Steve your commenst are 100% correct , yes GSP and CMP are one and the same .That does not mean that GSP makes the planes . When a distributor becomes a certain % of a manufacturers business they become very important . Obviously GSP is a big % of Flymodles/CMP.
The relationship did not start out in this manner , it evolved to this point . The sale people in the store did not volunteer this info , I inquired about someting else that led to the discussion .
As stated before we/my compnay imports candy , as we become bigger we stike exclusivity with the manufactuer eventually leading up to packaging that says -"made exclusivily for /or distributed by ".
Trust me , there are many distributors on FLYmodles/CMP and Irwyn is getting a piece of every dollar . They rattled off every outlet in the US then overseas -including Denmark (just as an example . I agree on how this post started , overcharging for the shipping is bad , like Will Smith says, dont hate the player hate the game , the planes are good so figure out where to get them cheap and just dont buy them from the Coopertowns location .If you cant get over the fact that Irwyn is getting Dollars then simply dont buy the planes . Do the math , dont you find it funny that GSP has an Early intro on the 73" P40 ????Raidentech only received the less popular smaller version ? This is a common practice in importing "its called "first to market strategy "see how many we can sell at $279 , then open it up to the price channels and let them fly .