supplier as it is to the membership. The A.D.A. program office, the resources and market information of the entire market strategy. Mutual profitability through innovative programs and marketing concepts becomes a reality with direct communications between dealers and suppliers.
The A.D.A. will work as a group to improve our chosen industry. We will expend every effort to make and keep it profitable, respectable and a pleasure to be associated with.
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