What would you do...
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@bnrstnr said in What would you do...:
We are in manufacturing, if we propose a custom machine to somebody and they take our proposal to another OEM then turn around and ask us to consult our competitors, they can get bent. We would easily tell them "sorry they couldn't do it, our original offer still stands"
Yes, but IT and machine engineering are totally different. One is all consulting, one is product. In this case, they didn't get the flat rate consulting but are now being offered the more lucrative hourly.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in What would you do...:
@scottalanmiller said in What would you do...:
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@DustinB3403 said in What would you do...:
What @WLS-ITGuy is saying and @bnrstnr is now suggesting is that the customer has already fired him. When they haven't. They simply picked another vendor who possibly proposed the same solution.
It may be that the customer wants @Pete-S to consult on the project but not have the entire project because his proposal was way more expensive.
A lost bid is not a termination.
No, I am saying I would have fired the customer. I gave my bid/proposal, you went with vendor B, I'm not fixing the shit they can't do, even if I am getting paid. That's the price they pay for going with cut rate vendors.
That's basically all of IT. If I wasn't willing to fix what other people broke, there would be no business.
True. I meant more so, I wasn't going to come in and fix it based on my original proposal, even though I didn't clearly state that.
Original proposal is only relevant in a green field. If the field changed, the proposal is void. So doesn't play in.
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@bnrstnr @DustinB3403 @JaredBusch @scottalanmiller @WLS-ITGuy
Thanks everyone for your replies. I have been struggling with this and now, thanks to you, I have better picture of my options, and it's pros and cons. If there was an "upvote all posts"-button under topic tools I'd use it!
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@Pete-S said in What would you do...:
If there was an "upvote all posts"-button under topic tools I'd use it!
It would only be like 60 clicks. . . .
