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--Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:23 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Digium, Polycom, and Netxusa Cutting Us Out?!? Your logic is almost as impossible to follow as your post formatting. Please learn to indent properly. Anyways, time will. Alexander Lopez wrote: > > Snip > > And trust me, their investors will not like that at all. if you are a > VAR, you have more power than you think. A wise old man once told me > "He who controls the customer controls the deal". > > True to the heart customers like knowing whom they are dealing with, > That is why there are still VARs around if it ALL could be done direct > then it would. Companies pay for service even for a commodity. > > > On 3/28/07, *Steve Totaro* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > As long is it is not similar to the little Dell pop-up when you are > running low on ink that takes you right to the checkout page to order > more ink. > > Most realize that they can get it cheaper @ Office Depot and they > don't have to wait the 1 week for shipping. > > There are things that the 'little pop-up' can't do and that is your Niche. > > Do you want to spend your time, ordering phones and giving terms for > less than a 5% margin. Customers can Google and they do. Let them buy > the commodity items, they will pay for your expertise. > > Spend your time where it counts servicing/prospecting your customers. > > > NetxUSA is a wholesaler (at least they used to be) and would only sell > to businesses. I was approved by them but wound up using ABP instead, > prices were sometimes better at one place or another, but I prefer to > build a strong relationship with a vendor rather than splitting vendors > over a few bucks. > > Once again my point is proven YOU preferred service over price. > > > Anyways, that is not at all the way they make it sound. I would like > some clarification on this. If I sell and install and AsteriskNow > system, I want to retain that customer for support, upgrades, and MACs. > If this jeopardizes that relationship, then it is a raw deal. > > Then go and sell your services, support your customer, and you will > see that they will stay, it is all about the relationship not only the > price. > > > Thanks, > Steve > > Snip. > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz