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I wrote......
."Why not pay the sales people a salary? Give the customer a good price, with fair financing up front. Be honest. Give the customer time to make a decision. Let them take the paperwork home to review. Enough with the hard sell. If its a good product, people will buy it on their own."
and your reply was.......
"Also, if the sales world followed your thoughts on how to sell, nothing would ever be sold, then you would have to find something else to complain about. Lets see, no jobs, huge taxes, no potato sales, and the list can go on and on."
So, let's see, you're saying consumers should be charged outrageous prices, be offered unfair financing, have to deal with dishonest salespeople, and should not be given time to make decisions regarding their purchases. I buy things everyday, most of those things, by the way are not purchased from sales people. The business environment is changing, a well educated consumer doesn't need a commissioned salesperson. I can buy a car through Costco, real estate through companies like Property by Owner, investments from Charles Schwab or E-trade. No-load mutual funds vs, loaded funds. Why are these companies successful, because they cut out the high commissioned middle man.
Less government regulation, gee that worked well with the collapse of Wall Street and sub-prime mortgages (sold by commissioned salespeople who cared only about lining their pocket). Also the savings and loan industry in the 80's.
By the way, I worked in sales as a registered rep selling investments for a very well respected, high end firm in Manhattan. I quit because the only way to make money was to convince people to buy crap. You don't make money in the retail end of the investment industry selling quality investments like T-bills, munis or blue chips, you make money selling questionable investments, with big commissions to make your branch manager look good. Look what selling derivatives did to Lehman and Bear Stearns, and they were institutional customers. I know all the tricks of high pressure sales and closing, I was taught by some of the best. Business needs regulation. By the way, have you noticed that the government doesn't try to regulate business until business messes things up. If the business community did the right things from the beginning, the government wouldn't have to regulate them. Thank goodness for Obama.
I don't dislike salespeople. I dislike dishonest salespeople.
The comment about potatoes was cute. Being from Idaho, I never heard that before.
Get a life... I have one, thank you. I am now a teacher, proud member of the NEA and love indoctrinating children to become liberals. ( Actually, I enjoy educating children so they have the tools to be productive citizens in a democratic society, and have the knowledge to make informed decisions.)
Peace.
I wrote......
."Why not pay the sales people a salary? Give the customer a good price, with fair financing up front. Be honest. Give the customer time to make a decision. Let them take the paperwork home to review. Enough with the hard sell. If its a good product, people will buy it on their own."
and your reply was.......
"Also, if the sales world followed your thoughts on how to sell, nothing would ever be sold, then you would have to find something else to complain about. Lets see, no jobs, huge taxes, no potato sales, and the list can go on and on."
So, let's see, you're saying consumers should be charged outrageous prices, be offered unfair financing, have to deal with dishonest salespeople, and should not be given time to make decisions regarding their purchases. I buy things everyday, most of those things, by the way are not purchased from sales people. The business environment is changing, a well educated consumer doesn't need a commissioned salesperson. I can buy a car through Costco, real estate through companies like Property by Owner, investments from Charles Schwab or E-trade. No-load mutual funds vs, loaded funds. Why are these companies successful, because they cut out the high commissioned middle man.
Less government regulation, gee that worked well with the collapse of Wall Street and sub-prime mortgages (sold by commissioned salespeople who cared only about lining their pocket). Also the savings and loan industry in the 80's.
By the way, I worked in sales as a registered rep selling investments for a very well respected, high end firm in Manhattan. I quit because the only way to make money was to convince people to buy crap. You don't make money in the retail end of the investment industry selling quality investments like T-bills, munis or blue chips, you make money selling questionable investments, with big commissions to make your branch manager look good. Look what selling derivatives did to Lehman and Bear Stearns, and they were institutional customers. I know all the tricks of high pressure sales and closing, I was taught by some of the best. Business needs regulation. By the way, have you noticed that the government doesn't try to regulate business until business messes things up. If the business community did the right things from the beginning, the government wouldn't have to regulate them. Thank goodness for Obama.
I don't dislike salespeople. I dislike dishonest salespeople.
The comment about potatoes was cute. Being from Idaho, I never heard that before.
Get a life... I have one, thank you. I am now a teacher, proud member of the NEA and love indoctrinating children to become liberals. ( Actually, I enjoy educating children so they have the tools to be productive citizens in a democratic society, and have the knowledge to make informed decisions.)
Peace.
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