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Richard is correct. Your contract will dictate what you can and cannot do. If you do not have a contract, then there is no restriction on you contacting the supplier directly.
As to your second issue, the issue is not really a legal one (unless you have a contract that controls what you can and cannot do by way of terminating your contract with the manufacturer). The second issue is one of leverage: if your terms are not as favorable as those provided by the same company to similarly situated companies, you need to use your leverage (if any) to force better terms. Ultimately, your only leverage may be to threaten to walk away and they lose the business from you. But, absent some collusion or pedatory practices among the manufacturer and its other customers, there is no legal mechanism for you to force the manufacturer to provide you with terms similar to what the manufacturer provides others. I'd be happy to discuss both of these issues further with you via a telephone call, if you like.
-Alan Rothenbuecher (216) 394-5075
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