I admit it. I absolutely hate being sold to. As soon as someone goes into their sales pitch, my guard goes up, my cynicism kicks in, and I’m convinced someone thinks they can pull something over on me.
I was once upon a time in a business where I possessed intellectual capital and I was supposed to sell that to others. I hated that. Either they needed it–or they didn’t. I was convinced that if they needed it, they knew it, and they would seek it out……otherwise, I was an annoyance and pushing myself inappropriately to those who didn’t have a need.
Yes I admit it…I hate salespeople in my face.
Anyone else hate being marketed to as much as I hate it?
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I read each one of the responses before writing and in each one you counter the writer with why you are staying in this situation. When you left, did you think about what kind of life you were going to build for yourself? Because after the ini
i am a salesperson and i hate it, imagine that! I sell paper and people need paper, so usually my salespitch is easy. This is what i can offer and this is the price. BUT after a few months of getting the paper at the samea price, it goes up, that’s when one has to blah blah blah.
I moved out of sales mode almost 16 years ago, and I STILL have an occasional stress dream about selling work and hating it and not being confident or good at it~!
Hi DL,
Sales is convincing someone that they need something. It’s much easier to sell if they come to you because they need something. Then the question is how much of it can you sell? That I can do. But I don’t try to sell something they don’t need because I have to believe in it and have a hard time being convincing. If I believe in it, watch out. You’re outnumbered. I’m polite to people who solicit until they get insistent and don’t take “no” for an answer.
I was great at selling to those who called seeking info….eg the motivated buyer. But geez I hated the cold call, the pitch to those who hadnt expressed an interest/need…………
I wont pick up a phone call unless I know who is on the other end of the call generally………and if someone catches me by happenstance and moves into sales mode–I just hate it.
I immediately move into “what do you want? why are you bothering me? leave me alone…..dont call me, I’ll call you” mode
I also hate continuous calls from organizations I donated to or had anything to do with. Example, American Red Cross calls everyday. No kidding. So, I catch them when I can and tell them I’m not interested and will donate when i can, no need to ask me. Then, the next day, there they are again, and again. I just thank God they don’t have my cell number.
The Red Cross calls me but they want my platelets.
I’m 0-neg. I have never done the platelets. Do they call you everyday? I understand that they need blood all the time but even when I tell them they don’t have to call, they continue. Simply putting it on their screen would help others know my request. Touch of the finger.
I’m on a monthly schedule. Just tell them to stop the calls or you’ll stop donating money.
Have you asked them to remove your name from their list? Getting daily calls would cause me to be impolite in a BIG way.
Yes! It hasn’t helped.
I agree, I hate phone solicitation and will quickly cut the caller off. That being said I have been in sales for over 30 years and I love selling. I see sales as helping buyers make an informed decision. As a decorator I sell my products and services to people who are usually excited about decorating. They are often purchasing items they want even if they don’t need them. I rely on referrals and advertising to get new clients and never cold call. When I do my job right the buyers are thrilled with what they purchase.
When I first started my decorating business, being new and in a very connected small town, I went out cold calling. I actually found some very good clients that way. I’m not pushy at all. When I saw someone moving in, I would stop by, introduce myself and give them my brochure. I even paid my two younger sons to put my brochures on doors in newer neighborhoods. It helped immensely and they got extra money. People either needed it or they didn’t. Later, the referrals came along. I hated to give it up but my current job came along with all the benefits and I thought it was a good decision. Still do, my husband was my installer and I couldn’t find anyone to replace him. He wasn’t thrilled with it. I still get calls and I haven’t done any real decorating for almost 5 yrs. I had to stop giving away something I used to charge for so I stay away from giving decorating advise. Now, I recommend places and they get the idea.
I had a friend who was a decorator and when she saw someone moving into a new house she would stop and give them a gift and say “Here’s something that may come in handy today” then she would hand them her brochure and say “once you’re settled in please give me a call if you’d like help decorating.”
The gift was something people often appreciated when moving into a new house…it was a roll of toilet paper.
Too funny, And clever.
I also get creeped out by salespeople who are pushy – they are dinosaurs but don’t realize it. When I was a saleswoman I had to believe in my product 100%. When I worked for a hearing aid company, they wanted me to sell $6,000 hearing aids when $1,200 ones would do. I refused to do it and they replaced me with a used car salesman.
Hey Dallas, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to show you!
I like to show all the options. I clarify that from the beginning. I found that if you don’t, then when they find out on their own, it’s perceived that there was discrimination. This happens all the time and I train my people to show options, answer questions and honor their requests. That way, they are making an informed decision. We usually don’t know our client’s background so by not telling them everything regardless of the price, we are telling them that we don’t think they can afford it or they are not worth the time. I often hear things like, they didn’t tell me about….. or my friend got…. Letting them make the choice is respectful of them. I know how I like to be treated and I follow some simple rules.
Coming from a family of salespeople, I have never been able to figure out why I hate being sold to AND could never sell anything, including water to Nomads.
Because of our current financial situation, we have been cutting back everywhere we can. A good friend called and offered to help us cut our monthly bills down while keeping the same services. We ended up saving $235 a month almost instantly.
So guess what? Now, I’m doing that same thing for my other friends in financial distress. And now I’m making money by helping them save money on their regular bills. Weird. Can’t believe I’m doing something that some people would think is sales. But I don’t see it as sales since it has nothing to do with having anyone add something to their life that they don’t already have and are paying for anyway. I’m a customer service personality. As long as I’m truly helping someone, I’m happy.
If I EVER find that I’m selling this stuff, I’m outta here! Besides, I don’t need to seek out customers/people I don’t even know. As for cold calling, I couldn’t do that if my life depended on it. It takes a special person with a special personality to handle a job that requires cold calling.
Will let y’all know how it goes. So far, so good.
I think what you’ve found is that you can sell something you believe in. Your ‘sales pitch’ is all sincerity.
Me too, the minute I get a sales call on the telephone I simply say “I’m sorry I don’t take these kinds of calls….please take me off your calling list. When I sold real estate, I was a very low-key sales person. I really enjoyed it and made a good living (market was great then). When I had a retail store for six years I was a low key salesperson too. Most people coming into my health food store new what they wanted and I didn’t have to do much selling. Mostly I helped people get information about natural ways to help chronic illnesses. I didn’t give advise, just told them what had worked for myself or others I had first-hand knowledge of. I am totally turned off by car salespeople too….I hate when they try to bring another person in on the deal. Worst of all is when a friend tries to sell me on a multilevel marketing product instead of just being my friend.
I hate it too. Both my phone numbers are on the national do not call list. I know that the list doesn’t apply to charities, so we have caller ID. When we actually go to buy something, I let my husband do the talking. When it comes to money–he hates to part with it. He’s not cheap, or a tightwad. But he holds on to that last penny like there’s no tomorrow. lol. It makes his day to get ‘a deal’.
ROFL…..my favorite EX husband…….seriously–every time that man had to touch his wallet, somebody somewhere was a son of a %itch!
I remember one of my very first sales jobs. It was selling encyclopedias door to door. I remember being in this fairly poor neighborhood, (I chose it because at the time I thought if the kids could read these books they could find a better life later), and got told to get lost so many times.
I tweaked my sales pitch so the rejection or acceptance would come quicker and I would waste so much time.
Me: “Would you like to buy a brand new set of encyclopedias or should I just fuck off right now?”
lol
How many times did you get invited inside for the latter~???