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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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Sales guys... I need some suggestions.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:15 PM
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Back in mid-June, some sales dude called me when I was on vacation in the keys. I was pretty hammered sitting around a pool, so it seemed like a good time to answer the phone from what I thought was a spam call. I don't remember much about the call except telling him I didn't really make any decisions, and that I was probably the wrong person to talk to about whatever he was selling. I was slurring my speech pretty badly because vacay in Marathon, and there was a lot of noise in the background, so I can't imagine what value he got from the first contact.
Since then, dude has called me about 6 times (I never answer). One time he called like 4x in a row and only left a very short VM the last time. Today, he randomly sent an invitation to a teams meeting. I declined the meeting and he called again after the meeting and left a VM something about "Looks like you missed the meeting, so I was just calling to see when we can reschedule."
What do I need to do to get this guy to move on? I can't figure out why after almost 2 months and only talking to me once when I was hammered, there is any reason to continue calling me.
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Heisman Winner [121092]
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Change your phone #
Aug 16, 2022, 3:20 PM
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Or hire Mike…
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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Who is Mike?***
Aug 16, 2022, 3:23 PM
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Mike Hunt***
Aug 16, 2022, 3:25 PM
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Heisman Winner [138835]
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Ask him for the address of his accounts payable
Aug 16, 2022, 3:31 PM
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so you can bill him for your time.
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Orange Blooded [4179]
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Re: Sales guys... I need some suggestions.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:33 PM
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you need to get into a good program. drinking is causing you unnecessary sales calls. and your memory also appears to be suffering. get it together bro.
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"Hey bo, I'm not interested"***
Aug 16, 2022, 3:34 PM
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How hard is it to respond to Teams invite...
Aug 16, 2022, 3:34 PM
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with a "Thanks, but I'm not interested"?
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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I declined the meeting.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:36 PM
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I haven't answered a phone call or email since mid June.
Why would he continue?
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Because he's a good sales guy....
Aug 16, 2022, 3:39 PM
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his job isn't not to bug you...his job is to get orders.
I've never been in that kind of sales, so I don't know what they're taught, but I respect guys that don't give up until they get a believable "no".
When you declined, why didn't you include a "not interested"?
You've taken 10 times more time posting this than replying with a polite "not interested" to him.
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This...***
Aug 16, 2022, 3:44 PM
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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I told him on my first call that I couldn't help him
Aug 16, 2022, 3:46 PM
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I'm not about to reply to him at this point..he might think I want to talk to him or somethin'.
Two months, 6+ phone calls, a declined teams meeting and I have no idea how many emails..at what point is it obvious that superstar sales guy is wasting his time?
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Maybe he has a house to sell you.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:50 PM
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And you're missing out on the opportunity you've been waiting for over a year now.
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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Must be a chitty house if its not sold by now.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:57 PM
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He's a terrible real estate salesman, too.
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You haven't told him no. Just tell him no.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:40 PM
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Sales guys make $ by being persistent.
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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But I did.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:49 PM
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I dunno, maybe I was slurring my words too much for him to understand.
Drunk guys on vacation always make great sales targets for high dollar network integration services (I think thats what he's selling).
Should I just be rude to the guy? Will he get the point then? I'd think drunkenly telling him "I can't help you and don't know who can" is rude enough. Was it not? More rudeness? I can definitely do that I guess.
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His name’s not Dave is it?
Aug 16, 2022, 3:48 PM
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I bought some WiFi connected outlet timers from Dave about 12 years ago so I could control the compressors on our water fountains from my computer without having to go around to each one in 14 different buildings.
Didn’t hear from Dave for awhile and then about 8 years ago he “reaches out” to let me know he has changed companies and has a product that will let me shutdown all computers and printers in our organization from my phone.
Told him, 1 computers aren’t my area of responsibility and B we are 100% laptops so not worried about shutting down computers
He comes back with well what about your printers? I say still not my area and we use programmable copiers for our printers that already have controls.
Every 4-6 months since, I get an email followed by a voice mail from Dave really wanting to talk to me about his “solution“
Dang dude, let it go.
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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Nope..I think his name is Hunter.***
Aug 16, 2022, 3:50 PM
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Just block his number. Problem solved***
Aug 16, 2022, 3:50 PM
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Turn around and try to sell him solar.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:51 PM
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Ask for a cell number and when he can set up a consultation. See if he'll give you his wife's number.
Done.
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what's he selling?
Aug 16, 2022, 3:56 PM
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I may be interested in taking him off of your hands.
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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I think it was some kind application integration services.
Aug 16, 2022, 3:59 PM
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Or it may have something to do with AWS cloud. Or helpdesk support.
I have no idea, really. I don't need any of it though.
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Lot o points [157697]
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HOW YOU GONNA SAY NO TO SOMETHING YOU DON'T
Aug 16, 2022, 4:00 PM
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KNOW IF HE'S SELLING?
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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BECAUSE I WORK FOR SUPER MEGA CORP.
Aug 16, 2022, 4:10 PM
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I don't have authority to buy a pencil, much less negotiate super duper app integration fee deals.
I'd think WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT it would have gotten the point across. Actually, I'd thought when I asked him if HE WAS HIRING that would have gotten the point across.
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Lot o points [157697]
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he's following rule #1. DON'T ACCEPT A "NO" FROM SOMEONE
Aug 16, 2022, 4:17 PM
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WHO CAN'T GIVE YOU A "YES".
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if you've already told him to stop emailing you
Aug 16, 2022, 4:19 PM
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and that you're not interested...which I normally do to other sales people....then it's easy.
block number block email
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forgot to add
Aug 16, 2022, 4:20 PM
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write his number on a truck stop bathroom with the caption: "I rate poops, text pic to: xxx-xxx-xxxx"
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