• @[email protected]
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      566 months ago

      Was an old car salesman tactic to basically tell guys they weren’t man enough to risk something they could barely afford.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        126 months ago

        I heard a motorcycle salesman tell a customer to call his wife and ask if he could have his balls back for a couple of hours so he’d be able to make a decision on his own.

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          Yep, that’s what I’m talking about.

          So funny how poorly this would go for me. I’d just tell the guy he’s being a dingus and go to a neighboring town’s dealer in hopes of finding someone less douchey.

          • SokathHisEyesOpen
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            86 months ago

            Salesmen are pretty good at judging what works with which people. It’s still really douchey and manipulative though.

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              16 months ago

              My last car purchase involved something like this but without the misogyny. I knew exactly what I wanted, for how much, and had my own external financing. The dude loudly sighed on the test drive multiple times after trying to build a rapport unsuccessfully. I was perfectly courteous to him, but I wasn’t giving in to his sales pitch one inch.

              Sorry guy, I view you as the cashier at Walmart and not my buddy who’s gonna get me a killer deal on undercoating.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿
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        46 months ago

        Still is. Attach emotion to a sales pitch and if the buyer is dumb enough to play into it, you’ll sell every time.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        “Oh you want to talk to your wife before making the second largest purchase of your life? Who wears the pants in your relationship?”