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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4366312, member: 71"] From what I remember, in a consignment relationship, the consignor maintains ownership until the item is sold by the consignee. Calling it "essentially rent" is neither correct nor incorrect. Stating that the manufacturer (or in this case, supplier) maintains full risk is absolutely correct and the major driver in a relationship such as this. Unless I missed something in his further posts, I don't see Dr Who claiming that Costco paid a wholesale price upfront. My position (I believe he generally confirmed this) is that Costco won't pay anything until after the ticket is sold. While it is of a tremendously smaller scale (also, not including cold solicitation), this is somewhat similar to a fulfillment house attempting to peddle magazine subscriptions. [/QUOTE]