@mammothguy54, et all....I wholeheartedly agree with all of your commentary, really....
The ’little fishes in the big pond’ can and do compete by being more responsive and that much more sota than the bigger players. Some are better than others, but the fact that they manage to endure and stay in the field is a testament to their commitment to service as well as product.
If one has to be a tad more patient, it may be a small price to pay for the preferred item. ;)
Personal case in point, of some relevance....we just lost out on a project we bid in FL for items to enhance a hiking trail, as an addition to the company that ’does trails’ in subdivisions.
The fact that we lost out (by just a small figure, and a larger one) to the worlds’ largest company (based in Germany) of competing items....
We’ll take that as an ’off-hand compliment’, even as a loss on our part.
The winner is HUGE, in size and number of employees...full page color ads in major publications in our field and related. We're 'word of mouth', and primarely an internet based sales player.
The federal government doesn’t classify us as a ’small business’; rather, we fall into the ’microbusiness’ catagory.
We’re the ant next to the elephants’ foot. And we nearly ate it’s lunch...well, more likely, it’s doughnut of relative size...
(Proving, once again, the ant Can run up that leg and give the ’phant a bite where it counts..*snicker*G*)
Competativelly yours, J
