Not to cause an issue here, but....I did purchase a pack of the fliers earlier this year. I thought it would be a good add-on flier to the ones I already leave with customers. Immediately I realized the error in my purchase. The biggest problem I see on the flier is the BIG add for Sunbright Supply. I realize that you are producing the fliers, etc, but if us contractors are paying for them, I don't want your advertisement on there. Why would I want MY potential customer to call Sunbrite for RS? Now don't get me wrong, I buy from Sunbrite all the time. I just feel that if you are already getting payment for these, you shouldn't advertise on them. If you gave them out for free with every order of RS, that would be fine. As it stands now, I would advise against any contractor PAYING for these.
That is a very good point!
If I did a lot of wood restoration work and there was a possibility that they could buy from the supplier, they would slip back into homeowner's mentality and figure something like, well, I would have to pay more for the product but I could do the job by myself and save a lot overall. Hmmmmmm.
This is what contractors don't want to happen, don't want a possibility to even be there.
I know that having brochures made up cost money, I have had Keith at KBK do a lot of work for me so I know that making changes cost hardly anything compared to totally revamping a brochure or making a new brochure all together.
If I was Sunbrite, I would have 2 brochures, one to hand out to customers that has the Sunbrite name on it for those that came in the store and will pay the extra to do it themselves (you can't sell everyone on having it professionally done) and another for contractors to hand out but without the sunbrite name on it anywhere.
It is kind of defeating the purpose of the contractor out there spending money for the brochures, spending his time with the customer trying to sell the job and handing them a brochure with the supplier's name on it so if they wanted to they could buy it from the supplier. I would not have the sunbrite name there at all because we all know that you can sell them an idea but a lot of people will want to do the job by themself if they can buy the products, even at higher cost to save in the end with the labor.
This can be debated forever between the supplier and contractor but in the contractor's eyes we would not want a supplier's name on them for our peace of mind, I am sure that Sunbrite can understand.
Helping Sunbrite and other suppliers out there see it from our eyes, what if Spraymart, Chappell Supply or the other big suppliers out there that a lot of distributor's buy from and have products drop-shipped from were to send out a catalog with the distributor's logo and info but somewhere on the catalog had the Spraymart, Chappell Supply or other company out there phone number and website listed on the catalog also? Don't you think that a lot of contractors would call that number or visit that website? Even if it cost a little bit more but at the end of the order saved money don't you think it is a bad idea to have that info on the catalog?
I am not trying to bash anyone, just giving my opinion. The supplier's info is not a secret, a lot of us get industry publications with their info all the time but a lot of us still order from the distributors for the great customer service and support and for all they do with the Round Tables and everything else.
Just my opinion, not the opinion of PWI or NCE.