Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 2]
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You send out a quotation.
The customer comes back asking for a better price.
You send out a revised quotation.
The customer comes back and reduces the quantity of the order but wants the reduced prices to stay the same.
You send out a new quotation, reduced quantities, and keep the reduced prices.
The customer then sends you the order which states that the quoted prices include delivery (which they didn't), and that he's entitled to an extra 2% discount (which he isn't).
WTF is wrong with people?
The customer comes back asking for a better price.
You send out a revised quotation.
The customer comes back and reduces the quantity of the order but wants the reduced prices to stay the same.
You send out a new quotation, reduced quantities, and keep the reduced prices.
The customer then sends you the order which states that the quoted prices include delivery (which they didn't), and that he's entitled to an extra 2% discount (which he isn't).
WTF is wrong with people?
A few things.
"Lump" - people saying "Yeah, it's got a 2 litre lump in it". f
k off. It's an engine, not a lump.
People who call famous people by their surnames only - "Man, in 96 when Clapton played Woodstonbury and Mercury came on the stage as a surprise." Why do this?
People who draw breath through their teeth after making a 'quip' of sorts.
"Lump" - people saying "Yeah, it's got a 2 litre lump in it". f
k off. It's an engine, not a lump.People who call famous people by their surnames only - "Man, in 96 when Clapton played Woodstonbury and Mercury came on the stage as a surprise." Why do this?
People who draw breath through their teeth after making a 'quip' of sorts.
Willy Nilly said:
Don't for get march, and december, november, and september was nice. Which is why we have a hosepipe ban. A couple of weeks of light drizzle won't make up for 2 drier than average years.
There is no hosepipe ban.There is no water shortage.We have not had 2 drier than average years.We have had reasonable (which translates to chaos for you southern ponces) levels of snow 3 times this year,which is about the norm.The flowers are not out early nor the little birdies nesting ready for Spring.It is 4c.here today in Cheshire.And no,your water company is not nicking some water from our supplies.We put up with sh*t weather all year for the right to water our gardens during summer while all you lot do is swan around in your convertibles getting a tan, enjoying a cafe-culture lifestyle and living a longer life.Adenauer said:
You send out a quotation.
The customer comes back asking for a better price.
You send out a revised quotation.
The customer comes back and reduces the quantity of the order but wants the reduced prices to stay the same.
You send out a new quotation, reduced quantities, and keep the reduced prices.
The customer then sends you the order which states that the quoted prices include delivery (which they didn't), and that he's entitled to an extra 2% discount (which he isn't).
WTF is wrong with people?
The trick is finding out what the budget is before you waste your time.The customer comes back asking for a better price.
You send out a revised quotation.
The customer comes back and reduces the quantity of the order but wants the reduced prices to stay the same.
You send out a new quotation, reduced quantities, and keep the reduced prices.
The customer then sends you the order which states that the quoted prices include delivery (which they didn't), and that he's entitled to an extra 2% discount (which he isn't).
WTF is wrong with people?
JonRB said:
ArsE92 said:
"Lump" - people saying "Yeah, it's got a 2 litre lump in it". F off. It's an engine, not a lump.
And yet you refer to one of the cars in your profile as a "great little roller-skate" off. It's an engine, not a lump.F
off. It's a car, not a roller-skate. 
I'll be deleting that car on Friday as it's getting swapped for a Cooper S
singlecoil said:
That would be one helluva trick. How do you do that then?
Depends on the market/situation and the client.Most of our work is repeat, although we're currently on a good run of converting prospects with new clients on the back of recommendations from existing clients.
We are very rarely the cheapest in our field solely on the way our business is set up to run; the people you will meet at the first meeting are the people who will run the job until completion as we don't employ grads or people with less than 10 years experience.
On that basis, and the fact that you actually get the service that you’re paying for, we make it clear from the outset that we’d rather not waste the new client’s (or our) time pitching if it’s going to be a scheme based solely on the bottom line – we simply can’t sustain our model by undercutting other practices or chasing work that isn’t going to cover the overheads and turn a modest profit.
Such a discussion will eventually lead the client to disclosing a budget (it rarely is the real one as we discover since we are essentially doing their accounting for them) however it normally is sufficient to progress to securing a commission both sides are happy with.
sleep envy said:
singlecoil said:
That would be one helluva trick. How do you do that then?
Depends on the market/situation and the client.goldblum said:
Willy Nilly said:
Don't for get march, and december, november, and september was nice. Which is why we have a hosepipe ban. A couple of weeks of light drizzle won't make up for 2 drier than average years.
There is no hosepipe ban.There is no water shortage.We have not had 2 drier than average years.We have had reasonable (which translates to chaos for you southern ponces) levels of snow 3 times this year,which is about the norm.The flowers are not out early nor the little birdies nesting ready for Spring.It is 4c.here today in Cheshire.And no,your water company is not nicking some water from our supplies.We put up with sh*t weather all year for the right to water our gardens during summer while all you lot do is swan around in your convertibles getting a tan, enjoying a cafe-culture lifestyle and living a longer life.Willy Nilly said:
goldblum said:
Willy Nilly said:
Don't for get march, and december, november, and september was nice. Which is why we have a hosepipe ban. A couple of weeks of light drizzle won't make up for 2 drier than average years.
There is no hosepipe ban.There is no water shortage.We have not had 2 drier than average years.We have had reasonable (which translates to chaos for you southern ponces) levels of snow 3 times this year,which is about the norm.The flowers are not out early nor the little birdies nesting ready for Spring.It is 4c.here today in Cheshire.And no,your water company is not nicking some water from our supplies.We put up with sh*t weather all year for the right to water our gardens during summer while all you lot do is swan around in your convertibles getting a tan, enjoying a cafe-culture lifestyle and living a longer life.
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