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Frank Coztansa

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:13 pm

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Douchebag wrote:

Salesman are the worst people on the face of the Earth.

They should all be executed on live TV.

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Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:39 pm

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Boilermaker Rick wrote:

Scorehead wrote:

But still. The free stuff is never worth having to deal with these scumbags, is it? No thanks.

I doubt we do it again, but it basically paid for our entertainment all day and we got two free meals out of it. We immediately went out and enjoyed the day afterwards too.

I recall two extremely low-cost vacations we have taken in nice resorts -- one in Scottsdale and one in Orlando. The stipulation was we had to sit through a 90 minute timeshare presentation at each. The Scottsdale one, which I believe was at a Hyatt property, was very low key. The Orlando one however, which was at a Marriott resort, did turn into high pressure. The guy would not shut up. But I simply told him that he could talk until my ear fell off but I just was not going to purchase anything that day.

Regardless, they were both well worth it. Terrific properties at which I otherwise would have never stayed, and at a very reasonable cost.

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Chus

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:23 pm

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Scorehead wrote:

Attending a time share presentation with high pressure sales tactics just to get a free vacation & food is silly in my opinion. I'll never do it.

Agreed. Huge waste of time.

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Chris_in_joliet

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:20 pm

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Salesman are the worst people on the face of the Earth.

They should all be executed on live TV.

WTF guys

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What the hell, I would. Post op is OK right? Right?!?!?!

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:30 pm

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Salesman are the worst people on the face of the Earth.

They should all be executed on live TV.

That would definitely outdraw that MMA shit.

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SomeGuy

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:31 pm

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Don Tiny wrote:

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Salesman are the worst people on the face of the Earth.

They should all be executed on live TV.

That would definitely outdraw that MMA shit.

MMA is the worst.

IT guys aren't all good.

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Furious Styles

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:06 pm

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Salesman are the worst people on the face of the Earth.

They should all be executed on live TV.

Would you postpone closing on your house to attend one?

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Frank Coztansa

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:15 pm

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Only if it was mine.

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Furious Styles

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:23 pm

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Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:27 pm

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Salesman are the worst people on the face of the Earth.

They should all be executed on live TV.

While Yoko Ono performs Moves Like Jagger

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Crystal Lake Hoffy

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:36 pm

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Boilermaker Rick wrote:

Answer a simple question. It's not that hard.

I download a trial version of a piece of software and I was contacted about how much I liked it and would I like to talk further with a rude followup email that basically said "Hey, answer my emails or I assume you have no interest and let me know if I still should track this". I responded that I was interested on one specific part of the software and what the pricing would be for that one specific part.

The response was to ask to schedule a conference call to discuss my needs and if the fit was a good one with no mention of pricing. Hey idiot, I used your software and wanted to buy it! Of course it's a fit! This could have been the easiest sale you've made all year. Instead, I'll go to a place where I don't have to deal with a salesman trying to sell me a whole bunch of garbage I'll never use.

I understand it's probably effective, but it seems like almost all salesman are more hassle than they are worth.

Software doesn't usually come piecemeal. Usually they have tier plans. You get the "free" open-soure, standard, enterprise or something like that. That being said, salesmen are bad, but not as bad as recruiters.

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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:02 am

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Scorehead wrote:

Attending a time share presentation with high pressure sales tactics just to get a free vacation & food is silly in my opinion. I'll never do it.

My mother, sister, and aunt all went to one that gave you five different two night trips for showing up. They asked me to go, I said really not that interested, they said, hey free trips! Still declined. They went, it was about 5 hours or so, and they all said no, but got their trips. I think they used three of them -- by trip, I mean just lodging. So it was lodging at Disneyland, somewhere in Arizona, and I think Branson... they had two others but never used them... also they drove to Disneyland to save some money. And these hotels were probably like $60/night places with tons of blackout dates -- glad I didn't go, but I guess to certain people it may be worth it.

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bigfan

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:55 am

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mcbrides wrote:

Deal with them everyday and I have to constantly tell myself BE NIZE M'FER,
I know its a hard gig and that they get told to go fuck themselves 80% of the time but give me what I
want and quit the hard sell.

Mc, when I owned a joint, I had one day..usually Wed between 8 and 10, if they want to call back then, I will be there..., so first call got in....

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Brick

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:29 am

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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:

Software doesn't usually come piecemeal. Usually they have tier plans. You get the "free" open-soure, standard, enterprise or something like that.

I know, which is why I asked if it was available as a stand alone.

As I suspected, he tried to sell me on a software package that was about 8 times more expensive, even though I was using the standalone version up until a few weeks ago.

Seems pretty dumb to me, but I'm not a business major so maybe this strategy will work. I don't see many people falling for it given how it's a competitive field.

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Tall Midget

Post subject: Re: Salesman in general

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:11 pm

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Scorehead wrote:

But still. The free stuff is never worth having to deal with these scumbags, is it? No thanks.

Bucky Chris wrote:

There is a ton of stuff I would take for free in exchange for sitting through an hour of useless noise.

I'm with you, Bucky. Half of life is spent listening to useless noise. The difference here is that you're getting compensated for doing so.

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