Woulda Coulda Shoulda

That Will Be $100

How you really want to answer the unknown client who asks you to fix something they purchased somewhere else.

Published

1 year ago

October 1, 2018

INVISION Staff Invision October 2018 Issue

“I can help you for $100 since that is what my margin would have been had you bought that here.”

To the people who come in with something they bought elsewhere and want us to fix or adjust it.

Woulda Coulda Shouldas are provided anonymously by INVISION’s Brain Squad.

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Make That Difficult Patient a Chain Store’s Problem

What you’d have said to that rude, frustrating or clueless patient …

Published

11 months ago

November 23, 2018

INVISION Staff

“I suggest you go to a chain store where you might get better service.”

To one of those rare belligerent customers: “We do recommend they go elsewhere. By traveling to another office they might calm down and we rarely see them again, as we don’t need their business or appreciate the disruption to our office.”