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I was searching for a new car about seven years ago. I talked to a few dealerships but was uncertain exactly what I wanted. I just wanted to shop around a bit
by robflynn 14y ago
I was searching for a new car about seven years ago. I talked to a few dealerships but was uncertain exactly what I wanted. I just wanted to shop around a bit and see what was on the market since I hadn't really paid attention to new cars in a while. I left my phone number with a couple places and had instructed them to call me if a specific car that I was looking for came in.
About a week later, I was out of town at a funeral. My phone buzzed (vibrate mode) and I glanced at the number and realized it was one of the car dealerships. I clicked the button to send the call to voice mail and then shut my phone off since the buzzing was distracting.
After I left, I checked my voice mail only to find that the sales guy seemed offended by my sending him to the voice mail box. He yelled at me and questioned my manhood - "Oh, so you're not a real man, I see! A real man talks to somebody. A real man doesn't just avoid calls."
I couldn't believe he did that. I went back to the dealership after I got back into town and got ahold of a manager. I had him bring the sales guy over too. I played the voice mail for both of them and then told the sales guy that "a real man deals with the consequences of his actions."
He lost his job that day.
I apologize, as was off topic. Your comment brought bake that memory and made me rage a bit so I figured I'd post it up as another example of a poorly attempted manhood-questioning sales technique.
- thisone 14y agoheh, I'd rather this particular sales technique died a very quick death. But back onto topic. For the dead sea sales folks. People should probably ask if the sales person has ever been to the dead sea, and have they ever seen the effects of stripping the sea of it's mud.
- conesus 14y agoThat must've taken some courage to play the message in front of both the manager and the salesman. Obviously the salesman should be called out, but that's no easy task.
- cerebrum 14y ago> He lost his job that day. How do you know that? I think it's silly to go back there just because of a voice mail...
- jerf 14y agoToday, it's a customer who is so pissed off that he brought in his cell phone and went out of his way to call you over and play it for you. Tomorrow, it's the local ABC/NBC/CBS affiliate hungry to fill their "Tonight, We Fight For You!" consumer protection segment asking you for response (five minutes before air so they can say you didn't respond when asked), because the next customer just went straight to them. I bet he really was fired.
- cerebrum 14y ago> I bet he really was fired. If he did make lots of sells I bet he is still there, and the boss is laughing all the way to the bank.
- flippyhead 14y agocool they responded appropriately tho
- gnarbarian 14y agoYou probably could have used that piece of evidence to get a real killer deal on that car ;)