On Saturday 06 June 2015 04:06:22 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 05.06.15 19:45, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > Any place that says to contact them for a quote, or worse, create an > > account and login on the site to get a quote, does not get my > > business. > > > > Just put the prices on the site! If they need to change the prices > > they can simply... change the prices. With the right setup it can be > > as simple as editing a spreadsheet then saving as a CSV and > > uploading to the right place on their server. > > It's my impression that those who act like harem guards w.r.t. their > website only want to admit customers with more money than sense of the > value (or otherwise) of the products offered. Fortunately the internet > is ideally suited to destroying artificial scarcity. > > The place which won my business on Thursday was a surplus steel store > with their entire stock list of hundreds of tons of bar on-line. They > had only very modest amounts of stainless steel, but a couple of > lengths of an alloy I wanted. Now I know my way there - all due to an > open website policy. And cutting without charge, after I took a couple > of whole lengths just for mutual convenience (and more for my stash), > endeared them even further. Try that with the other lot. > > Erik > Link please? Folks like that deserve a helping hand IMO.
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