rcrvrp
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I hope I'm not stepping on toes with this question, I'm not trying to paint all sales people with a broad brush.
I have not seen a dtd vacuum sales guy for a long time, don't know if its even done anymore.
But my mother, now departed, was a widow for a long time with a big home 2 stories with long shag carpet from the 70s.
She had a central vac system she didn't like so she bought an Electrolux, went to town and got it. After a few years a Kirby salesman stops by and convinces her to spend a few thousand on a Kirby. This is in the early 90s.
He had her convinced it was so much better than the Electrolux. She was in her 70s at the time and although not senile she was a very gullible old lady.
I was not happy but it was her money and she could afford it.
About 5 years later an Electrolux guy comes by and $2600 later she has a new vacuum. This time I saw it the next day and took it back for a refund.
A few years later its another one. I didn't find out about that one for a month, too late to return. Every time it was a "free" carpet shampoo or some other gimmick to get in the door and then high pressure from there on.
When I have more time I'll tell you about interviewing for a sales job in college and it was a commission job selling Rainbows. No, I didn't start selling them.
So my question is were these high pressure vac sales techniques taught by the manufacturer to their distributers? Or for some reason did the vac business just devolve into questionable ethics?
I have not seen a dtd vacuum sales guy for a long time, don't know if its even done anymore.
But my mother, now departed, was a widow for a long time with a big home 2 stories with long shag carpet from the 70s.
She had a central vac system she didn't like so she bought an Electrolux, went to town and got it. After a few years a Kirby salesman stops by and convinces her to spend a few thousand on a Kirby. This is in the early 90s.
He had her convinced it was so much better than the Electrolux. She was in her 70s at the time and although not senile she was a very gullible old lady.
I was not happy but it was her money and she could afford it.
About 5 years later an Electrolux guy comes by and $2600 later she has a new vacuum. This time I saw it the next day and took it back for a refund.
A few years later its another one. I didn't find out about that one for a month, too late to return. Every time it was a "free" carpet shampoo or some other gimmick to get in the door and then high pressure from there on.
When I have more time I'll tell you about interviewing for a sales job in college and it was a commission job selling Rainbows. No, I didn't start selling them.
So my question is were these high pressure vac sales techniques taught by the manufacturer to their distributers? Or for some reason did the vac business just devolve into questionable ethics?
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