"The High Cost Of Paying Too Little"
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Topic: "The High Cost Of Paying Too Little"
Posted By: carpetologist
Subject: "The High Cost Of Paying Too Little"
Date Posted: 19/May/2006 at 1:01pm
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John Ruskin had a thought on costs and quality which is as appropriate to our industry now as it was in the 1800's.
He wrote:
It's unwise to pay too much,
But it's worse to pay too little
When you pay too much,
You lose a little money - that is all.
When you pay too little,
You sometimes lose everything......
Because the thing you bought
was incapable of doing the thing
it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance
prohibits paying a little and getting a lot
It can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder,
It is well to add something for the risk you run,
And if you do that
You will have enough to pay for something better. ------------- Kleen Kuip Supply Mart Inc. http://www.kleenkuip.com - New & Used Professional Carpet Cleaning Machines, Restoration Equipment, Training, Service and Supplies |
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Posted By: cleanex
Date Posted: 19/May/2006 at 9:11pm
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So true! Yet it happens all the time and often by people that should know better. ------------- DON ELDRED YOU CAN "STAND" ON OUR REPUTATION |
Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 19/May/2006 at 10:53pm
| Nice! Flood gates are open, though . . . now I'm going to start quoting dead white guys. ;) |
Posted By: Mr Singh
Date Posted: 19/May/2006 at 11:00pm
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nothing like paying too much for bad curry
MR Singh ------------- Namaste |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 20/May/2006 at 4:58am
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What have you got for sale Ted that you think that we're going to think costs too much.........................come on Ted......are you playing with profit margins again Nightrider |
Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 20/May/2006 at 10:39am
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Nightrider
You are absolutely right, profit margins are the blood and veins of any company. I not only practice it I attempt to teach my customers the same.
Some listen, the ones who don't are no longer anybodies customer. ------------- Kleen Kuip Supply Mart Inc. http://www.kleenkuip.com - New & Used Professional Carpet Cleaning Machines, Restoration Equipment, Training, Service and Supplies |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 20/May/2006 at 7:17pm
Ted.....you're a smart businessman, I on the other hand have customers and employees that eat up my profit margins.........and leave me with blocked toilets that I have to pay a plumber to fix............Do you need a partner at KleenKuip Ted.............you just may have the secret receipe for success 
Nightrider
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Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 20/May/2006 at 7:26pm
| He might need someone to clear the blocked toilets Jack. I always say to be careful what you ask for cause you just might get it. |