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Call dime bag Darryl -- HOKIE 08/20/2020 5:31PM Why a 100% increase in price? Seems extreme. ** -- Brown Water 08/20/2020 3:45PM We were trying phase out this product because it is annoying to make -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 3:52PM Sounds like you should just tell the customer to come bag it themself. -- MP4VT2004 08/20/2020 4:49PM You bagging lime? What's so annoying about it? -- hoosnowahokie 08/20/2020 4:20PM We don't have bagging equipment for it or personnel. -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 5:01PM Ew, that does suck ** -- hoosnowahokie 08/20/2020 6:40PM Sounds like you have them by the balls. Do as you wish. ** -- Brown Water 08/20/2020 3:54PM We do and we'll continue squeezing and twisting until we hear a crunch. ** -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 3:59PM I could use a good leg-breaker like you ** -- Brown Water 08/20/2020 4:00PM It's balanced out by short-changing the customer. ** -- Hokie360 08/20/2020 3:48PM Careful, those meth addicts can be a vindictive bunch ** -- LonghornHokie 08/20/2020 3:37PM I think that's fair. ** -- EDGEMAN 08/20/2020 3:33PM This story reminds me of one of the challenges on the Tough As Nails show -- HokieAl 08/20/2020 3:23PM Just fix the attributes in your ERP system so the units is sold in aligns -- Hokie360 08/20/2020 1:55PM I understand where your customer is coming from. You just doubled their -- RoswellGAHokie 08/20/2020 1:50PM Plus, COVID is making people re-examine their business practices -- MCL3 Hokie 08/20/2020 2:25PM Channel Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People -- OrlandoHokie 08/20/2020 1:41PM That's what Charles Manson did... -- EDGEMAN 08/20/2020 3:34PM The Feel, Felt, Found ** -- Brown Water 08/20/2020 3:32PM This. This is a win for everyone. ** -- 4dhokies 08/20/2020 2:09PM Salesperson can advise to monitor over x amount of time -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 1:36PM Why not just give them what they ordered and charge for that? ** -- VermontHokie 08/20/2020 1:02PM Like breakfast cereal with half empty boxes. 🤔 ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 1:41PM Sold by weight, not volume** -- typed by ben 08/20/2020 2:05PM So, why the bigger box? Can save a lot of cardboard. ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 2:10PM You need that much room to package the uncompressed product -- typed by ben 08/20/2020 3:33PM And to add to this bulk density thing, potato chip bags are balloon filled -- IB4TECH 08/20/2020 8:10PM Because most people buy by the visual size, not actual weight. :-) ** -- Hokie360 08/20/2020 2:59PM 👍 ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 5:19PM It would take an hour to explain but it's not quite that simple with the -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:04PM Do you not weigh the filled bags? It sounds like you all are tracking... -- vthokieq 08/20/2020 1:07PM We have to fill the bags individually and we then place them on a flatbed -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:09PM But all the bags on the truck are going to the same customer? -- vthokieq 08/20/2020 1:12PM The problem is our ERP system was set up not to do it. -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:14PM And bagged stone has a higher cost per ton, correct? ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 2:21PM I see a problem. 45000# = 15 bags @ 3000. 100# x 15 bags = a half bag, yes? -- 48zip 08/20/2020 1:26PM Correct. ALso works if they load them 100 to 200lbs heavy. ** -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:27PM Agree, but I was comparing to your 15 bag loss comment. Maybe I assumed -- 48zip 08/20/2020 1:32PM That's about what we do here but it's mostly bulk truck. -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:35PM What's the reality of ceasing bag orders? Sounds like small potatoes. ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 2:04PM We have one large customer that wants them so we still offer them. -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 2:05PM Drop customer or change invoicing or accommodate this one ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 2:08PM No. They buy 30% of our sales volume and need bagged -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 2:11PM Then i agree with the accommodation strategy -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 2:15PM Then why are you annoyed at the customer? -- vthokieq 08/20/2020 1:17PM Customer has been buying for years. Clearly just complaining because -- hoosnowahokie 08/20/2020 1:31PM Customer didn't gripe about over-filled bags. ** -- 48zip 08/20/2020 1:27PM And? -- vthokieq 08/20/2020 1:29PM And he was obviously OK with it before, or he knew he was ripping them off. -- 48zip 08/20/2020 1:35PM BINGO. Plus this customer actually should have gotten the price -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:29PM This has piqued my curiosity - two questions -- dans93 08/20/2020 2:04PM We have a set of truck scales at our plant that is accurate to -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 2:14PM How do you account for fuel wt, or the guy hiding in cab during weigh-in? ** -- Hokie360 08/20/2020 3:02PM Trucks weigh coming in, then weigh going back out. -- vthokieq 08/20/2020 3:21PM $300? Let him have it. ** -- 48zip 08/20/2020 2:57PM Now that is definitely reason to get pissed off. ** -- 48zip 08/20/2020 1:36PM I'm annoyed. They should all accept it will magically work out and -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:26PM Your customer should not be responsible your companies inability... -- RoanokeGobbler 08/20/2020 2:37PM So they order a ton of sparkly gravel, for example ... -- Nova Hokie 95 08/20/2020 1:02PM Elberto hasn't been slicing my country ham thin as requested, either -- MP4VT2004 08/20/2020 1:51PM Your $300 check is in the mail. ** -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 3:42PM With 99% of our other products they get charged for what they get. -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:03PM Time for Zoom [appropriated term]** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 1:40PM Uh oh...I don't think you can say that anymore, can you? -- MP4VT2004 08/20/2020 7:27PM Can or may? Or should? ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 7:50PM Ha. I didn't mean for you to change it... -- MP4VT2004 08/20/2020 8:18PM I know. But the question was raised. ** -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 9:08PM Well dangit. Sorry, Tom. It wasn't my intention to make you uneasy. -- MP4VT2004 08/20/2020 9:14PM I'm fine. I'm now fully woke. Well, not fully. -- TomTurkey 08/20/2020 9:22PM Same at the grocery store -- the deli is the exception -- Nova Hokie 95 08/20/2020 1:04PM Alas our ERP system isn't set up that way and it's not totally up to us. -- ElbertoHokie 08/20/2020 1:05PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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