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Re: Great value - my ass!

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From: Happy Bunny
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 00:00
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<john_37@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7qkfhh$f2p$1@nnrp1.deja.com...

> The information I used is in the public domain - woodworking magazines
> and one freely available price list. You state that you want to check
> my claim for accuracy - perhaps you think I'm lying - so you want me
> to share the information (about your prices in comparison with your
> competitors), which I spent time gathering in order to prove to you that
> I'm not lying.

If you want people to beelive you then try comparing more than one price,
and letting us know which item`s you are comparing the prices of.

> I've only got one thing to say to that - but being a civilised
> sort of chap I won't!, and neither will I tell you to which tool I'm
> referring.

Obviosuly civilised, you don`t say exactly what you want to, but you make
enough hints to make it perfectly clear to what you are referring.  About as
civilised as a Nazi I`d say.

> I also won't tell you for a further two reasons
>       1) You ought to know the prices your competitors are charging.
>          I only looked at the prices for one power tool.It shouldn't
>          take you very long to find it.
>       2) I worry that rather than reducing your prices, you may pressure
>          national distributors to cut supply to the competitors who
>          substantially undercut you. I'm intending to make a substantial
>          purchase imminently and I would like to be able to buy at as
>          low a price as possible.

How can you possibly justify saying that a company is expensive if you only
compare the prices for one power tool?  It makes no sense at all!

> You obviously value your relation to your ISP more than potential
> customers - why don't you abide by the charter and refrain from
> describing your prices as good value when at least one of your products
> is nearly 50% more expensive than your competitors?.

You are very keen on pointing out that one of their prices is expensive, so
why not tell everyone which it is?  Why not try and find a price which is
lower than their competitors, I`m quite sure you`d find some.

> You may very well offer a high quality service - although if you don't
> know the prices your competitors charge I don't see that you can claim
> to offer a good value service. Looking through the ads in a
> woodworking magazine you seem to be only �10 less than the most
> expensive vendor for this tool.

It is quite possible to find a few items that any supplier is abnormally
expensive for, it`s the way the world works.  If EVERY item was expensive
then you`d have a right to complain.  If the service provided was poor, then
you`d have a right to complain.  If you pay slightly more for good service
then you have no right to complain and can shut up.  I have no connetion to
any company being discussed here, but I still feel obliged to argue with
you.
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From: "Happy Bunny" <Happy_Bunny69@Hotmail.Com>
Subject: Re: Great value - my ass!
Date: 1999/09/02
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