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Originally Posted by zdave87,Oct 27 2005, 03:20 PM
I'm adding that most of the advertisers in our category are either 1800 type places or out of town business-and they got listed first.
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Originally Posted by zdave87,Oct 27 2005, 04:07 PM
I'm telling Mikey we dropped out of the local yellow pages (we have 2 in my area) years ago. One of the best things we ever did. Saved well over 2.5K a month.
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Originally Posted by zdave87,Oct 27 2005, 04:19 PM
I'm saying no. Most of the phone calls we got were price shoppers. 
Customer: do you sell rulers?
Annoyed me
Why yes!Customer : How much are they?
Me playing along: well do you want a primary ruled to the 1/4" mark or a full 16ths? one
Customer: I dunno the difference??
Me: Well one is ruled to the 1/4" and one is broken down to sixteenths
Customer: Oh the sixteenths one definitely!
Me: plastic, wood or metal?
Customer getting annoyed that the phone call is now taking longer than the trip to our OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SHOWROOM would have taken.
Umm wood I guessMe: Hole punched for a binder or no holes?
Customer. I JUST NEED THE PRICE OF A F'IN RULER!
Me: 6" or 12" ?
Customer: Maybe I should just come in and see all the choices
Me: Thats an excellent idea!
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Originally Posted by mikes2k,Oct 27 2005, 02:54 PM
I'm saying we call this "shop-by-phone" And try to return the annoyance for as long as possible.
Customer: do you sell rulers?
Annoyed me Why yes!
Customer : How much are they?
Me playing along: well do you want a primary ruled to the 1/4" mark or a full 16ths? one
Customer: I dunno the difference??
Me: Well one is ruled to the 1/4" and one is broken down to sixteenths
Customer: Oh the sixteenths one definitely!
Me: plastic, wood or metal?
Customer getting annoyed that the phone call is now taking longer than the trip to our OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SHOWROOM would have taken. Umm wood I guess
Me: Hole punched for a binder or no holes?
Customer. I JUST NEED THE PRICE OF A F'IN RULER!
Me: 6" or 12" ?
Customer: Maybe I should just come in and see all the choices
Me: Thats an excellent idea!
Customer: do you sell rulers?
Annoyed me
Why yes!Customer : How much are they?
Me playing along: well do you want a primary ruled to the 1/4" mark or a full 16ths? one
Customer: I dunno the difference??
Me: Well one is ruled to the 1/4" and one is broken down to sixteenths
Customer: Oh the sixteenths one definitely!
Me: plastic, wood or metal?
Customer getting annoyed that the phone call is now taking longer than the trip to our OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SHOWROOM would have taken.
Umm wood I guessMe: Hole punched for a binder or no holes?
Customer. I JUST NEED THE PRICE OF A F'IN RULER!
Me: 6" or 12" ?
Customer: Maybe I should just come in and see all the choices
Me: Thats an excellent idea!
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Oct 27 2005, 04:55 PM
I'm wondering why Philly needs 7 phone books.
"Philly" is a tri-county area encompassing Philadelphia County, Montgomery County (our actual county), And Bucks County. We are within 5 miles of each county! Each county has multiple phone books for townships, etc
I also find directory assistance is a TAD more helpful to people on the phone just looking for our phone number, etc if you pay out big $$$ to Verizon each month to be listed in all these books!
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