So I buy Turbo bid and I think I'm buying now for the special. The guy asks if I want to pay for it all of make monthly payments. I say monthly. He bills me full price 1395.00 He then tells me I had to pay all at once to get that price. ??????? Read his special and tell me what you think.
http://www.turbobid.net/TurboBidPricing.html
If I am going to spend this kind of money on a tool, I will be making money with it. A purchase choice in this kind of product is comparatively small compared to the possible net gains. I ask myself am I going to make the money it takes to support the overhead? If there was a $300 difference that is less than a $1 a day added to overhead. At $1600 it will be about $6.50 a day to use and pay for in one year. It is a mistake to judge the product on cost. It should be evaluated on value. How much improved are my bidding times decreased and profit margins increased. If it saves me one hour a month, it has paid for itself. I will not know till I get it online, people trained and systems and procedures implemented. It will take a good 3 months to get it tweaked & personalized to your own specifications labor rates and profit margins. Then you will know if it was worth the $300 discount. $300 spent finding out if it works is worth the price if it saves your system time and material. You have to make a commitment and an investment in time, money and intellectual property. After six months then decide was it worth the investment. Ask the accountant if your net gains increased.
I have run this program and find it malleable (easy to use and manipulate). Its too big for my purposes but it does work well. Can you find people to use and develop it for your geographical area? Is it cost effective? Can you develop the work volume? These are the tough questions, renegotiating initial cost is not the issue. Cost is irrelevant, value is what should be discussed. How much time is it going to take to implement?
The cost is really cheap too. I thought it was more, alot more.
Your largest asset is your workforce not the estimating program.