When a buyer tells us the shelf price they need, the conversation becomes much more useful. If a nine ninety nine retail on a braided cable needs a landed cost under a certain number and the item you asked about cannot get there, we would rather say so and propose the item that can. Selling you inventory that has to be marked down in four months is a bad trade for both of us, and it costs us an account we would otherwise keep for years.
Everything is quoted line by line. There is no blanket percentage off a list price that nobody pays, because that structure hides which items are actually competitive. Your quote shows unit cost, case count, inner pack, extended cost and freight, separately, so you can see exactly where the money is going before you commit.
Freight is stated up front rather than added at invoice. Buyers who have been burned by a surprise freight line understand why this matters. If a quote qualifies for prepaid freight at a certain order value, the quote says so and tells you how far away you are.
Quoted pricing is held for thirty days. Component costs and ocean freight rates do move, sometimes sharply, but a buyer cannot plan a season against a number that changes while they are thinking about it. Inside that window the price is the price, and we absorb the difference if the market moves against us.