http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/steve_barretts_blog/archive/2009/04/09/agencies-focusing-just-on-price-are-risking-disaster.aspxI recently received a copy of an e-mail that had been sent out by a press buyer at a top five UK media agency that made for intensely depressing reading. The e-mail, submitted anonymously by a disillusioned sales rep at a weekly magazine, was sent outenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/steve_barretts_blog/archive/2009/04/09/agencies-focusing-just-on-price-are-risking-disaster.aspx#42476Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:54:53 GMT0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:42476Axel<p>Good article and I agree with the author - but what's new? As a media planner buyer at a 'top' North West agency about 8 years ago, we were informed by line managers that we were to put most business the way of the media owner who was offering us most kick-back on bookings. It's wrong to say that the economic downturn is responsible for a short sighted approach from certain high turnover agencies.</p> <img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=42476" width="1" height="1">