Quote Originally Posted by adrianh View Post
You can't blame companies for vetting their resellers. Imagine if Joe's corner garage started selling new BMW's without the appropriate knowledge and knowhow. What you need to realize is that you as the reseller is responsible for creating an environment that is suitable to the supplier because if you can't then somebody else will. Just think about any of the franchise operations, KFC, MacDonalds, Wimpy etc. you can't do as you please, you have to adhere to very very strict rules and standards...they boot you out quick quick if you don't comply.

Bottom line is that it is your responsibility to ensure that you either satisfy their requirements or come to a suitable arrangement with them. So, why don't you take a loan, like we all do and create the required compliance?
Tell you what, if it was that simple I would do it tomorrow. Reality however is, it is not that simple. Funny that you mentioned the car thing. My friend owns a car "new" and he took it for a service and they ended up blowing his engine or so the claim. They billed him for the work and told him to "fix" the car it will cost him more then what the car is worth. He took the car to "some dude" that had a reasonable reputation and he got it working.

True story.

Funny thing is I fix these systems. I don't have the support nor the parts but I manage to get them going with scavenged parts if need be. So the question is why don't they open the door and test and see who can and who can't do the work? Because I can tell you now there "tech support" isn't all that wonderful. Because I am the one getting the call when mister "i am the man" can't fixed...