I have received a deal from a leading e-com site, but it wasn't good enough for us to back it. If the discounts are hardly significant, my guess is colleges can simply hound a distributor and get a good deal. But the ones offered by the e-com cos are turning out to be worse than what I can personally procure from a Lamington Road or Nehru Place.
However we are still working out with some other people (since the last couple of weeks) and should know more in another week or 10 days.
There is a delay in this by a few days because of the Mumbai Traders Strike against the LBT (Local Body Tax). Due to this strike, we aren't getting any pricing info. Also as soon as the strike ends the prices will remain high due to pent up demand.
So unless some miracle happens, there won't be any deals this week or the next. But we'll work throughout the week and next to see what we can line up.
