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	<title>Comments on: What they really mean</title>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://www.theproposalguys.com/2008/01/29/what-they-really-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-1472</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lesa - love it!

The depressing things with all of these is how easily buyers see through them!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lesa &#8211; love it!</p>
<p>The depressing things with all of these is how easily buyers see through them!</p>
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		<title>By: Lesa C</title>
		<link>http://www.theproposalguys.com/2008/01/29/what-they-really-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-1460</link>
		<dc:creator>Lesa C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One more...

&quot;We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.&quot; 

Really Means:

&quot;We either don&#039;t want to or don&#039;t know how to answer this question right now, but think this response might buy us some time without getting our proposal disqualified.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.&#8221; </p>
<p>Really Means:</p>
<p>&#8220;We either don&#8217;t want to or don&#8217;t know how to answer this question right now, but think this response might buy us some time without getting our proposal disqualified.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://www.theproposalguys.com/2008/01/29/what-they-really-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-1371</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, Roisin

Love them! My alternative take on &quot;Further information is available on request&quot; would be:

&quot;We did request further information from our experts to include in the proposal, as we know the answer&#039;s inadequate as it stands - but they didn&#039;t give us anything in time.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Roisin</p>
<p>Love them! My alternative take on &#8220;Further information is available on request&#8221; would be:</p>
<p>&#8220;We did request further information from our experts to include in the proposal, as we know the answer&#8217;s inadequate as it stands &#8211; but they didn&#8217;t give us anything in time.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Roisin</title>
		<link>http://www.theproposalguys.com/2008/01/29/what-they-really-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-1369</link>
		<dc:creator>Roisin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My Offerings:

Further information is available on request:

&quot;We couldn&#039;t pull the client references together on time, and we are hoping against hope that they come through before you demand to see them&quot;



Vendor has three million man years of experience in technology X : 

&quot;We have lots of people who have done a weeks training in X, and we&#039;re hoping our figures are misleading enough that you won&#039;t notice we are making it up as we go along&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My Offerings:</p>
<p>Further information is available on request:</p>
<p>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t pull the client references together on time, and we are hoping against hope that they come through before you demand to see them&#8221;</p>
<p>Vendor has three million man years of experience in technology X : </p>
<p>&#8220;We have lots of people who have done a weeks training in X, and we&#8217;re hoping our figures are misleading enough that you won&#8217;t notice we are making it up as we go along&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://www.theproposalguys.com/2008/01/29/what-they-really-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-1336</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great list, Barbara. I think my own favourite is:

&quot;We&#039;ll discuss this in detail in a detailed design workshop at the start of the project&quot;

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&quot;We haven&#039;t got a clue about your requirements, or how we&#039;ll meet them, and we&#039;re praying that you won&#039;t notice until after you&#039;ve given us the contract&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great list, Barbara. I think my own favourite is:</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll discuss this in detail in a detailed design workshop at the start of the project&#8221;</p>
<p>=</p>
<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t got a clue about your requirements, or how we&#8217;ll meet them, and we&#8217;re praying that you won&#8217;t notice until after you&#8217;ve given us the contract&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Esmedina</title>
		<link>http://www.theproposalguys.com/2008/01/29/what-they-really-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-1331</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Esmedina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We developed the first proprietary web-based solution&quot; = Our software is really out-of-date and won&#039;t work with your browser

&quot;We provide Service of Unequalled Excellence&quot;=You don&#039;t want to know what we mean by unequalled

And my personal favorite:
&quot;Our senior management team has more than 200 years combined experience&quot;=Wow, those guys are really old</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We developed the first proprietary web-based solution&#8221; = Our software is really out-of-date and won&#8217;t work with your browser</p>
<p>&#8220;We provide Service of Unequalled Excellence&#8221;=You don&#8217;t want to know what we mean by unequalled</p>
<p>And my personal favorite:<br />
&#8220;Our senior management team has more than 200 years combined experience&#8221;=Wow, those guys are really old</p>
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