STABLING PRICES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4218, 1 December 1939, Page 3

STABLING PRICES

BUYING ON PRICK. This story has been going the rounds. It should be seen by everyone who makes it a habit to buy on price:— Under a will a man was left a horse. He sent his son to find out what three different stables would keep it for. One said 15s a week, another 10s and one ss. The man decided on the 5s a week, but still felt it was a bit on the high side and sent his son back again to ask what the allowance would be for the manure. The reply came back that at 5s a week there wouldn’t be any manure. In a word, the poor horse would be starved. The mass of people, of course, are compelled to buy on price. But there are many who can afford to pay for quality, who make it a habit to buy on price. Town Councils, for instance, nearly always accept the lowest bids. That is why they so often get poor value for their money. A Councilman is afraid to say a word in favour of one of the higher bids, lest someone may think he has an axe to grind. Whenever a public body or a private firm makes a rule to always accept the lowest bids, that is not buying at all. Any schoolboy of 12 could buy like that. A real buyer is one who finds out what he is getting for the money. He knows that it is cheaper to pay 15s a week and have his horse well fed, than to pay 5s a week and have hiS horse starved to death.