Comments on: Hard sell

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:32:21 +0000

I called out cable provider and asked if I could get a better deal than I was currently getting since my promotion expired. The lady said, well you could upgrade and it would be $8 more a month, but you get a $30 rebate. I was like – so in 3 months I’m not just back to this ridiculously high bill, but I’m going to be paying $8 more? No thanks – I took math.

By: nonsoccermom

nonsoccermom — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:17:41 +0000

As my smart-ass husband pointed out, I do tend to be a sucker for the personal delivery of sob stories. Also Girl Scout cookies.

By: The Modernish Father

The Modernish Father — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:13:41 +0000

Yet if any of these people were actually standing at our front door, you’d totally buy whatever they were selling. As evidenced by the jug of green apple cleaning stuff underneath our kitchen sink that’ll last us until the year 2047.

By: allison

allison — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:52:44 +0000

Had a similar conversation with the zQuiet lady the other day (yeah I ordered the zQuiet anti-snore device after seeing the ad on tv…). It had a 30 day money back guarantee and after a week of the hubs refusing to wear it, I called to get my refund number. The lady asked me why I was returning it…I said, well, do you want the honest answer? She says, yes. I say, “because my husband is a big fat baby who refuses to wear it.” She spent the next 10 minutes offering me everything from an extension of the 30 days to a price reduction to get me to keep it. She also went on to tell me about her boyfriend who also didn’t want to wear it, but finally gave it a chance, blah blah. I stood my ground, though 🙂

By: Sher

Sher — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:53:41 +0000

Here is how both of those conversations would have gone for me, the eternal people pleaser: “Oh, well I guess that sounds like a good deal. Sign me up!” Signed, Sucker.