>When you have to "learn about my company" in order to give me pricing info, I know you're just making the price up based on what you think I can pay.
That is how 99% of sellers do business. The upper end of the price range is what the buyer can pay, the lower end is what their competitors are asking for. Some sellers are lucky to have few competitors, so they can waste more of the buyers' time trying to narrow down exactly how much they can or are willing to pay.
This is how a lot of consumer businesses are pricing now.
Then they use the same consulting firm as their competitors to set prices.
So the college model.
Which is why you shouldn't engage with those sellers and companies they represent unless you have no alternative and are truly desperate.