Next Time... The Soft Sell

...but then again, somebody must need 20,000 covers!

From: Don Carlos [mailto:mr.doncarlos3@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: Pool Cover...

On 9-2-09, Don Carlos wrote:
Dear Customer,
My name is Mr Don Carlos and i send you this email to know if do have Pool Cover for sell and if yes i will like you to get me the cost of the plus the tax Mesh Safety Cover for 16' x 38' Pool so that i can give you the quantities that i am interested and None includes shipping so that i can Because i will recomand you to A Freight Company that will come to your Location for the Pick up as soon as the Pool Cover ready for Pick up,so Go Ahead and Quote to me the Total Price,and Let me know How soon you can Get Them Ready for Pick up as well as the Method of Payment that you accept,Looking Forward to Hear From you and To Work with You..

Thank you
Stay Blessed

On 9-2-09, Vladdio wrote:
Hello Don,

Your information was forwarded to me.

Yes we do still have the pool cover for sale. It is $1,097.00 plus tax. Regarding quantities, we have 4,000 units in stock. If you require more, please let me know. We are capable of producing 800 each day. So if you needed 8,000 altogether, we could have a total package ready to ship in 5 days.

However most of our customers are not as ambitious as you. Most only order this size cover in lots of 2,500. You are indeed exceptional in your ordering demands.

...I don't want you to think we are a small operation or that we can only produce on a small scale. If you really needed 20,000 16' x 38' pool covers, I'm sure we can accommodate you. We would just bring on some temporary help and put on a second shift. And we can work weekends too.

...in fact that's just what I'm setting up right now. We'll have your 20,000 pool covers ready to ship to you by Friday, September 11, 2009.

Pricing, of course, is discounted for this kind of quantity. 20,000 x $1,097 = $21,940,000. We can give you a very good discount of 9%. This would bring your total cost down to $19,965,400. This is a savings of almost 2 million dollars.

Will you be using a credit card?

Thank you,

John Stown Flood