I am working with a large company in Cape Town on some web development. The total value of the project is in the millions of Rands.
Recently I contacted a potential vendor to set-up a meeting to discuss how they could assist and work on the project. They never responded to my requests. So we are not going to be working with them, and they have lost a potential huge customer and a lot of business.
I contacted three people to fix some damp in my house. One never got back to me, another quoted over 5 times the going rate for the job, and the other is finishing off the job today. This is while businesses are complaining about the “tough economy”.
Do you return messages? How much business have you lost because you did not get around to answering an email?