Comments on: Open Thread Thursday: Vendors http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/ the neverending reference interview of life Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MrMillertimebvz http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/#comment-4140 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:10:08 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/#comment-4140 Are dui attorneys really worth how much they cost or would you go with a public defender? Like one of these carlsbad gross vehicular manslaughter

]]> By: Elizabeth L. http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/#comment-4083 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:49:23 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/#comment-4083 There for a while I had a vendor who called me every week without fail. Even after I told her that I couldn’t afford her product at the moment and/or we needed more time to think about it, she continued to call. She was very nice, but in the end I had to get a little ugly with her and ask her to stop calling, that we weren’t interested.

I know everyone’s a tough sale these days because of budget cuts and sometimes it pays to be persistent, but there is a line between being determined and being annoying.

I also have issues with vendors who say they are going to send information and then never do. I keep a list of these vendors and products so I know not to buy from them. I only want to buy from people who are do what they say they are going to do.

]]> By: hippylibrarian http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/#comment-4081 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:41:07 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/open-thread-thursday-vendors/#comment-4081 I want to tell some vendors to not send me sales reps to my institution anymore. Sales reps can email me. I am much more interested in having a closer dialogue with vendor technology folks right off the bat. Send me your tech people. My subject librarians already know the content of products and can discern what is needed for our campus. What we really need to know is how does this product work with our other tools/systems, how can vendors improve the displaylresults, etc,. So either sales reps need to improve their knowledge of the product, or send me someone that I can actually dialogue with.

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