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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by jldugger on Friday January 01, 2021 @04:43PM (#25607488)
>I'm pretty sure if I just declared myself to be a sales partner (idk the term?) of Cisco, IBM, Oracle, etc and just resold their gear, I'd be in hot water legally because my actions would reflect on them.

This is pretty much how local governments buy IT gear. Put out a "I want a router" low volume RFP that the tech companies don't want to bother with, and some local vendor will resell to you. Ideally, they're getting a volume discount and sharing some of it with you at least.

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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by _huayra_ on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:49AM (#25610734)
But don't those vendors have to have some sales agreement with Cisco? I'm guessing they don't after reading about it a bit more, but I'm just surprised.
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Re:California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaura... by user5994461 on Sunday January 03, 2021 @08:21AM (#25621617)
Yes they do. They have a special website and phone line to order goods at a discount (in volume) and to get direct support/return.

Cisco/HP/Oracle/VmWare/Microsoft are all about sales network. Partners take care of the sale and they can take care of the installation on site and the servicing.

I'm sorry to say but B2B sales companies have nothing to do with restaurant delivery at all. It was a really really bad comparison.

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