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These stories are wonderful: Excerpts: > “And she realized… she left money on the table.” > And Sandy gulped and picked the biggest number she thought anybod
by isp 3y ago
These stories are wonderful:
Excerpts:
> “And she realized… she left money on the table.”
> And Sandy gulped and picked the biggest number she thought anybody would ever rationally pay. And said, “$75,000”. And she said all the buyer did was write down $75,000.
> And she realized, shit, she left money on the table. Sandy Kurtzig was awesome. And she said, “Per year.”
> And the buyer wrote down, “Per year.”
> And she went, oh, crap what else? She said, “There’s maintenance.”
> He said, “How much?”
> “25 percent per year.”
> And he said, “That’s too much.”
> She said, “15 percent.”
> And he said, “OK.”
> [Ed: This is called “flinch pricing.”]
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> They said, how much is it?
> And I was about to go, “$75,000…” And Gina goes, “Shut up I’m the salesperson.” She said, “A million dollars.”
> ... And the guy looks at Gina and said, “Gina you’re out of your mind. We don’t pay more than $675,000.”
> And Gina said, “All right. We’ll let you have it for $675,000.” ... “But that’s for the base module. What other ones would you like?”