08-12-2013, 01:59 PM
I'm going to pitch a retail chain that uses carpet squares.
The store manager tells me they send out squares ever so often to replace the worst, but I've not seen it in a year and, of course, all the squares are dirty.
Of the big black stains, one will often cover parts of 3 or 4 squares.
Bottom line, anyone experienced on bidding floors using squares? Any strategies to counter the 'we send out replacements' line? Any idea what a corporation may be paying to buy and ship replacement squares, vs. a 9 or 10 cent/sft bid?
I was thinking in my e-mail submission I'd send the corporate guy several pictures of his own local store, which is really bad, and say "I can fix this" and go from there.
All ideas welcome.
Thanks
The store manager tells me they send out squares ever so often to replace the worst, but I've not seen it in a year and, of course, all the squares are dirty.
Of the big black stains, one will often cover parts of 3 or 4 squares.
Bottom line, anyone experienced on bidding floors using squares? Any strategies to counter the 'we send out replacements' line? Any idea what a corporation may be paying to buy and ship replacement squares, vs. a 9 or 10 cent/sft bid?
I was thinking in my e-mail submission I'd send the corporate guy several pictures of his own local store, which is really bad, and say "I can fix this" and go from there.
All ideas welcome.
Thanks