Mark Willis wrote:
> 
> Something I just do not understand the insanity of, here.
> 
>   Why do so many companies think that posting "Contact our sales staff
> for all pricing queries" is a good idea?  I detest the power imbalance
> of that behavior - "We know how much it costs, but will not tell you, ha
> ha ha ha!" (Darn near, so I'm exaggerating - shoot me! <G>).
> Competitors can find out easily enough through asking;  the people this
> (IMHO Stupid!) behavior hurts most are the companies that practice it (I
> quite often just effectively boycott them, as a waste of my time.)
> 
>   Does this (IMHO Quite Obnoxious!) behavior bother as many other folks
> as it does me?

I guess I am also guilty of this 'obnoxious' behaviour. 
The truth is, not only don't I know what our products sell 
for, but I actually don't care. I have a fair idea 
(ballpark), but rather than getting anyone's hopes up (or 
down) I always direct them to the person who calculated 
the price to start with. No two customers are the same, 
and every one want an extra this, or without that.

I think you are just pissed with this woman phoning you. 
I am usually very rude to high pressure sales people myself. 
If it doesn't put them off, them at least I can let off a 
bit of steam.

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