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RonniesTintSigns
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What's your favorite slogan when someone ask can you match so & So.'s price?

Mine is: For me to reduce my price to match so & So.'s

I would have to reduce the quality of my work to match so & So.'s

And I can't reduce the quality of my work, my customers expect the best and that's what I give them!

And I've used the same slogan since I opened:

Why Mess With The Rest
When Ronnie's Is The Best!

Simple & maybe a little corny but I say it with a Great Deal Of Sincerity

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Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga
706-793-3838
RonniesTintSigns@aol.com


[This message has been edited by RonniesTintSigns (edited August 11, 2001).]


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Michael Boone
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NO!!!!!

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Michael Boone
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5828 Buerman Rd.Sodus,NY 14551
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RonniesTintSigns
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Boone,
I like that,straight forward,straight to the point,a no Bulls--- kind of awswer

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Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga
706-793-3838
RonniesTintSigns@aol.com



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Si Allen
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"You want me to do what?" Laughing loudly!

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
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"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

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Myra Grozinger
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"Looks like they're the ones you'll make rich"

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Myra A. Grozinger
Signs Limited
Winston-Salem, NC
V 336-722-1033/F 336-723-6112
signslimited@triad.rr.com


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RonniesTintSigns
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Not hardly, for the past 16 years I've seen franchises come & go very frequently. Most of these people have the money to buy a franshise but don't have the talent or expertise to make a sucessful business work. As most of you know it takes a lot more than money to operate a sign shop. I get paid an average of twice what franchise shops charge & I have more work than I can do & since I've been around almost 16 years you can bet I'm here to stay. I bet I'm not the only one on this BB who charges what thier worth & will not settle for less
It's hard to get rich when you give your work away but with most cheap O shops they know what their worth, not much & that's what they charge!

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Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga
706-793-3838
RonniesTintSigns@aol.com


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Ken Henry
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I usually tell them that my competitor is FAR MORE QUALIFIED than I am, to tell them the value of their work. I happen to KNOW the value of mine, and that is reflected in the price they've been given.

Astute business people will quickly understand this statement, but it'll go right over the heads of Morons. Gives you a fast indication of who you're dealing with.

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Ken Henry
Henry & Henry Signs
London, Ontario Canada
(519) 439-1881
e-mail kjmlhenry@home.

Some days you get to be the dog....other days, you get to be the fire hydrant.


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Terry Teague
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I think a better approach would be to ask some questions instead of becoming confrontational or defensive. Such as "Mr So and So is the price one of the most important reasons for your purchase today?" He might reply "Yes" to which you say "I understand how you feel, many of my happy customers felt that way before they purchased one of my signs, but what they found was that after considering the value of effective signage vs. the price that the extra spent was well worth the additional cost.

The important words here are feel, felt, and found.

Just one of the things I've learned since I started work in professional sales.

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net


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Graham Hodge
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I like your answer Ken.
Me, if a competitor quotes a price that's well out of order I say "go get it while you can, they won't be business long with prices like that, whereas I've been supporting my customers for nearly 20 years and hope to do so a while longer".
I tell them that, sure-as-eggs, you get what you pay for in life!

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Gray M. Hodge
Cam River Signs
Somerset, Tasmania.


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RonniesTintSigns
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I don't say it meanly,very nicely with a smile,jokeingly in good jesture but with confidence.I never treat my customers with anything other than good manners I give a fair price. Then I show them my portfolio. It's not very often they leave without buying,I usually sell them.

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Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga
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Bob Gilliland
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I would like to think that my “favorite” answer falls in line with Ken Henry and Terry Teague. Engage in dialog to understand the customer, and for the customer to understand you. For that, there is no “standard” response as each occasion is unique; general similarities usually do exist though. Granted, it may only take a few seconds to learn this is someone you wish not to call “your customer,” but with a gut feeling and a few extra minutes, you may end up with a “new client.” And that new client now has an understanding of you and your business, and you with his. Is that what they call a “Win-Win?”

All that being said, I do like to slip this one in where I can…

“I’d much rather explain my price than apologize for my quality.”

[ October 11, 2001: Message edited by: Steve Shortreed ]



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Bob Gilliland
InKnowVative Communications
Harrisburg PA, USA


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You have to catch up with it yourself."

Benjamin Franklin

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Pete Kouchis
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"We have no quarrel with those who sell for less... They know what their stuff is worth!"

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Pete Kouchis
Say it with SIGNS, Inc.
Orland Park, IL, USA
Phone: (708)460-3001
Fax: (708)460-3006

"If you haven't got time to do it right, when you gonna find time to do it over?"


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George Perkins
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I break out a three year old copy of the pricing guide. I might not clinch the job but at least the customer leaves with the knowledge of whose price is really out of line, plus I don't have to tread the thin line between witty and smartass

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George Perkins
Millington,TN.
goatwell@ionictech.com

"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"

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old paint
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well geo..you fit very well on that line...of witty and smarta**...heheheheheheheh

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND


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RonniesTintSigns
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This topic was meant to have some fun and just see how humorous some of your answers would be that's why I added the smiley. It wasn't meant to show if I could be a smarta-- or not to my customers. Was meant to be topic that wasn't so serious & wouldn't cause confrontations but it quickly went from me asking a simple question to someone giving me advice, which I don't need, nor did I ask for. Another demonstration how some get OT so quickly. This is not meant to be a scolding either just an observation.

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Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga
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Si Allen
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Heheheheheeee...more fun to be a smarta**!

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
(714) 521-4810
ICQ # 330407
"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

95% of all accidents occur immediately after the words "Hey...watch this."

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