Do salesmen sell or do customers buy?
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Buy
by R.A. Scott
Created on: October 23, 2008 Last Updated: April 11, 2009
I hate salesmen with a passion. The worst of these are car salesmen and of those the worst are those used car salesmen. Why are they so damn annoying? That's a rhetorical question of course, we all know why they are annoying it's because of the fact that they work on commission so they have to be annoying; at least they think they have to be annoying.
Salesmen don't sell they annoy and it loses them sales, well they lose sales from me. Commissioned salespeople are the most desperate people I have ever seen. They will smack each other over the head with a stick in order to get the next customer. Some places are sheer insanity.
No, they don't sell anything unless you are someone who is easily led. Those who are easily led will buy almost anything from anyone at anytime. That is not salesmanship it's manipulation. They manipulate those who can be easily manipulated and proudly call themselves salesmen. Then they move on to the next person who is easily manipulated. Manipulation is nothing to be proud of.
For me there is nothing worse than to have to deal with a salesperson. If the salesman bothers me then I walk out. I don't need anything that desperately that I have to buy from that person or store. Besides, there is always another store in which to spend my money. So, in my case at least, salesmen will lose sales if they bother me or don't answer my questions directly.
And do not try to "upsell" me because you'll get one warning and then I will walk. Many people like to be led or need to be led like cows to the slaughter so salesmen can have a wonderful time with them but , again, that's not really selling. It's almost stealing when people are so easily led by salespeople.
I can not think of any situation that someone would actually sell me something. They may call themselves salesmen but they are nothing but order takers. There is little difference between a so-called salesman and an order taker at a fast food joint. I should apologize to fast food workers for comparing them to car salespeople.
I understand that there are folks who will take exception to all of this and some might even feel insulted. I can't and won't apologize for something I see as being true. So if you are insulted learn to live with it and go on out tomorrow and find someone who is easily manipulated to pad your paycheck. Or get another job where you actually earn your money honestly.
Perhaps there was a time when salesmen actually did sell. Maybe door to door salesmen actually did sell, I don't know because I would never talk to a door to door salesperson. Telephone salespeople might have had a time when they sold things but again I don't know because I have never spoken to a telephone salesperson. I'm rude and simply say no and hang up on them. People coming to my home to attempt to sell me something makes me so frustrated. I didn't invite you to call or come by my house so you have no right to bother me in my home.
No, salesmen don't sell they manipulate those who are easily manipulated like seniors for example. Again, it's almost like stealing when that happens. Consumers know what they want and buy it or at least I and many other people do.
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Sell
by Marcus Bentley Wise
Created on: February 03, 2010 Last Updated: February 05, 2010
If you make a good product that people want it will sell itself, if you make the best quality product and get the best components to make it. Package it and place in on a self it should sell. That is all you need to do rely on quality and build a reputation that you can trade on.
This sound great and I am sure that it is the first basis that most company start with. After all you would not go far by making a bad product that people did not want.
But the product will not just sell itself. For something to sell you need some one to tell you about it. Because people sell to other people. So who better than the person whose vision it was in the first place. They are enthusiastic and eager to show other how good it is.
It takes a certain personality type to go in to a situation and face rejection and look for a positive. Find that positive and turn it around in to a sale and then close the sale. To come at it from a highly personal view point is not always the best way of doing things. You know how good it is, the time it takes to make and the skills involved. And all the buyer wants to do is talk about cost.
The common concept that the sales person is an affable and articulate person. Able to talk to any one and get them what they want. But a sales person must be more than that. A good sales person will also see things beyond the actual situation that they are in.
A good sales person will look for the thing that you want. He will show you what it can do he will explain what you need and put you at ease. A good sales person will find a way for you to be able to afford what they have to sell.
A good sales person will look for leads and follow them up. Contact and make notes about people. Record meetings and remember comments made so that they can come back and try another day. A good sales person is not just the happy face that is shaking your hand. A good sales person is looking for the thing that you want and trying to get it to you.
But after that sale, a sales person should follow it up. Supply a level of service and care that you the customer will remember and that will build your loyalty. A good sales person will look after the relationship for the benefit of all parties and help you in what you want to do as well as what his company wants to do.
A good sales person is a hard thing to find. So yes, a product will sell itself, but a sales person will help it sell just that little bit better .
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