How do you deal with salesman tactics? - Page 4

**Radamisto** · 11-07-2012, 03:56 AM

I just say no, finish the discussion and move on.

**Mindfreak** · 11-07-2012, 01:46 PM

I tell them I'm not interested, regardless of how persistent they may be. When it's known a salesman is calling on the phone, I sometimes answer, "Mountain State Psychiatric Hospital, may I help you?" They hang up quickly. Lol

**Anth** · 11-07-2012, 01:56 PM

I wonder how many people actually have two grand lying around that they can afford to just drop on a whim purchase. I want to be invited to *their* parties.

Most of the time I will just say "No thank you" and close the door. However if I have some time up my sleeve, I do believe in wasting theirs. I never let them inside, but I'll listen to the spiel. And then, right in front of them, I pull out ye olde iPad and start doing my comparison shopping. Find out what the same product costs through other forms of sale. Look at reviews. Find out what are the other best vacuum cleaners for $2000 and ask the sales person to explain why theirs is better. Try to get them to tell me why theirs is better than the equivalent $200 vacuum, then when they tell me about the awesome suction, I ask them why that matters. OK, so your vacuum cleaner can pick up a bowling ball. Mostly I want it to pick up dust. So why is the bowling ball ability worth a premium of money?

Usually the piece the resistance is to then crack open eBay and see what they are selling for second-hand. When you point out that someone is selling one on eBay with a $500 reserve "but thanks for helping me with my research" they usually start to get mighty pissed off. I like that in a salesperson.

The ones I hate the most are the snakeoil sellers in every tourist area in the world selling timeshare. Companies like Accor. They never even have the balls to say up front what they are trying to sell, because they know their product is so otiose that they need deception and pressure selling. Those ones I will be rude to. It's amazing how "Fuck off and get a real job" changes their attitude.

I was once approached by a timeshare seller who was female, about 22, and had the most amazing legs I have ever seen. She started telling me about how her company was offering a special once in a lifetime sweepstakes opportunity to win a car. I shut her down with "I'm not interested in timeshare but I'll pay $250 to nail you right now." She fled. Good times.

**The Dan Keizer** · 11-07-2012, 02:09 PM

If I'm in a good mood I will troll them and kind of prank them, or make them run their whole spiel a couple times before declining. If I'm in a bad mood I tell them to get fucked.

**Leskin** · 11-07-2012, 03:57 PM

I run away. Sometimes, literally. I make up fictional appointments and act like I'm in a hurry and just leave them hanging. You get pretty good at it after a while.

**ppu6502** · 11-07-2012, 03:58 PM

I don't buy it, literally or figuratively.

**hgrail** · 11-07-2012, 07:05 PM

If it's a phone call all they hear is "click".

If they sound really nice then they'll get a "I'm not interested" right before the "click".

What Crowley said happens at my door, except for the last sentence. That's when they hear the 'click' of my door locking.

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	"I'm not interested" "But-" "I'm not interested" "Sorry for taking your time, sir"

**AgentR** · 11-09-2012, 05:28 AM

You have no obligation to carry on a conversation with a human reading from a memorized script. My one and only answer to any question asked in response to a sales pitch, "No thank you." Doesn't even have to fit the question.

11-07-2012, 03:56 AM	#76
Radamisto Member [06%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 249	I just say no, finish the discussion and move on.
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11-07-2012, 01:46 PM	#77
Mindfreak Member [10%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 434	I tell them I'm not interested, regardless of how persistent they may be. When it's known a salesman is calling on the phone, I sometimes answer, "Mountain State Psychiatric Hospital, may I help you?" They hang up quickly. Lol
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11-07-2012, 01:56 PM	#78
Anth New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 75	I wonder how many people actually have two grand lying around that they can afford to just drop on a whim purchase. I want to be invited to their parties. Most of the time I will just say "No thank you" and close the door. However if I have some time up my sleeve, I do believe in wasting theirs. I never let them inside, but I'll listen to the spiel. And then, right in front of them, I pull out ye olde iPad and start doing my comparison shopping. Find out what the same product costs through other forms of sale. Look at reviews. Find out what are the other best vacuum cleaners for $2000 and ask the sales person to explain why theirs is better. Try to get them to tell me why theirs is better than the equivalent $200 vacuum, then when they tell me about the awesome suction, I ask them why that matters. OK, so your vacuum cleaner can pick up a bowling ball. Mostly I want it to pick up dust. So why is the bowling ball ability worth a premium of money? Usually the piece the resistance is to then crack open eBay and see what they are selling for second-hand. When you point out that someone is selling one on eBay with a $500 reserve "but thanks for helping me with my research" they usually start to get mighty pissed off. I like that in a salesperson. The ones I hate the most are the snakeoil sellers in every tourist area in the world selling timeshare. Companies like Accor. They never even have the balls to say up front what they are trying to sell, because they know their product is so otiose that they need deception and pressure selling. Those ones I will be rude to. It's amazing how "Fuck off and get a real job" changes their attitude. I was once approached by a timeshare seller who was female, about 22, and had the most amazing legs I have ever seen. She started telling me about how her company was offering a special once in a lifetime sweepstakes opportunity to win a car. I shut her down with "I'm not interested in timeshare but I'll pay $250 to nail you right now." She fled. Good times.
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11-07-2012, 02:09 PM	#79
The Dan Keizer Core Member [115%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 4,613	If I'm in a good mood I will troll them and kind of prank them, or make them run their whole spiel a couple times before declining. If I'm in a bad mood I tell them to get fucked.
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11-07-2012, 03:57 PM	#80
Leskin New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 3	I run away. Sometimes, literally. I make up fictional appointments and act like I'm in a hurry and just leave them hanging. You get pretty good at it after a while.
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11-07-2012, 03:58 PM	#81
ppu6502 Special Snowflake MBTI: INTj Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 11,817	I don't buy it, literally or figuratively.
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11-09-2012, 05:28 AM	#83
AgentR New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 46	You have no obligation to carry on a conversation with a human reading from a memorized script. My one and only answer to any question asked in response to a sales pitch, "No thank you." Doesn't even have to fit the question.
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