Comments on: Attention education vendors http://ryancollins.org/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/ Educational Technology Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:02:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mr.Rcollins http://ryancollins.org/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-26712 Mr.Rcollins Thu, 28 May 2009 15:09:21 +0000 http://ryancollins.org/wp/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/#comment-26712 But couldn't your competitors just call and get your pricing anyway, posing as a potential client? I don't have a business mind, I don't have a salesperson mind, I just know what I want and when I want it. I like to have some idea on how much a product is going to cost before I want to waste time and energy calling a sales person. SMARTboard has gotten better at this, they no longer offer their education pricing under the disguise of a "grant", and hopefully with the competition, interactive whiteboards will finally come down to a sane level. (And btw, Polyvision, I don't know how you sleep at night with where you price your Eno boards. :-) But couldn’t your competitors just call and get your pricing anyway, posing as a potential client? I don’t have a business mind, I don’t have a salesperson mind, I just know what I want and when I want it.

I like to have some idea on how much a product is going to cost before I want to waste time and energy calling a sales person. SMARTboard has gotten better at this, they no longer offer their education pricing under the disguise of a “grant”, and hopefully with the competition, interactive whiteboards will finally come down to a sane level. (And btw, Polyvision, I don’t know how you sleep at night with where you price your Eno boards. :-)

]]> By: Darrell McGuire http://ryancollins.org/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-26711 Darrell McGuire Thu, 28 May 2009 14:36:17 +0000 http://ryancollins.org/wp/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/#comment-26711 If I may, let me offer a vendor perspective on this one. We put pricing on our website for a while before discovering that competitors were taking advantage of it to try to place bids that were just under ours. That having been said, I want to be able to communicate effectively with prospective clients in a manner that is as unobtrusive to them as is possible. I have been considering reposting prices for some things, but I'm frankly on the fence. If I may, let me offer a vendor perspective on this one. We put pricing on our website for a while before discovering that competitors were taking advantage of it to try to place bids that were just under ours.

That having been said, I want to be able to communicate effectively with prospective clients in a manner that is as unobtrusive to them as is possible. I have been considering reposting prices for some things, but I’m frankly on the fence.

]]> By: John Rundag http://ryancollins.org/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-26690 John Rundag Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:02:36 +0000 http://ryancollins.org/wp/2009/03/19/attention-education-vendors/#comment-26690 I agree! I do not like companies that make you apply for a "grant" through their company. They make you feel like you are getting a bargain for filling out a form. I have been purchasing a lot from CDWG. I can log into the site and see the discounts, read reviews, find accessories, etc. There is a rep I can call and if he doesn't know the answer, he finds someone that does. When I find a vendor like that, I give them most of my business. I agree! I do not like companies that make you apply for a “grant” through their company. They make you feel like you are getting a bargain for filling out a form. I have been purchasing a lot from CDWG. I can log into the site and see the discounts, read reviews, find accessories, etc. There is a rep I can call and if he doesn’t know the answer, he finds someone that does. When I find a vendor like that, I give them most of my business.

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