Is it possible to save money by buying directly from manufacturers?

Today I met a stranger woman who told me that I would save by shopping with the manufacturers up to 30%. The advertising costs would be eliminated. Now she thinks that this concept has existed for over 60 years: Manufacturers join forces and sell their products to private individuals.

So we came to the topic of passive income. I'm supposed to get the extra money that was originally intended for advertising through shopping. 90 days warranty, free delivery, delivered in 2 days. Does not that sound too good to be true? I mean, it's a logistical overhead for the manufacturer if I only buy a toothpaste or not?

To be able to buy these products, I need an access! She says that she would show me access at the 2nd meeting and introduce me to products. Why did not she take her laptop / products with her? My skepticism is high.

I would like to hear your opinion on this topic!

Would be very careful here, in this way, no manufacturer gives its goods! You can of course partially manufacturers where a factory / direct sale is offered and you can shop directly cheaper. Here, however, usually 2.Wahl or discontinued article is offered. The costs are not only due to marketing, here a lot more depends on (+ of course, the middleman).

However, the fact is that no stranger person would simply respond if this was a serious business.

This is direct sales. That can be serious, but it does not have to be.

Tupperware, Partylight, Herbalife, pet food, all this is sold by direct sales.

If you actually earn money with it, you have to tax it, as well as any merit. You do not get rich with it and you also have to lure customers through which you then generate your passive income.

That sounds pretty much like Ponzi. Of course, there are manufacturers - even large ones who do not sell via retailers but directly to end customers. A typical example is e.g. Hilti. But some other, very advice-intensive articles are often sold directly.

But most manufacturers go the way through retailers because it's more effective and easier. There's always only one way: direct or specialized. If a manufacturer tries to make it two-pronged, it soon flies around his ears.

For consumer goods (food, toothpaste, sweets whatever) that would not logistically make that everyone buys directly from the manufacturer. Imagine, Kellogs would have to send 500,000 packets of cereal each day?

For me, the thing "stinks" enormously