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Hey Pat..... are you sure they're not 'HOT' ??
People around here will steal anything if they know they have someone to buy it quickly.
And here we go again, Addie. Why in the world would you tell a completely successful businessman how to run his business with your background.... about anything ?? If anyone in their right mind would charge $40. or so for a simple patch and $35. for a new sign....... if I were the customer, I'd consider that place a total 'Rip-Off', but then again, we are talking about your business model here, so I guess if the shoe fits....... it's gonna wear out in your case.
True case, so you can maybe understand a little something for a change, Addie. A few months ago, geeze, almost a year ago...... a realtor came in wanting prices for phone number patches. I asked how many ?? Oh, let's say 50, enough for 25 signs to start. In my head, he said to start, which means they'll be more if I handle this right. I told him for the 50pcs. 2" x 16" black on white overlay, it would run about $5.50 each. Hey, how many do you really need ?? Well, I just bought out another office and we're moving it to the other side of town, so my phone is changing and all of the other office's numbers will change. I need a total of 300 signs worth. Alrightie then, I can do them for $2.75 each. He said GREAT !! That's the best deal yet, by far. [Needless to say, I could print them and have them ready in a few hours]. Okay, that's out of the way, I need to talk about 4' x 4' double sided signs and 4' x 8's. Can you do them ?? Yep, sure can. We've been doing signs for this guy like you can't believe. Another true story. Guy [realtor] came in this past June and placed an order for a few overlays and needed prices on some larger Commercial Signs. He ordered a sh!t-ton of signs and we eventually got paid the balance. In fact, they gave us a bonus for their taking so long with the final check. A few words were said back and forth about our not trusting them and they decided they were gonna take their business elsewhere. I always kept a professional and positive attitude, until about two weeks ago. I told him how it was, how we run our business and told him to basically take it or leave it. I just got an e-mail from him this morning asking if we could move on together with our business and he ordered more signs. I figured he couldn't find anyone else near our prices, quality or service.... something rare these days to have all three.
Again, I did what I said and stood behind it, while he back-pedaled and called me names and made fun of me, but really.... in the end, I still have his business while the words and crap really don't bother me. I'm still taking his green cash to the bank, especially after we ironed out the terms which he now fully understands.
I don't know if you're reading this Baz, but this was the guy I was telling you about last month. He finally turned around. Go figure.
Gino, I been dealing with Realtors way longer than you have. You have in your post putting me down once again proven my point. Realtors are always looking for the lowest cost product, and to not pay you. So, my advice of selling them a better product and forcing them into a better decision isn't wrong. Selling them some garbage patches is wrong. I see Realtors with patches on there signs I won't bother calling them. We don't even allow patched signs in my office. They look like crap and show you don't care about the quality of your marketing materials when your selling most peoples largest asset.
Unlike you Gino I don't have to chase my REALTOR clients to get paid or reset terms with them. They know you pay upfront 100% unless I know you and really really like you which is a very short short list. Especially considering 114 of them work for me directly.
So, next time you wanna try to preach to me about realtors and how I run my business. Don't. You're are just spewing garbage with no actual experience in the real estate field.
, but a real pleasure for these kinda discussions. :Big Laugh
