This.<p>With years of experience from dealing with &quot;ask for quote&quot; businesses, this strategy is by now an <i>immediate</i> k.o. criteria for me when considering anything.<p>I may return for your offer only after spending considerable time of not finding any more transparent business (quite rare, but possible for very customized products like renting glass fiber for an office).<p>In practice this never happens and I&#x27;ve been a much happier customer ever since - with my business life cleaned up from 95% of dealing with crappy sales reps.