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Service charge is extra
ONE CAPITAL GOODS COMPANY used to include services like
installation, maintenance and support as part of the overall
purchase price as part of an incentive to buy – a decision that
was popular with the salesforce. When research indicated that
their customers found these services valuable and would be
willing to pay for them, sometimes from third-party suppliers,
the company set up a service division, developed a portfolio
of chargeable services and launched them. Within a year, that
division became the most profitable in the company and the
salesforce suffered no loss of business.
Extend a product with service
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