Get the information you need for quotes and proposals, but don't it hard for customers to do business with you!
Here’s the forum discussion that got me started on this topic: (It’s amusing and educational!)
I am trying to price up a piece of machinery for a potential business idea I have lined up, however one of the companies whose product I have been researching doesn’t have a price on their website. I emailed them for a price, but now they are asking me to supply full company details…which I don’t have. Is this to protect competetive advantage and fairly common? Or is it a bit weird? I’d have thought you’d want to promote a product as much as possible… but maybe not.
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I am amazed at how hard some companies make it for potential customers to give them orders 
I would tell them, either give me a price or you will loose out on a potentially very large order
We approached a Company last week for prices and were told after being passed around the office that we needed to open an account first and that they would send us a form to complete and then they would check us out and then it would be passed onto the relevant sales rep etc etc, Muppets 
They were told that in view of their ridiculous procedures that we would not be buying from them and that we would be going elsewhere, the sad thing is they didn’t appear to care, if it was my business they would have all been fired 
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We do this all the time, me hates all the punters and the scheming, conniving, time wasting, gits. Need to be weaselled out!!!
A lot of punters have massive potential to suck you into a bottomless pit, where nothing but your time gets consumed.
(Original forum discussion is from http://ow.ly/15MdaX)
“I guess the key thing is to be sure that all the information you request is really needed to give a good quote, and not just “filling out a form.”
IMO, this is the most important aspect that should guide any quote. Relevant information is what drives or urge potential clients to arrive at a buying decision.
Companies ask for your details because they probably have a policy not quote or sell to anyone who is not a real company with enough history and credit. This is not unusual in the US and some EU countries, especially among larger entities. You should not consider this to be an affront, although one can easily take it that way. Larger companies do not always understand that smaller companies need and want to be able to compete so they too, can get bigger.
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Customer service and proper etiquette are at the top of my list!
You should not consider this to be an affront, although one can easily take it that way.
I guess the key thing is to be sure that all the information you request is really needed to give a good quote, and not just “filling out a form.”
Larger companies do not always understand that smaller companies need and want to be able to compete so they too, can get bigger.
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We do this all the time, me hates all the punters and the scheming, conniving, time wasting, gits. Need to be weaselled out!!!
A lot of punters have massive potential to suck you into a bottomless pit, where nothing but your time gets consumed.
a challenge for me is ensuring i have gathered enough information from the client – more often that not i quote a job and then find the clients spec changes and find myself re-quoting at a higher cost which doesnt go down well – but cant be helped in some circumstances.
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Some of the people posting on the forum that those posts were taken from sound like idiots. I think it’s OK to give a ballpark or informal quote by phone but even if a quote is required on the spot, I follow it up with a written confirmation. It’s the sensible way to ensure there is no dispute later on.
i seen Uma personally and she is quite a tall lady,.:*;