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I absolutely agree with this- I've been in negotiations with a CDN for the last week. They refused to send me real numbers, or give me a test file.. It was "Le
by e1ven 16y ago
I absolutely agree with this-
I've been in negotiations with a CDN for the last week. They refused to send me real numbers, or give me a test file.. It was "Let's set this up, and a third party source will verify".
What's the price?
It depends on you, and what your needs will be in 9 months, and the phase of the moon, and my mood and and and.
They ended up quoting me three different prices, each going UP because they forgot they gave me the more basic price earlier.
Eventually, I decided to go with a competitor- Went to their website, click, click, done. CDN is up, I'm rocking in 20 minutes.
Would I have been happier at CDN A? Maybe. But I'm not going to dick around in sales meetings for 2 weeks to find out.
- makmanalp 16y agoWow, yes. Another pet peeve of mine is just websites with no prices on them. You click, and arrive at a web contact form or phone number with "our sales associate will be happy to help!". No, goddamnit. I don't want to and don't have the time to get schmoozed by your associate. That's okay for one off, large, custom deals but for your daily routine sale, this is not okay. I'm just about to make a decision, and now it finally hinges on the price. I lack information on your product. The other one wins.
- chrisbolt 16y agoDid you try telling them you're going with a competitor? That might change their tune.
- e1ven 16y agoThey made themselves not worth it by their process. By the time I went got ahold of the Sales rep again, and had him return an email, I would have been done with the project with their competition.