> wife requested a new laptop This isn't a cold-call, this isn't stopping somebody in the street to ask they try another washing powder, this is active engagem

> wife requested a new laptop This isn't a cold-call, this isn't stopping somebody in the street to ask they try another washing powder, this is active engagement with customer requirements. If you can't buy your own laptop without asking —and yes, maybe OP has worded this situation to suit their own position, we don't know— you are opening yourself to recommendations. Leave the poor OP alone, they're just doing their job.