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- From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
- Subject: Re: A1200 and LD vs HD drives
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.200527.5746@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
- Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
- Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
- References: <1992Nov11.100321.60681@cc.usu.edu> <1992Nov12.161024.3885@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> <1992Nov12.225320.26998@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 20:05:27 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- Quoth charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV):
-
- ]> >Gee, I can think of several tacks to take with such a customer:
- ]> > "Oh, if high density drives are all you're interested in, let's cut the
- ]> > computer our of the equation altogether! I can sell you SEVERAL HD
- ]> > drives for that price!"
- ]> > "Are you here to buy a computer or a disk drive?"
- ]>
- ]> I didn't see a smiley anywhere, so I ask: ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!?!!?!?!
- ]>
- ]> You won't sell any computers talking like that; insulting the customer gets you
- ]> nothing except fewer customers ...
- ]>
- ]> (Gee I hope that was sarcasm and I missed it ... :) )
- ]>
- ]> (I *really* hope that was sarcasm and I missed it ... :) :) )
-
- Semi serious, semi sarcastic...
-
- Listen, if a dealer lets himself get trapped into the situation described,
- he's already lost sales on issues of compatability, software, etc etc etc..
- in other words, all the oft-treaded foibles of owning an Amiga in the first
- place. Instead of selling the computer and the operating system within
- it, the dealer has fallen into a defensive stance... from my point of view,
- this is a no-win situation. Most dealers I know end up making promises
- that aren't fulfilled, lame excuses, or just get flustered and lose the
- sale anyway.
-
- Even IF they make the sale (doubtful), they end up paying for it dearly
- in the following months. Troublesome customers never go away... they just
- get more troublesome as time goes on. In the equation of time == money,
- a dealer in many cases ends up spending excessive time with this one person.
- And losing money on other fronts.
-
- When I interview a potential client and they start bringing up these types
- of issues, that is basically what I *do* tell them -- if they are more
- fascinated by the floppy drive size than what the machine as a whole can
- do, they are talking to the wrong person -- I refer them to a couple of
- beemer consultants that I trust, and move on to other, more profitable
- enterprises.
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