Dear Sales People

[Rider]

If I ask a very simple and basic question, for example "How much will this cost?", and you respond with a 2 minute spiel in which you tell me it's free but it costs $15, I'm going to hang up on you. There is also then no need to call me back in desperation 2 seconds after I hang up on your boiler room working ass.

Oh also if I tell you to e-mail me your offer, or ask for number where I can call you back and you can't do that. There is no way in hell you are getting my money.

People are getting so fucking desperate trying to sell ad space.


/rant

[hnibos]

i cant work in the corporate world

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[Starla]

My very first job was telemarketing. I worked in a little trailer with wood paneling. It was for some siding company. These people were vicious b/c your prize for booking appointments was a brand new pencil with their company name on it.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Starla

My very first job was telemarketing. .

Me too. I sold Book of the Month Club, Natural Disaster Insurance, and Columbia House. Sold the hell out of 'em, too.

[stripes]

i worked in an inbound call center. so my reply is irrelevant. other than it sucked cock, don't do it pleease.

[Rider]

It's annoying every time i do a little bit of marketing for my business for the next 3 weeks I get calls from ever damn directory site on the internet.

The funny thing is I will be working with the company that called me yesterday. There is just no way in hell I'm signing up over the phone from some sleazy sales pitch. I hate being lied to.

If the guy had just said "we have this package that costs $15 heres what you get with it." But instead I get "WE have these small ads we run and we do call tracking and over the last 3 months one of these ads generated 200 calls for a company similar to yours and guess what this is free. Isn't that amazing you can get 2000 calls for free."

Next time I get a pitch like this I 'm going to ask if they can track how many of these calls are coming from boiler rooms trying to sell ad space.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Rider

There is also then no need to call me back in desperation 2 seconds after I hang up on your boiler room working ass.

time warner did this to me the other day, i had investigated their offers for cable internets and found out that i have to pay a monthly fee to rent their modem and said "fuck this" but i had somehow gotten far enough into the site that they were able to call me and hound me. the first guy was ok, and i understood sort of but the second guy kept hounding me, i already had internets i tole him, he said well what about cable i can get you super I'm not interested in cable, OH but sir there's so much that FUCK YOU DIE and i hung up then he called back in seconds

[Starla]

Originally Posted by slunken

Me too. I sold Book of the Month Club, Natural Disaster Insurance, and Columbia House. Sold the hell out of 'em, too.

what was your strategy?

I also worked at a cable company (for 3 1/2 months). People would call in crying about their cable being shut off, that or I got screamed at. It is insane the amount of people who think they will die without their tv shows.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Starla

what was your strategy?

I also worked at a cable company (for 3 1/2 months). People would call in crying about their cable being shut off, that or I got screamed at. It is insane the amount of people who think they will die without their tv shows.

That's not telemarketing.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Starla

what was your strategy?

Basically I just completely deviated from the script and tried to have a real conversation with the person. I listened to what they had to say. Like, if they clearly weren't interested I wasn't going to push it or anything. Why waste both of our time? But if they did seem interested I knew what direction I needed to steer the conversation to seal the deal. I did that by listening.

That ABC mentality is complete bull-shit.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by slunken

Basically I just completely deviated from the script and tried to have a real conversation with the person. I listened to what they had to say. Like, if they clearly weren't interested I wasn't going to push it or anything. Why waste both of our time? But if they did seem interested I knew what direction I needed to steer the conversation to seal the deal. I did that by listening.

That ABC mentality is complete bull-shit.

Yeah that's the part that drives me nuts. You can hear the damn script in their voice, I could even tell you the parts that are bolded for them. When I cut you off and ask you how much it costs me that is your opportunity to break script, if you just not only continue the script but also lie to me I'm hanging up.

[28if]

i hate selling stuff, it makes me feel bad. i certainly couldn't do it as a career.

[Trotskilicious]

any thoughts on what you do want to do kiddo?

[iPumpkin]

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[ohnoitsbonnie]

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[slunken]

I don't get people who don't hang up on telemarketers. Or those that chew them out. Like the last thing they want is an earful of lol instead of another, immediately auto-dialed cold call.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by slunken

I don't get people who don't hang up on telemarketers. Or those that chew them out. Like the last thing they want is an earful of lol instead of another, immediately auto-dialed cold call.

Whenever I hear prank phone calls I always wonder why the fuck the person stayed on the phone with them.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Earful of lol on the 45