Are all brokers the same?

Prosperi-Tees · April 1st, 2012, 07:44 PM

Exactly, sourcing a product for a customer is definitely a service. I do it all the time, banners, business cards, stickers, promotional products etc etc and I dont do any of the labor but sourcing is worth your time to charge something for no doubt! Sending the customer somewhere else could seem that you dont have the time to take care of their needs . They came to you for a need and you did not fulfill it and thats bad business.

repogolfer · April 1st, 2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EmbellishAthletics

You still haven't answered the questions I ask. You are just like RWB. You refuse to answer legitimate questions about your actions. If you have nothing to hide then why not just answer?

So let's try one more time and then I think everyone will know what the answers are and can decide for themselves. In this case of the exposure unit you listed, did you see and inspect the equipment or did you just simply list it sight unseen?

I have no problem with what PRINTWIZZARD wrote except that the brokers should be upfront and say to the buyer I havent seen the equipment but if it is what the seller says it is then it is worth a look. Attaching a reasonable finders fee to it is fine too but if you think you can be successful charging a price that does not meet the value add then you won't be in business long.

You have a great Sunday also!

First off...RWB sales equipment but then doesn't deliver it after its even paid for...so its pretty unfair for you to compare Paul to RWB.

2nd off....time is money and some of us put a higher value on our time than others do. $400 for an hour.....heck yeah...nothing wrong with that at all. Sometimes higher sometimes lower depends on what you can get.

Bottom line for me is I have a certain dollar amount that I will trust people with. If its over that amount then I make sure I check out the machine myself. If its under then I don't really lose much anyways..and I'll take a chance. That dollar amount for me is $1k.

Pull up your panties and make $$ when you can....even on badges.

Jon

EmbellishAthletics · April 1st, 2012, 07:49 PM

First I never tried to cut him out of the deal. His deal was with the seller. I never said a word to the seller about the deal with him. I assume if they had a deal then the seller would have paid had I bought the equipment.

Paul might be a good guy. My intention was not to discredit him although I can see how it could look that way based on how the thread progressed. I do apologize for that and wouldn't discourage anyone from doing business with him. In the right situation I am sure he earns his pay.

My only point from the very beginning is how you can sell something site unseen. If it is a longtime customer that you have done many transactions and you know how they treat their equipment then maybe that is legit.

PaulB I do apologize if I caused you any grief. We will just have to agree to disagree on this particular situation.

inkman996 · April 1st, 2012, 08:50 PM

You look at it like Paul is trying to sell something sight unseen when in reality with this case he is simply trying to make connections, by doing so equipment like the exposure unit might not have even made it to this site, Paul did the work and made it happen which in turn gives a lot of people here the opportunity to score a product. Now even if you do takeout out of the equation you are still buying sight unseen because you have to trust the seller, maybe not if you are local but for the most part private listings are national.

As for sourcing a badge well some of us have money invested in the promotional market, we pay for services like sage or ask, we also know the products we buy can be trusted to be quality, chep badges off line might be garbage or even worse never delivered. So yes a customer absolutely pays for a valuable service.

EmbellishAthletics · April 1st, 2012, 09:36 PM

The point I was making about the badges was that we knew nothing about them. If you re-read the post it stated we don't do promotional products. That is why I passed. I provided no value. You are correct that people who invest the time and the $$ should certainly provide that service. Should we provide it in the future? Maybe but we have enough to do at this point.

I was not in any way trying to state that promotional products are not a legit service and offering. At this point I have no knowledge about that aspect of the business. Maybe I will send them to you next time. Will you give me a cut?

Gilligan · April 1st, 2012, 10:45 PM

Well, for the sake of being open and honest.

I had this conversation with Paul

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Ok I have a 40-1K Nuarc expose unit 2002 for $1,000.00 and it's in light units.

Ok.. we are getting closer.

Got some pics/details... better price?

LoL I'll have some pic's and more info later this afternoon.

This was on March 23rd... So on the 26th we had this conversation:

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Not what I meant. (I originally asked "where you at?" and he said Atlanta, GA.)

You said you were going to get me more details about the 40-1k that evening (friday).

I'm going down to the shop in South florida by wednesday of this week. I'll have more pic's and the serial # model # for you. Thanks you can call me at 678-602-1886 I can also ship the exposure unit to you. But I'll need the city and state it's going to.

I still ain't seen picture one yet.