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Gina:

--- Quote from: Extol on May 27, 2015, 11:45:23 AM ---It is a smart business tactic, but I don't like it at all.

My wife and I were at a fair last month and a guy was demonstrating some kind of fancy garden hose. My wife showed mild interest and he immediately became aggressive to the point of rudeness. He said he only had five left (there were five of them boxed up on a table) and insisted there would not be any left by the end of the day. We walked away and could hardly wait to go back later. With about an hour left of the fair, we came by again, and--surprise!--there were four hoses on the table. I thought "Wow, he actually sold one" but then noticed another hose that had been opened and was on a different table in the back of his booth. It took some self-control to not comment on his superb salesmanship.

Another time, we were trying out a used car, and the salesman said "If you like it you'd better take it now. I have a guy coming to look at it at 3:00. He's flying in from out of state to look at this car." We walked away...we didn't want the out-of-state guy to spend all that money traveling only to find his car had been sold.  ;D (The car was still there the next day.)

I sell my artwork for a living, and I get a peculiar pleasure out of being a bad businessman. I don't try to convince people to buy, even though I work at festivals where hawking is strongly encouraged. Even is someone is leaning towards making a purchase, I don't have a technique to reel them all the way in. Sometimes I'll say something like "No pressure...only buy it if you want to." I often give random discounts and give away free stuff. I work around some pretty pushy people, and I like to make up for some of that when patrons visit my shop. There are plenty of shop owners at the festivals--and in the real world--that will try to convince them to buy things they don't need. I'm probably happier than the best car salesman in the world though.  8)

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Gina:
1 Timothy 6:10
CLV  For a root of all of the evils is the fondness for money, which some, craving, were led astray from the faith and try themselves on all sides with much pain.

Not being able to sleep at night because of embarrassment, shame, and a guilty conscience is painful!  Thank God, at the end of the "day," we will all get to the place where a peaceful sleep is priceless and preferred to having wads of cash in the bank. 

I don't advocate giving things away for free unless you feel lead to do so and can afford to.  We have to pay for the electricity.  And the truth is, if what you're selling is worth the asking price the purchaser is typically more appreciative of it.  And if it's a tangible product, the buyer typically takes better care of it.

The best products sell themselves.

Gina:

--- Quote from: Nelson Boils on May 27, 2015, 12:26:22 PM ---Car salesman?Now those guys I'm afraid of😁.Coz I don't even know jack abt cars.

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Always get a carfax report showing how many owners the car had and if it was in any accidents.  If possible, never buy a brand new car.  Personally, when the time comes to buy another car, I will not buy a brand new car ever again.  I would rather buy from an elderly person because they typically have fewer mileage, and have treated their cars with kid gloves and not driven them like bats outta hell.

But definitely always get a carfax report for the car's history, and these reports are free in many instances, or very inexpensive.

lilitalienboi16:
I was reading Zecheriah 8 because Kat shared it in another thread and here I found again more about lying. God hates that.

Zech 8:14-23
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,
19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and
gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.
23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

This is a really great chapter. God is speaking directly to us! We are the remnent.

God bless,
Alex

lareli:
Being a good salesman is an art. An art of convincing someone that they need or want something that they don't currently have. It's an art of deception and manipulation.

The serpent in the garden was possibly the first salesman.

There's a story about a business that opened up a factory in some third world country and employed the local tribes people to work for them. These local tribes people were simple folk not having or needing material wealth. They only needed and cared about having enough to survive.. They worked for this new business until the first payday. The next day no one showed up for work. Big problem for this new business.

The big business people go to the locals to find out why no one came back to work, and the locals explain that they have no more need to work because they have 'enough'. They were content.

After some quick thinking on how to get the locals back to work the business decides to give these locals a catalog... Like a Sears or other department store catalog.. Within a month every person was back to work.

The business people enticed the locals by showing them all this 'stuff' that they never needed nor cared for... Until they saw it. They created a sense of 'want' in the locals.

I don't remember where I heard that story or if it's accurate or factual but this thread reminded me of it.

Sales is the art of moving money from someone else's pocket to your own. Some do it honestly but it's still about moving money from someone else to yourself.

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