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The quote that went quiet

You sent it Tuesday. It's been eleven days. You still don't know if it was the price.

What's actually happening

One quote, start to finish. The top row is your side of it. The branch underneath is hers.

Left to right

TUE 9:40 PM You send the quote Priced at the kitchen table.
WED She opens it Reads it twice, tells nobody.
THU · THE SPLIT Nobody follows up Chasing twice feels like begging.
DAY 11 You send one polite text A week after the decision was made.
DAY 14 The quote goes stale It sits on your board as a maybe.
DAY 6 She gets a second quote That contractor rang on day two.
DAY 11 She books him Not cheaper. Just still in the conversation.
if nobody chases

Top to bottom

TUE 9:40 PM You send the quote Priced at the kitchen table.
WED She opens it Reads it twice, tells nobody.
THU · THE SPLIT Nobody follows up Chasing twice feels like begging.
if nobody chases
DAY 6 She gets a second quote That contractor rang on day two.
DAY 11 She books him Not cheaper. Just still in the conversation.
DAY 11 You send one polite text A week after the decision was made.
DAY 14 The quote goes stale It sits on your board as a maybe.

So you sit on it. Chasing twice feels like begging and chasing never feels like losing, so most owners split the difference and send one polite text about a week later, which is roughly a week after the decision got made.

What it costs you

A quote nobody chases is a quote you paid to write.

Look at your own board and run the arithmetic on what is sitting on it.

8 open Quotes on your board right now, at an average of twelve thousand.
$96,000 Work in limbo. Already measured, already priced, already driven to.
1 a month Winning one more of them costs you nothing but the asking.

How we fix it

Same quote, same Tuesday night. The difference is that something asks on your behalf.

Left to right

TUE 9:40 PM You send the quote Nothing changes on your side.
WED She opens it Same read, same silence.
WED · THE SPLIT Follow-up starts itself Attached to the quote, not your memory.
DAY 8 You get a reply, not a task Any answer stops the sequence.
DAY 9 Signed, or a clean no Your board shows what is actually live.
DAY 2 A real question goes out Not "just checking in".
DAY 5 A nudge with the drawing Same quote, easier to say yes to.
DAY 8 She answers Because somebody was still there.
if she goes quiet

Top to bottom

TUE 9:40 PM You send the quote Nothing changes on your side.
WED She opens it Same read, same silence.
WED · THE SPLIT Follow-up starts itself Attached to the quote, not your memory.
if she goes quiet
DAY 2 A real question goes out Not "just checking in".
DAY 5 A nudge with the drawing Same quote, easier to say yes to.
DAY 8 She answers Because somebody was still there.
DAY 8 You get a reply, not a task Any answer stops the sequence.
DAY 9 Signed, or a clean no Your board shows what is actually live.

The automation

Quote follow-up sequence

The estimate follows itself up on a schedule you set, until she answers or tells you no.

  • Quote goes out, the clock starts the same minute
  • A short text lands day two, a different one day five, another the next week
  • Each one asks a real question, not "just checking in"
  • A reply of any kind stops the sequence and pings you
  • A no closes the quote out, so your board shows what is actually live

You are not more persistent than the guy down the road. Your system is.

What it doesn't fix

It won't rescue a price she was never going to accept

If you are eight thousand over the next quote, follow-up just gets you the no sooner, which is still worth something.

It won't write a better estimate

If the document is three lines in an email body, the follow-up is chasing a document that was never persuasive in the first place.

And it can't chase what it never saw

Quotes written on a pad in the truck and handed over at the curb stay invisible unless they go through the system.

Which plan it's in

Every plan, starting with Catch at $297/mo.

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