Results 21 to 40 of 51

Idiot competitor - Page 2

| A Day in the Life of a Scrapper

Threaded View

  1. #1
    bullion is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
    bullion started this thread.
    SMF Badges of Honor


    Member since
    Feb 2014
    Posts
    149
    Thanks
    72
    Thanked 182 Times in 76 Posts

    Idiot competitor

    I need opinions on this issue.

    A clown-and for this guy that is being polite, opened a so called used appliance store in the basement of a local long time business.

    Being that I pick up old appliances and sell them to a used appliance store 40 miles north of where I live, I thought I'd deal with a local guy instead.

    I phoned him and introduced myself, told him what I do and told him I prefer to support a local business (I didn't tell him who I currently sell to).

    He tells me he won't buy from a scrapper.

    I said ok thanks for taking my call and good luck with your new business.

    A couple days later my "free appliance recycling" ad on Craigslist expired so I renewed it.



    He sends me a nasty email all capital letters berating for advertising in the appliance section (he has his ads under for sale by owner not for sale by business).

    I sent him an email back stating that I have been advertising in that section for 6 years and I will continue to do so.

    I also mentioned that he should NOT advertise in the for sale by owner as this is misleading.

    I also mentioned that as he is a new business, it's not very smart to pick fights with people as I WILL be telling people around the town I WAS BORN IN 48 years ago what he is like to deal with.

    He re posts his ads every day and he has now resorted to copying my ads word for word and inserts HIS phone number in the ads.

    Also every time I re post my ad, he immediately re posts his ad above mine.

    I am starting to get REALLY pissed off by this moron and I am considering confronting him in his store about his behavior.

    I AM NOT in any way going to threaten him as I don't roll like that.

    What do you folks think would be the best way to deal with him?

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to bullion for This Post:


Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

 
Browse the Most Recent Threads
On SMF In THIS CATEGORY.





OR

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

The Scrap Metal Forum

    The Scrap Metal Forum is the #1 scrap metal recycling community in the world. Here we talk about the scrap metal business, making money, where we connect with other scrappers, scrap yards and more.

SMF on Facebook and Twitter

Twitter Facebook