Friday, April 22, 2011

Limitless Greed

The other day I was remembering something that happened at the company that I used to work for. We were in a sales meeting listening to the CEO drone on and on about sales percentages and profitability and other markets in his usual dry, uninspiring tone of voice when he said something that shocked us all. He said that he is beginning to realize that there is no limit to the price he could charge for the gutter system that they were selling....therefore the price was going up. They were already the highest priced system on the market. They already were quite profitable. They already lowered installers pay and salesman's pay to keep their bottom line fat and now he was saying that the price would just keep on rocketing to the moon just because he felt like it. Needless to say I didn't stick around too much longer after that. When greed inspires higher prices integrity has it's hand on the exit door. That company has been losing ground ever since. Let's face it, quality isn't cheap. People are willing to pay top dollar for something that will perform reliably, but why should they pay more than top dollar? They shouldn't. Customers know when they're having the wool pulled over their eyes. No matter how crafty the sales pitch is people still tend to follow their gut. SpringRock is committed to charge fair prices for the products that we sell. Call today for a quote.