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Unethical business practices.....
I'd like to point out a few things you perhaps failed to consider.
Your local place most likely does not stock pond liner. To fill your request, she would have to special order a roll of material, then keep the balance on hand until another buyer came along. All the while she has the money tied up in inventory, AND the remainder of the roll taking up space in the stockroom. This is why I seldom ask a business to special order items. If they hope to hope to stay in business, they must charge you for the cost of the item, plus the time it takes to locate it, plus the shipping, plus their normal markup. I also disagree with your title - there is nothing unethical in a shopkeeper trying to make a profit. If she doesn't, she won't be in business very long. That said, there is no excuse for taking two weeks to call you with the price. PlainBill On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:12:18 -0500, "Wilson" wrote: I recently bought a 5.5' x 15' liner from justliners.com to build my waterfall and was pleased to say the least with the price($23.95 + shipping $8.00 UPS), it was delivered in approx. 4 days and the quality is more than I expected. A week or two before I visited my local (I wouldn't call them a pond supply store), more of a rock/paver/statuary/but we also order pond supplies from Aquascape kind of place....went in and asked her to get me prices on a liner,pump and rocks.....2 weeks later! she calls me back after I already had finished my waterfall and gives me prices on a liner: 4'x8' 45mil-$96.00!! I told her basically that she had rocks in her head and that I now understood why nobody even knew of this place even though it had been open since last October....and that she would never get a dime from me. What I imagine she was doing is charging me for a roll of liner and cutting my piece from it. What I've learned so far about buying supplies for ponds is you must look around, most places prices are way out of wack on most thing...example: I visited a pond supplier in a nearby town that carried barley(my mom wanted me to pick her up some for her pond) $45.00 for what amounted to a 1/2 pillow size bag of barley! Unreal. I've only checked a few places and websites so far but I'd have to say that justliners.com is probably the best and cheapest place to go. My .02 Just felt like venting....sorry, we now return you to your regular programming. ~Wilson~ |
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