stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck) (09/05/84)
Our experience has been that none of the salepeople are so utterly convincing that any reasonably intelligent person can't decline the offer. It is true that they try everything from guilt to blackmail (Your children will fail all their classes at school if you don't buy this encyclopedia tonight!) (Your wife will never have another chance to own a fake diamond at this price, don't you love her?).o We have found that we can easily say no. And to encourage it, we usually don't take our checkbook or credit cards with us, so we can't make any deposits or other foolish actions on the spur of the moment. We also refuse to fill out any credit applications/historys or give any detailed information about income or financial status. Finally, as I pointed out in a previous article, we have been known to take advantage of the free gift offers to go in and talk the salespeople out of continuing to sell the product. Generally, if the salesperson doesn't already own one of the product, it is not very difficult to point out the problems with this fantastic offer, and point out that what they are doing borders on lying, or at least intentional misleading. Most people don't like to admit that they lie for a living, and will quickly become less effective salespeople once they realize what they are doing. (And less anyone claim we are trying to put people out of work, I would point out that we try to put house-robbers out of business, too.) -- ________ ( ) Don Stanwyck @( o o )@ 312-979-3062 ( || ) Cornet-367-3062 ( \__/ ) ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck (______) Bell Labs @ Naperville, IL