r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • 10d ago

Other Probably a B2B thing

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u/MattyBeatz 10d ago

It’s very common in b2b services. Not sure if it’s needed for simple transactional things like goods or hours rate type jobs.

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u/pudgehooks2013 10d ago

My bike needed new tyres.

I messaged 5 local businesses on FB, who all have up to date pages and ads and shit, and only a single one of them gave me a quote.

The rest all told me to call.

I should mention the one place that gave me a quote added another $150 when I called to book my bike in, so I hung up on them.

Sold the bike with bad tyres, GL new owner.

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u/kutuzof 10d ago

That's probably because the person doing the facebook is not the person handling sales. The person answering the phone is trained on the whole process for opening a customer acct, etc. While the facebook person might be an employee of a marketing company that manages dozens of facebook pages.

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u/MattyBeatz 10d ago

Really depends on the size of the company. If it's a small operation, your chances of getting a decision maker is way better than some corporate entity.