Every sales guy is a consultant - albeit, a biased one.
Roger Wright ___ When it's GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't nothin' like it! On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:49 PM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>wrote: > I got a call from an IBM reseller in the region wanting to sell me a SAN. I > advised that I had decided to step back and look for a consultant to help > me > figure out what my needs are. At that point the sales droid advised that > they were also consultants. My first instinct is to tell them to go jump, > as > it seems like it would be a huge conflict of interest and they are probably > going to tell me I need to buy a SAN, specifically an IBM SAN. > > What is the opinion of you folks on the list about hiring consultants? Do > you worry about conflict of interest such as this or do you just hire > someone? I'm tempted to just hire one of the fellow list members (assuming > I > can get authorization) who offered their services, as they seem to be > *just* > D/R consultants and are not going to have an axe to grind. > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
