How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by JIMN » Thu May 26, 2016 9:53 am

Chuck Lutz wrote:However, YOU need to know what you want and give them a few questions on the first call because I think they get too many calls that require heading back to the warehouse to find answers one trip at a time..
Good social tip. Except that was the first call, and it all happened within 15 seconds of conversation, and 1 initial voluntary trip to check stock... I am certain many folks here are in sales, and you either know your products well, or you happily find the answers to the customer questions. Imagine if this guy was in outside sales and had to drive for two hours one way just to answer questions....

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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by Tapper02 » Thu May 26, 2016 10:05 am

In Jim's defense…..
I'm not a Jeep guy but I have run into similar situations with other dealers. The thing is, if you own a business and have a large stock in this day and age, wouldn't it behoove you to have a database that keeps track of everything you have. This would eliminate "trips to the warehouse" to check, and just makes plain old good business sense. A quick search and…voila! As a customer paying for the part and the shipping, don't you want to make sure the dealer is sending you the correct part??
And no, you don't have to be computer savvy since there are a lot of services that can set it all up for you. This comes down to the plain old "give a s**t" factor…some guys think that as parts dealers they somehow in their many years of being in business, have earned the right to treat their customers poorly. Well, customers have the right to take their business, and money, elsewhere. There is always someone else with the parts….no one has a monopoly.

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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by JIMN » Thu May 26, 2016 8:35 pm

Well, out of about 7 or 8 attempts, only one person guessed who it was. Which is a good thing for this vendor, but a bad thing for some of the other places that seemed to be a popular guess..
In any case, I posted the thread because I thought it was funny. And I do think he just had a bad day. Sometime you just have to have a sense of humor :D .
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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by Old Dodge Guy » Fri May 27, 2016 1:26 pm

OK, I had to put my 2 cents in, PM sent.

Besides, if the place isn't run by a curmudgeon, it probably won't be worth going to. :lol: :lol: That is 40 plus years of experience going to surplus yards, junk yards, parts places, etc. Also, if the roof does not leak, they probably have nothing of consequence to see. The scruffier the place looks, the better the parts.
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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri May 27, 2016 1:45 pm

Right on Bro.! :wink:
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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by Beers » Fri May 27, 2016 2:15 pm

Old Dodge Guy wrote:The scruffier the place looks, the better the parts.
Isn't that the truth! :D
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Re: How many questions do I get? Bad Day?

Post by JIMN » Fri May 27, 2016 7:00 pm

I agree about scruffiness.... Sort of like an antiques shop.
Nobody prefers an antique shop in a mall over a run down barn full of antiques........and with the curmudgeon old guy! :wink:
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