Re: Frequently...
It seems there was a time when every sales rep quoted $ 100,000 for the most minor request. Usually they probably had no idea what was actually required in time and resources when trotting out that number.
I worked for a Fortune 100 company when we were discussing the purchase of a system with a vendor. Seeing deep pockets and a river of cash flowing in to their pockets, the CEO, sales people and one of their technical resources were attending.
During the talks we asked about a change and were instantly quoted the $ 100K figure and about 6 weeks to do it.
The poor innocent tech resource piped up that it was so minor a change that he could do it for about $ 5K the within a week.
I don't think the Sales Rep was thrilled. But we did buy their system, with the change
Biting the hand that feeds IT
