Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
So I'm not going to name them, but this hacks me off.
I've just emailed a supplier about a quote to purchase some items. The request was very specific in terms of the requirement and in terms of the number of items required (on which there is no flexibility), as well as the organisation that was requiring a quote. There was no ambiguity at all.
Yet I've just received what seems to be an almost-standard email asking me to telephone them to discuss.
There is nothing *to* discuss. I hate negotiation over price; it is a waste of my time, and a waste of theirs, yet I detect this is what they are trying to do.
Please, just give me your best and final price first time, or say you don't want to quote and I'll go to somewhere else, probably a large business, who will quote me online. Or I'll simply purchase off Amazon.
And people want me to support small business?
And...breathe.
I've just emailed a supplier about a quote to purchase some items. The request was very specific in terms of the requirement and in terms of the number of items required (on which there is no flexibility), as well as the organisation that was requiring a quote. There was no ambiguity at all.
Yet I've just received what seems to be an almost-standard email asking me to telephone them to discuss.
There is nothing *to* discuss. I hate negotiation over price; it is a waste of my time, and a waste of theirs, yet I detect this is what they are trying to do.
Please, just give me your best and final price first time, or say you don't want to quote and I'll go to somewhere else, probably a large business, who will quote me online. Or I'll simply purchase off Amazon.
And people want me to support small business?
And...breathe.