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Cheeky B*gger
Had an Email yesterday from a guy with a van to brand and he wanted a cost. No problemo. However when I saw the list of 14 other companies that also received the Email I was distinctly underwhelmed. I decided not to even go there as I could see a prolonged bidding war looming taking more time than would justify the job.
Has anyone else had a similar experience (or on the list – Dorset area!)and do you think I was right to move on to the next enquiry? 🙄
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9 Replies
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It is what I would have done too.
No good dealing with time wasters, looking to get free artwork and a cheap price.
I had a guy fax me a quote request the otherday, and had another sign wiriters name on the header, which had been crossed out and mine put in.
I rang him and asked how much the other guy had quoted. He denied he was getting other quotes until I asked him to explain the header. He just hung up when he realised whet he had done.
Time wasters mate. I don’t mind someone thinking I am stupid, just don’t let me find out!
Shane
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I also think you were right. they would probably have taken the best artwork to the guy with the cheapest price and asked him to duplicate it.
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Thanks, vindication rules – it doesn’t happen often – I wonder what the other guys on the hit-list did? 😎
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I’ve had this a couple of times, what i do is stick in a totally ridiculously low price, say a jobs worth £500, i’ll put in a price of £75, But tell them i can’t do it for 36 weeks
Simon
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quote Simon C:I’ve had this a couple of times, what i do is stick in a totally ridiculously low price, say a jobs worth £500, i’ll put in a price of £75, But tell them i can’t do it for 36 weeks
Simon
…. could just see you do that Simon! :rofl:
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Simon – like your style – job’s yours and I’ve given them your number!!!
Yours was the cheapest by far and they’ve just bought 5 more. Can you do them a deal for quantity? 😮 -
Rambler – We had similar recently – faxed though – good outline of the job sizes material etc everything from banners to Forex and Vehicle graphics quite surprisingly really.
Only trouble …….they forgot to remove the “name of their company – you know the sender details that automatically get printed with a fax” It was another sign company! not within my area on a competitor price survey.
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I usually just ignore those.
What p’d me off today was a call that went like this:
“Hi, I’m up here at ______”
(a good friend’s old business for whom I did all his signs)
“Where do you get your sign supplies from? I need a can of maroon 1-Shot”
(this is an auto body shop…why would they need lettering enamel?)
When I told them it gets delivered from Pittsburgh,
they said:
“Oh, that’s no good to me, I needed something here in Butler”
…as if Walmart or a DIY store sells sign paint….
Methinks they are repainting their old signs…let ’em use Rustoleum!
Bastards!
I even offered the phone number of two sign supply places who deliver but that wasn’t good enuff.
Love….Jill -
If I don’t think I’m going to get a job because I’m unlikely to be the cheapest I usually pitch in with a sky high price to make the other companies look good. :lol1: (I try not to ignore any enquiries – even those I’m not keen to do)
If I happen to get the job – then it’s well worth doing 😀
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