requesting a re-quote

Slightly confused here. Are you saying one quote is heaps cheaper than the others but you want the others to come back & review their quotes?

What if the cheapest has given you their best price or stuffed up?

Thank you (Company X) for providing me with a quote for my new shed. In addition to the quote from your company, I did seek a couple other quotes as well, however I have heard positive things about your quality and repuation so would like to give you the opportunity to negotiate a little. Company Y has quoted on the same job specification at a substantially lower price, $3350, so I’m wondering if there’s any movement possible in your price to come down towards that price? You see, price is very important to me but I’m conscious of not compromising on quality. Do you see a way we could negotiate a better price? Otherwise I’m going to have to go with the other company to keep in line with my budget.

As long as you’re polite and completely honest about it there won’t be any issues at all.

I’ve had a few customers try to deceive me with promises of future work, saying how another surveyor gave a friend the same service for this much so many years ago etc. I’ve even had extremely rude demands to give people a lower price. In all these cases if the customer was polite and up front about it they would have got a good response from me.

In this day and age everyone wants the best price they can get, and businesses know that- there’s just correct avenues to go about it! Naming the company that gave you the better price is a good idea so it doesn’t sound dodgy. I like how wisepearl worded it- sounds good.

I personally never ask people to match.

You have to be prepared to wear quality for price, and I personally find it insulting when people come back and say "we know you do good work, can you do it cheaper because someone else is prepared to."

How would some of you feel if your boss came in at annual review time and said "look, you are an excellent worker and your quality is great, but Sammy over there is prepared to do your job for $10k a year less, so are you interested in a pay cut?"

Instead, when I seek quotes I tell them I will be getting 3 quotes, the other two are just as reputable and I will be going with the lowest price.  That way, everyone knows where they stand.

I do the same when I quote on work, I tell people that is my best price, and its up to them, but I dont work for nothing.

Based on the above prices, it must be a pretty damn small shed.

That makes so much more sense if its for erection only.

Since it is for erection only, and Ive put a few up in my time you really cant put a kit shed up in better or worse quality than the next bloke since they are so "bolt together" and screw the tin on.  Ive seen some real rough people put a kit shed up and havent been able to fault them in the end because they are that simple once you have done one or two.

In this case, I would pick the one that will let you sleep best at night.  If the extra $1,000 will keep you away more than the possibility of it not being as good of job, then the decision is made.

I know a $1,000 is a $1,000, but on a shed that size and the concreting involved, its not a real big percentage of the purchase price.

Normally the manufacturers have their own "accreditated installers", how did they go for price?  Only reason I ask is if you have put a few Ranbuild sheds up, the easier they get, the cheaper you can do them for for example.