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05-14-2008, 02:56 PM #1Aspiring Evangelist
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Any provider with Price Match policy?
Hi,
I wonder any provider still offering Price Match policy?
I saw some before but not anymore.
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05-14-2008, 03:14 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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It would be very hard to compare two providers unless they were resellers as each DC is different
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05-14-2008, 03:23 PM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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Some companies do price match, but not necessarily in the "bring the ad into the store and we'll match the price of a competitor" way. If you give them a different price from a competitor, they'll negotiate with you and it won't necessarily be just with price, but also with upgrades, management, etc. The services provided by different providers are so diverse that it's more about negotiating than price matching.
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05-14-2008, 03:24 PM #4Junior Guru
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Most providers will negotiate based on other offers that you have, but they have to be apples to apples.
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05-14-2008, 05:26 PM #5Newbie
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Hardware prices are different for each of the brands and so are bandwidth prices. For support, you get what you pay for. Not sure if price-match is possible with so many variables.
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05-14-2008, 07:48 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Most providers will offer some sort of matching guarantee, but these days when resellers can open up shop and offer dirt cheap servers just to lure clients in , we will not match a startup , unrecognized companies pricing.
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05-14-2008, 07:53 PM #7The Linux Specialist
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Well, there is nothing wrong if you shoot an inquiry to the providers if they can match it :-)
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05-15-2008, 12:21 PM #8Web Hosting Guru
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As far as I remember, I've seen a2b2 offer price match. Contact Rus to see if he still has this offer.
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05-15-2008, 12:48 PM #9Aspiring Evangelist
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05-15-2008, 03:18 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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May I ask what the offer you are sending is?
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05-15-2008, 03:27 PM #11Retired Moderator
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05-15-2008, 03:33 PM #12Web Hosting Guru
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OMG...sounds simple; but cheap isn't always better/worse.
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05-16-2008, 12:26 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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05-16-2008, 12:51 AM #14Corporate Member
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05-16-2008, 12:51 AM #15******* Unleaded
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Been ruminating over this one for a couple of days now.
If you have a price then why would you need the same price elsewhere? You can just buy at that price.
If you want price match from someone else, then it implies that you are not sure that they are up to the job, and want some other provider, but at the same price. At that point, it is not apples to apples.edgedirector.com
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05-16-2008, 12:55 AM #16Corporate Member
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05-16-2008, 12:56 PM #17Disabled
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05-16-2008, 04:16 PM #18Web Hosting Guru
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05-16-2008, 11:21 PM #19Newbie
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Yeah in my experience I have almost alway been lucky enough to shop around, find a few places that are similar in offers and present that I am trying to decide between the two...usually I get some kind of discounted or promo offer