Mark Magstadt isn't shy when it comes to expressing his distaste for reverse auctions. As president of Lake City, Fla.-based Hub City Industrial Supply, Inc., he's been asked to participate in them numerous times, including the one that left his firm's early legwork cast aside while the potential customer put the order up for bid online. "We brought them a product that was going to save them about $20,000 annually, and they thanked us by asking us to bid against their current vendor," says Magstadt. "It was just nasty." Unwilling to give in to the customer's demands, Magstadt says his two-location, 16-employee firm ignored repeated requests to "come online and bid on the order," and didn't even monitor its progress. "We simply said, 'we're not participating,'" says Magstadt. "Then we walked away."
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机译：对于表达对反向拍卖的厌恶，马克·马格斯塔特（Mark Magstadt）并不害羞。作为位于佛罗里达州湖城市的Hub City Industrial Supply，Inc.的总裁，他被要求参加许多次会议，包括一次让他的公司的早期工作搁置一旁，而潜在客户却在线下标竞标的会议。 。玛格施塔特说：“我们为他们带来了一种产品，每年将为他们节省约20,000美元，他们感谢我们要求我们对他们目前的供应商出价。” “太讨厌了。”玛格斯塔特（Magstadt）不愿屈服于客户的需求，他说，他的两地兼职，有16名员工的公司忽略了重复提出的“在线竞标和出价”的要求，甚至没有监视其进度。 Magstadt说：“我们只是说，'我们不参加'。” “然后我们走开了。”
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