Does anyone else get waste o'time emails?

[john1]

Hey everyone, I'm sure I'm not the only one but i feel like it. I get emails from people who have no intentions of buying or people who have shops but want me to wholesale printing to them. Then i don't hear back for days and days and they say after a follow up email "i found someone else who quotes considerably less"

I just get so frustrated when people waste others time, Whatever happened to getting to know a shop and doing business with them because they take care of you and can add value to your business?

 

[SignManiac]

You're delusional business isn't suppose to be easy...

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

When you say "considerably less", do you mean CHEAP? I feel your pain. It took me MANY years to truly understand that most people snck. I could never do all the work I get inquires for anyway. And having to not accept a job feels great every time it happens. NEXT!

In fact I have 1 website I would NEVER accept a job from when someone inquires. I'm even thinking of opening up the database so others wouldn't waste time with them either.

 

[iSign]

When you say "considerably less", do you mean CHEAP? I feel your pain. It took me MANY years to truly understand that most people snck. I could never do all the work I get inquires for anyway. And having to not accept a job feels great every time it happens. NEXT!

In fact I have 1 website I would NEVER accept a job from when someone inquires. I'm even thinking of opening up the database so others wouldn't waste time with them either.

you should collect 1 or 2 "rant" tirades from EVERY sign person who ever got pissed off by CHEAP mo'fo tire kicker's... and build those documents into an arsenal of non-solicitations, from non-vendors... specifically targeting non-spenders... to non-spam them with a weekly auto-send broadcast of an unending assortment of colorful, bitter yet reasoned retorts to their proven penny pinching personalities...

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

ohh Doug...I'm always open to feeback and suggestions, especially yours. Man "Word warrior" fits you to a tee.. I'm getting the gist but going back to read that one for the fourth time to extract the gold from it.

-Wherever there's a need, we'll foil it.

 

[SightLine]

We get some - I always give them the benefit of the doubt though. You never know who might actually be willing to hear your pitch with an open ear and be willing to spend a little to have something done.

The below snippet was from a recent email though - it made me laugh pretty good - he was bummed that his wrap was falling apart and separating. This particular one - I did not think he would be willing to spend what I was going to charge for the removal and glue cleanup, then spend $12+ per SF for decent material properly applied. He did not reply after we emailed him back.... lol

"Currently the doors, grill, and a few interior pieces are wrapped with a digital camo duct tape."

 

[wildside]

they say after a follow up email "i found someone else who quotes considerably less"

i have always been amazed at the amount of money people will spend when trying to save money

 

[TheSnowman]

We tend to get them from the same people several times a year. If it's something standard and easy to quote, I'll quote it...but sometimes it's all custom and I know it's about bottom dollar and I'm not the cheapest, so I won't even waste my time quoting it. Have several like that that have never once placed an order in like 10 quotes.