Monthly Archives: October 2010

Prospects lie!

When I first contacted the client, I was told that they were taking bids from interior designers. A couple of months later, the operations manager told me, “the company president has already selected furniture”. This was in February 2010. Since I knew that they weren’t occupying the new building until 2011 this seemed very doubtful to me. I tried reaching the president directly but his phone was very well defended. Continue reading

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You’ve got tools—use them!

I got him on the phone and was told (and I quote), ” I can‘t make any promises as I have several vendors already but I will keep you posted”. I know what this means, and it doesn’t bode well. Continue reading

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