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Originally posted by SarahPaperRocket View PostSame here, we have had ex SJD clients who have been with us for 2 or 3 years receiving these letters. I welcome healthy competition but unsolicited (attempted) potching is quite unethical in my viewThe Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Originally posted by Maslins View PostWe got one of those letters. A client who moved to us from SJD ~5 years ago (so their database must be a bit out of date), we're registered office.
Probably not breaking any laws but unethical marketing IMHO.
Most of my clients follow me due to the relationship we have, no need for underhand tactics here.Comment
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I'm not sure I buy into this "unethical" angle. If it's blatant race-to-the-bottom type marketing then clients will see it for what it is. If not, maybe these aren't the clients we want to work with? If the service is poor, the client will soon realise that and move back. If the service is good at the lower rate, then maybe we're doing something wrong.Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWhat about unsolicited poaching though?Comment
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostHow long have you been in businessComment
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Originally posted by SarahPaperRocket View PostSame here, we have had ex SJD clients who have been with us for 2 or 3 years receiving these letters. I welcome healthy competition but unsolicited (attempted) potching is quite unethical in my view
What are the chances if company X puts a flyer through their door a week after the price rises are announced? almost certainly higher...
this is what virgin, sky and BT are doing to each other all the time - it's just modern marketingComment
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Originally posted by pr1 View PostWhat are the chances if company X puts a flyer through their door a week after the price rises are announced? almost certainly higher...
this is what virgin, sky and BT are doing to each other all the time - it's just modern marketing
I never approached any clients of firms I used to work for. Not due to any contractual clauses (which I gather don't tend to hold up well in court anyway) but because it would be biting the hand that had fed me for a few years.
Ethics are a personal thing I guess, each to their own. I don't claim to be perfect, far from it, but I found this in poor taste. Certainly I'd be very upset if a few years down the line an ex Maslins employee did it to us.Comment
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Originally posted by Maslins View PostPerhaps, but a staff member from the firm in question will most likely have taken a copy of that database of clients when they left SJD. There is no public list of which business is with what accountant.
I never approached any clients of firms I used to work for. Not due to any contractual clauses (which I gather don't tend to hold up well in court anyway) but because it would be biting the hand that had fed me for a few years.
Ethics are a personal thing I guess, each to their own. I don't claim to be perfect, far from it, but I found this in poor taste. Certainly I'd be very upset if a few years down the line an ex Maslins employee did it to us.The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostHappens with recruiting firms all the time, they always take a copy of contacts / database.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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