That really pathetic but you need to calm yourself I know **** happens some time.You can share your thought in :thumbup:
Your vendor should not be quoting your clients the same deals they quote you unless you are using the big box stores. You are repeat business your clients are one time business. Shop around their are plenty of suppliers who realize this and will accommodate you. There are also suppliers that will increase your discount the longer you use them. Shop around and talk to some different vendors.
That is correct. Clear, precise, contract writing is the key.The real key is to put everything clearly in writing.
Dave
Warranty will also be an issue.
You need to make it very very very clear to the people that your warranty will only cover the installation, and not the product itself.
The product itself only covers defect in product and just in product in itself.
If the compressor fails in customer supplied condensing unit, because the acid build-up ate through the insulation due to excessive moisture in system caused by your apprentice's inadequate evacuation, then that is YOUR fault. The product did not break. The poor installation broke the product, thus should be covered under your warranty.
Huh??
It's a different game when there's bargaining involved, but when two different customers ask for quote for same quantity of the same product and in this case, to prevent your competition from being able to get the same deal, I believe it is unlawful under the price discrimination law.
I'm not preventing anyone from getting any kind of deal. Simply put it is common practice for suppliers to give better deals to those who buy larger quantities. If I'm buying 1000 sqft of flooring every week from the same supplier I'm buying more than the average homeowner buying a 1000 sqft once or the contractor who pops in once a year. Obviously I'm going to get treated better than the other contractor or HO. The guy who buys more than I do will get better treatment than I will. The legality of it probably has more to do with how you word it and the policies behind it.
I give military personal a discount on labor for service to this country, I don't offer the same discount to the average HO on the same job. Is that illegal to?
Additionally with a tax ID # as long as you buy the required minimums you can purchase direct from most manufacturers and/or distributors (we are licensed to and do collect sales and use tax as per State law when buying whole sale). Obviously your average HO is not going to be able to do this either. Is it illegal-no. Can they get the same deal we do and buy direct as a HO-no, they would need to take the same steps we have taken to do so. Anytime you buy in volume your cost per unit is going to be less than those who can not do so.
There may be a gray line when dealing with retail shops but they will do it if you buy often enough. You are repeat business, the average HO is not. Obviously you are normally going to get treated better. Most of the retail outlets call it contractor discounting, high volume discounts, or high volume customer discounts.
After submitting our flooring proposal, customer responds back that he wants to buy his own hardwood flooring and the customer wants to deal directly with the same vendor and this vendor already has quoted the customer a price. Wow, what the _ _ _ _ is going on? I gave the customer a break on our labor due to profit on the wood. Customer wants to know if we could still do the job for same quoted labor price? I look at it this way, I've sold him a package deal not a just labor deal. How do you feel about this? Thanks.
Sky Flooring, Inc.
The guy sounds like a curmudgeon and he’ll end up being a pain in the arse throughout the entire process. Who ever it is has probably never worked in a trade and doesn’t understand how rude it is to undermine the contractor by going directly to the material supplier and asking for a quote. Tell him if he’s smart enough to source his own materials, then he can install his own materials himself.
Huh??
It's a different game when there's bargaining involved, but when two different customers ask for quote for same quantity of the same product and in this case, to prevent your competition from being able to get the same deal, I believe it is unlawful under the price discrimination law.
I'm not preventing anyone from getting any kind of deal. Simply put it is common practice for suppliers to give better deals to those who buy larger quantities. If I'm buying 1000 sqft of flooring every week from the same supplier I'm buying more than the average homeowner buying a 1000 sqft once or the contractor who pops in once a year. Obviously I'm going to get treated better than the other contractor or HO. The guy who buys more than I do will get better treatment than I will. The legality of it probably has more to do with how you word it and the policies behind it.
I give military personal a discount on labor for service to this country, I don't offer the same discount to the average HO on the same job. Is that illegal to?
Additionally with a tax ID # as long as you buy the required minimums you can purchase direct from most manufacturers and/or distributors (we are licensed to and do collect sales and use tax as per State law when buying whole sale). Obviously your average HO is not going to be able to do this either. Is it illegal-no. Can they get the same deal we do and buy direct as a HO-no, they would need to take the same steps we have taken to do so. Anytime you buy in volume your cost per unit is going to be less than those who can not do so.
There may be a gray line when dealing with retail shops but they will do it if you buy often enough. You are repeat business, the average HO is not. Obviously you are normally going to get treated better. Most of the retail outlets call it contractor discounting, high volume discounts, or high volume customer discounts.
Huh??
It's a different game when there's bargaining involved, but when two different customers ask for quote for same quantity of the same product and in this case, to prevent your competition from being able to get the same deal, I believe it is unlawful under the price discrimination law.