Posted: 7/30/2001 9:22:28 AM EDT
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Hey Guys, I am doing a report on Para-Ordnance P14-45 and P14-45 LDA pistols at Angelo State University this week. I am in a senior level salesmanship class and my assignment is to play the part of a salesman for Para-Ordnance and sell p14-45 pistols to a major law enforcement organization. I have done almost all the research I need so far with a few exceptions. I need to know the following: 1. How are they priced for LEO? 2. How else are they promoted other than TV and magazines? 3. How is the product distributed? A. Channels of Distribution? B. Quantities produced? C. Selling Policies? I have contacted Para-Ordnance myself asking these questions but they will not return my e-mails. I would greatly appreciate any help on this as it will count as half of my semester grade. |
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They are priced too high for most LEOs, I bought my glock 23 for $ 399. You might try the elite unit approach, like for Swat and HRT teams. Or when you are alone have the best backup a PO 14 shot 45. aim for departments that have their Officers spread too far apart. There are also police shows, I was at one in June that cover new eqquipment. Or a trial program. Let them evaluate a gun.You are beetter off with thew LDA. Most departmental lawyers might prefer it to locked and cocked. Just some thoughts. |
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1. Much cheaper than for Civilian. 2. Promo Porfolio plus product sample send directly to the Department. 3. How is the product distributed? A. Always send to the Chief or Sheriff. B. A couple of Promo Products and free ammo will suffice C. Life time warranty Plus free upgrade. |
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Don't know if states and cities have purchase requirements like the feds but if so I'm pretty failure with them. Any federal government purchase contracts over $2500 have to be bid upon on the open market for commercial off the shelf equipment. Buy American and minority quotas apply often costing us an extra 30-50% to buy from a smaller minority owned business rather than a nationwide chain. Contracts can be lowest bid on something simple (like a handgun), best buy, or require a testing and competition (like a new handgun design). Testing is very strictly monitored for fairness often having several panels of subject matter experts independently running subjective and objective testing. Everything is documented and recorded to the n'th degree to protect against protest which sometimes arise with larger ($100K plus) purchases. There's plenty of ways to get around the $2500 limits - like splitting retirements across several purchases. We'll buy six pistols a quarter for the next eight quarters to replace the weapons slowly say... Sole source/brand name justifications can be written to justify a purchase. We're going to purchase 24 new pistols to replace 24 old ones from our inventory of 150 total. To retain parts interchangeability, officer and armour training we will demand the same brandname and model number. |
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Quoted: Hey Guys, I am doing a report on Para-Ordnance P14-45 and P14-45 LDA pistols at Angelo State University this week. I am in a senior level salesmanship class and my assignment is to play the part of a salesman for Para-Ordnance and sell p14-45 pistols to a major law enforcement organization. I have done almost all the research I need so far with a few exceptions. I need to know the following: 1. How are they priced for LEO? 2. How else are they promoted other than TV and magazines? 3. How is the product distributed? A. Channels of Distribution? B. Quantities produced? C. Selling Policies? I have contacted Para-Ordnance myself asking these questions but they will not return my e-mails. I would greatly appreciate any help on this as it will count as half of my semester grade. How are you going to cite this web page Einstein? If you are researching a college paper, I suggest you do the proper literature review first. You need to conduct any original research by contacting Para-Ordanance. Try calling their corporate customer relations, or see if you can get a hold of a marketing or sales person via a distributor. Also refer to the APA for citation rules. If this is for half your grade, you need more than this web page can provide…….assuming you are actually writing a paper. |
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