Changing price without telling ur supplier or buyer

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 30.07.2007, 09:39

i jus met this problem. i dun name the company just to avoid any unwanted thing happen to his business.

he suppose to buy wood from me for 1.00 (example)
he change his price to $0.80 without sending a message to me.
he jus make a fax on the main page. i dun think all of us will check the fax.

comeon, isnt it be better before u change ur price,tell ur supplier or buyer? i believe if u tell, thats way to settle the different.

i jus need some comment

Tycoon · Post by **Tycoon** » 30.07.2007, 10:09

yes, of course it is better to communicate with the supplier/ customer... but that is no "forbidden" behaviour... I for my part note the name of the respective company and won't trade with it in future again...

btw (I know that you did not do that up to now, just want to avoid it further on): do not mention any company name here!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 30.07.2007, 10:51

Tycoon wrote:yes, of course it is better to communicate with the supplier/ customer... but that is no "forbidden" behaviour... I for my part note the name of the respective company and won't trade with it in future again...

btw (I know that you did not do that up to now, just want to avoid it further on): do not mention any company name here!

^^ i will not

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31.07.2007, 19:31

I also recently encountered this same problem. A particular company advertised in the purchasing thread that they would buy a product at a specific price. Based upon this information, I sent them several contracts based upon the information in their purchasing thread.

They declined all the contracts stating the pricing was no longer valid because the market prices had changed. When I pointed out the pricing quoted in the company purchase thread, it was ponited out to me that the market was volatile and, as a result, so was his purchase price.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31.07.2007, 19:44

^^^ I have had that happen a few times. I then make it a point not to do business with them any longer. It isn't worth the time down the road when they do the same thing again.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31.07.2007, 20:43

Is the market so volatile on what they're making that they have to shave .20 kapidollars off?

I have a feeling these major companies are in retail.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31.07.2007, 20:51

You guys need to understand that some of these companies have hundreds of suppliers and there s no way they can message them all. Besides its fine if people just forget to update their showcase/standard fax. However I agree that people shouldnt just change their prices on the go, it should be somewhat planned and announced.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31.07.2007, 21:03

One of my customers said "I'll buy your goods for this price on this occassion, but please be aware that I have now changed my prices and will refuse this price in future"

That seemed like a fair thing to do.

Tycoon · Post by **Tycoon** » 01.08.2007, 05:47

Varg AB wrote:You guys need to understand that some of these companies have hundreds of suppliers and there s no way they can message them all. Besides its fine if people just forget to update their showcase/standard fax. However I agree that people shouldnt just change their prices on the go, it should be somewhat planned and announced.

In my opinion, that is no excuse: if I open up a thread or send a fax, I have to care for the consequences: if I do not accept the price any longer, I have to change the threat, but I also have to accept all contracts at the old price which arrived before that change (it can easily be seen as the time is stated in the fax and in the forum...)

If I do it like stated here, I could easily wait to sign all contracts and see, how prices develop: if they rise, I will accept the contract, and the suppliers have a disadvantage (they could sell it to a higher price...) and if they fall, I deny all contracts, which means, suppliers have another disadvantage: maybe they could have sold the products to anybody else for a better price than the updated one... especially in times of contests, this could be a huge problem, as some companies deny contracts only a few hours before the end of the contest and there are suppliers who are not able to sell the contest product by the end, but still have it in their warehouse after the contest is finished...

So I agree to Azer: it would have been the last time I had trade with that company, disregarding whether it is a big or small one (I am convinced that there are also smaller companies doing so...!)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 01.08.2007, 06:48

hebawom wrote:One of my customers said "I'll buy your goods for this price on this occassion, but please be aware that I have now changed my prices and will refuse this price in future"

That seemed like a fair thing to do.

if my customer say that, i wouldnt be so fed up. but he never.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07.08.2007, 03:32

I had this happen to me by one of the larger companies. He accepted but said I should keep up with his price changes. I was ticked at first, but now as I grow and deal with more suppliers and buyers I completely understand where he's coming from and now I check the prices every day before I send contracts.