Or maybe this is the way this particular business works?
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]>wrote: > Hopefully this does not land in his manager's Inbox. > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:19:02 -0800 > Subject: [NTSysADM] This doesn't happen every day (excessups.com) > > > This is an unpaid endorsement because it’s so rare for me to see this. I > don’t do much UPS (battery backup, not shipping) business, but I bought > replacement UPS battery from excessups.com a bit more than a year ago. > Ran into an issue where I’d requested the wrong part, but their response > and customer service was great at the time, so I kept the contact info. > > > > A week ago I contacted them saying I have a $600 budget for a UPS and I am > attaching server XY and Z to it, what product of theirs would they > recommend. They sent me a link to product somebody else carried telling me > “this will get you the most for your budget”. That the link went to another > site was weird, but I just assumed for whatever reason that excessups > simply didn’t have it on their site yet but they did carry it, so I replied > “I’ll take one”. > > > > As it turns out no, he’s sending me to this other place because he feels > I’ll get the best bang for my buck there, to a company he said is unrelated > to his. When I asked him about it he said that their current pricing I > below his wholesale cost, so go there. > > > > Wow. Tony at excessups, you are the MAN. > > > > Dave >
