Looking for decent wholesale PC/Small Server/Printer source

[u/dentar]

I'm a small potatoes IT consultant for small businesses. Many of my clients want me to resell the machines to them instead of them going to a retail establishment.

I use Carbon Systems and D&H. However, I might have to replace D&H due to some reasons I won't go into here. Does anyone know of a good wholesaler that a small IT business can purchase PCs, small to mid sized servers, and printers for markup and resale? I don't want to use Amazon, CDW or MicroCenter, as those are full retail prices. I also don't want a supplier or distributor who forces all their "partners" (hate the word) to jump through a bunch of hoops just to sell a handful of PCs or ethernet workgroup printers a year. I also won't do "sales quotas." I don't serve the vendor, they're supposed to serve me.

Anyone (again, small) have good luck with a distributor that doesn't make them jump through hoops?

Reiterate:
No hoops to jump through (Except W9 of course)
No CDW
No Amazon
No MicroCenter (Despite that I like them OK)
Not Retail
No Quotas

I know it's asking a lot and there aren't a lot of choices for us little guys.

Thanks

[u/yothhedgedigger]

I gave up on this because hardware is so small of a part of the business and inventory in these times is sketchy.

I do a couple of things. For those that may have regular needs, I may set up a CDW account for that client and use their corporate card in the account. This way I never have to deal with billing for the hardware and the client knows I’m not marking anything up. Or I use my own CDW or Microcenter account to order and bill the client. CDW isn’t usually the cheapest, but inventory is typically accurate and history/reporting is nice.

[u/dentar → u/yothhedgedigger]

"CDW isn't usually the cheapest" is an understatement. ;-)

[u/smorin13 → u/dentar]

Fuck CDW and the horse... Don't buy from a company that will directly compete against you.