Cheapest way to buy 37 monitors
I am an IT manager for the company I work for and while I would consider myself good at my job, my biggest failing is on the purchasing of the equipment, I hate dealing with sales people and all the bull they give.
So I thought I would ask you bargain hunters, what is the cheapest way or the best deal I can buy 37 x 17" LCD monitors?
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£92.777 each here (but haven't heard of them !)
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=MO-TFT17W&af=50
http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/A0407990
Not exactly the most well known make, but we have had some in the past and they come with 3 yrs warranty
Me, I'd set about the task by finding the cheapest monitor available (probably the £108 20" available at eBuyer), and then call various vendors to ask if they can offer you anything better. Be direct and relatively aggressive about it. This sort of thing -
"Hi, this is D McCabe of X"
"Hi"
"I'm calling today because I am the IT manager of X, and I want to buy X monitors. My best quote as yet is from eBuyer, who have offered me 37 monitors 20" monitors with 3yr NBD warranty at a price of £4000. They have the monitors instock, and are able to deliver them by Wednesday of next week. Can you beat that?"
If they say yes, say you'll consider it and take details so you can contact them back, if they say no, give them your email address, and tell them to drop you a line if they think they can do better at any point between now and the end of the day.
You've just got to remember at all times that you are the man with £4k to spend, you're the man in control, you're the man with the power. It's up to you to bully them, not the other way about. If they want to mess you about, tell them you're a busy man, and don't have time. Demand straight answers. Put them on the spot, make them nervous. Make them pander to you. Sales people, remember, study psychology. It helps them analyze their victims and give them the poorest deals. Come on stronger than them, and you'll save plenty of money.
Good luck with it all, dude.
Me, I'd set about the task by finding the cheapest monitor available (probably the £108 20" available at eBuyer), and then call various vendors to ask if they can offer you anything better. Be direct and relatively aggressive about it. This sort of thing -
"Hi, this is D McCabe of X"
"Hi"
"I'm calling today because I am the IT manager of X, and I want to buy X monitors. My best quote as yet is from eBuyer, who have offered me 37 monitors 20" monitors with 3yr NBD warranty at a price of £4000. They have the monitors instock, and are able to deliver them by Wednesday of next week. Can you beat that?"
If they say yes, say you'll consider it and take details so you can contact them back, if they say no, give them your email address, and tell them to drop you a line if they think they can do better at any point between now and the end of the day.
You've just got to remember at all times that you are the man with £4k to spend, you're the man in control, you're the man with the power. It's up to you to bully them, not the other way about. If they want to mess you about, tell them you're a busy man, and don't have time. Demand straight answers. Put them on the spot, make them nervous. Make them pander to you. Sales people, remember, study psychology. It helps them analyze their victims and give them the poorest deals. Come on stronger than them, and you'll save plenty of money.
Good luck with it all, dude.
:oops: I like you
Me, I'd set about the task by finding the cheapest monitor available (probably the £108 20" available at eBuyer), and then call various vendors to ask if they can offer you anything better. Be direct and relatively aggressive about it. This sort of thing -
"Hi, this is D McCabe of X"
"Hi"
"I'm calling today because I am the IT manager of X, and I want to buy X monitors. My best quote as yet is from eBuyer, who have offered me 37 monitors 20" monitors with 3yr NBD warranty at a price of £4000. They have the monitors instock, and are able to deliver them by Wednesday of next week. Can you beat that?"
If they say yes, say you'll consider it and take details so you can contact them back, if they say no, give them your email address, and tell them to drop you a line if they think they can do better at any point between now and the end of the day.
You've just got to remember at all times that you are the man with £4k to spend, you're the man in control, you're the man with the power. It's up to you to bully them, not the other way about. If they want to mess you about, tell them you're a busy man, and don't have time. Demand straight answers. Put them on the spot, make them nervous. Make them pander to you. Sales people, remember, study psychology. It helps them analyze their victims and give them the poorest deals. Come on stronger than them, and you'll save plenty of money.
Good luck with it all, dude.
lovin' that advice - spot on dude!