Tell me if I'm wrong here...
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Tell me if I'm wrong here...
So these guys cold call me to sell printer cartridges...
www.bigskycomputer.com
AT LEAST HAVE YOUR WEBSITE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU START CALLING PEOPLE.
Under "Contact Us" it says "hi."
effing "hi."
That's it.
Just...
"hi."
That's fine, whatever. The guy says that his father who has recently passed away had done business with my predecessor. Fine. I ask him for an email address so I can get back to him.
him- "well... I'm kinda new and they don't really have a computer for me yet..."
ooooooooooooooookay.
whatever.
me - "Fax me a pricelist and I'll get back to you."
He calls the next day.
me - "Call me back tomorrow, I don't have time right now."
A different guy calls back just now.
me - "Thank you for your time. I'm not interested." (should have hung up right here)
him - LOUDLY "That's fine, may I ask why?"
me - (first thing that comes into my head) "Umm, I want to stick with genuine HP cartridges?" (a complete lie)
him - LOUDER and FASTER "Well we guarantee... blah, blah, blah."
me - "Thanks a lot for your time. Have a nice day."
He was still talking when I hung up... going louder and faster the farther the phone was from my head. I felt bad for half a millisecond. He's just doing his job, right?
But then I got to thinking, did he really think that nearly yelling at me was going to change my mind? wtf. Someone needs to go back to salesman school.
Am I wrong here?
I want to call him back just to f00k with him.
www.bigskycomputer.com
AT LEAST HAVE YOUR WEBSITE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU START CALLING PEOPLE.
Under "Contact Us" it says "hi."
effing "hi."
That's it.
Just...
"hi."
That's fine, whatever. The guy says that his father who has recently passed away had done business with my predecessor. Fine. I ask him for an email address so I can get back to him.
him- "well... I'm kinda new and they don't really have a computer for me yet..."
ooooooooooooooookay.
whatever.
me - "Fax me a pricelist and I'll get back to you."
He calls the next day.
me - "Call me back tomorrow, I don't have time right now."
A different guy calls back just now.
me - "Thank you for your time. I'm not interested." (should have hung up right here)
him - LOUDLY "That's fine, may I ask why?"
me - (first thing that comes into my head) "Umm, I want to stick with genuine HP cartridges?" (a complete lie)
him - LOUDER and FASTER "Well we guarantee... blah, blah, blah."
me - "Thanks a lot for your time. Have a nice day."
He was still talking when I hung up... going louder and faster the farther the phone was from my head. I felt bad for half a millisecond. He's just doing his job, right?
But then I got to thinking, did he really think that nearly yelling at me was going to change my mind? wtf. Someone needs to go back to salesman school.
Am I wrong here?
I want to call him back just to f00k with him.
hahahaha i love it!!
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So these guys cold call me to sell printer cartridges...
www.bigskycomputer.com
AT LEAST HAVE YOUR WEBSITE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU START CALLING PEOPLE.
Under "Contact Us" it says "hi."
effing "hi."
That's it.
Just...
"hi."
That's fine, whatever. The guy says that his father who has recently passed away had done business with my predecessor. Fine. I ask him for an email address so I can get back to him.
him- "well... I'm kinda new and they don't really have a computer for me yet..."
ooooooooooooooookay.
whatever.
me - "Fax me a pricelist and I'll get back to you."
He calls the next day.
me - "Call me back tomorrow, I don't have time right now."
A different guy calls back just now.
me - "Thank you for your time. I'm not interested." (should have hung up right here)
him - LOUDLY "That's fine, may I ask why?"
me - (first thing that comes into my head) "Umm, I want to stick with genuine HP cartridges?" (a complete lie)
him - LOUDER and FASTER "Well we guarantee... blah, blah, blah."
me - "Thanks a lot for your time. Have a nice day."
He was still talking when I hung up... going louder and faster the farther the phone was from my head. I felt bad for half a millisecond. He's just doing his job, right?
But then I got to thinking, did he really think that nearly yelling at me was going to change my mind? wtf. Someone needs to go back to salesman school.
Am I wrong here?
I want to call him back just to f00k with him.
www.bigskycomputer.com
AT LEAST HAVE YOUR WEBSITE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU START CALLING PEOPLE.
Under "Contact Us" it says "hi."
effing "hi."
That's it.
Just...
"hi."
That's fine, whatever. The guy says that his father who has recently passed away had done business with my predecessor. Fine. I ask him for an email address so I can get back to him.
him- "well... I'm kinda new and they don't really have a computer for me yet..."
ooooooooooooooookay.
whatever.
me - "Fax me a pricelist and I'll get back to you."
He calls the next day.
me - "Call me back tomorrow, I don't have time right now."
A different guy calls back just now.
me - "Thank you for your time. I'm not interested." (should have hung up right here)
him - LOUDLY "That's fine, may I ask why?"
me - (first thing that comes into my head) "Umm, I want to stick with genuine HP cartridges?" (a complete lie)
him - LOUDER and FASTER "Well we guarantee... blah, blah, blah."
me - "Thanks a lot for your time. Have a nice day."
He was still talking when I hung up... going louder and faster the farther the phone was from my head. I felt bad for half a millisecond. He's just doing his job, right?
But then I got to thinking, did he really think that nearly yelling at me was going to change my mind? wtf. Someone needs to go back to salesman school.
Am I wrong here?
I want to call him back just to f00k with him.
well played
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