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Old 19th February 2008   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aXeR View Post
Because as mentioned by many people in the past Andy, the forum doesn't always send out notification emails
Which means they'll neither get the PM notification *or* the thread notification - ergo its *STILL* a pointless waste or everyone's time adding "sent you a PM" to a thread.

Either notifications work - then they hear about the PM
or the come back to the forum - where they get notified about the PM *before* being able to see that the threads been updated

Anyway back on topic ...

It could be a lot of reasons
1. they're busy
2. email/pm/threads are a very "cold" medium and talking to teh client is better
3. the didnt get the emails
4. they dont really want the business or are "part-time" so cant follow it up

At least 3 out of 4 quote requests I get dont get an adequate reply - because I dont think the client-supplier relationship is a good fit. If I can suggest an alternative I do, or I send them here or to WHT. Starting a live chat with " I need a svr NOW!!! m8 and cheeeeep -wot u got m8, not them 1's on yr site" gets your IP firewalled off ..
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