Shop Talk
Where did you get your phone?
C - Customer
M - Me
M: Hello, how are you?
C: Good. We got our new phones last night and I have the paperwork for my discount. Can you process this here for me or do i have to go to corp? (pulls out contract, email print-off, rebate forms)
M: I can do it here do you have the form? Where did you get your phones?
C: Costco (hands me e-mail print)
M: This isn't actually the form you need, let me grab one for you, Do you have a paystub? (goes around corner to get form)
C: can you transfer my phonebook to my new phone?
M: They didn't do much for you out there did they?
C: They didn't have the machine to transfer anything. i was in here a coupl...
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He was in really bad need of money too, on commission, and talked a customer out of the store!! 🤨
As in, people who want everything for free, no extras, no data, no nothing.. and they want a smartphone for free (and they hate the pearl, which is free after rebate.)
If I discounted a curve or a storm to free after rebate, not only would I be losing money on the sale, but I would have a very angry regional manager.
I had a customer come into my store bought their phones at cost co from a complete R-Tard they come to my store i go through the whole where did you get your phone from bit they wanted a phone book transfer, i tell her the cost will be 15dollars since she didnt get the phone here, well I can do it for free if you say buy a car charger from me and its got a life time garentee, she agrees and sees my dare on the counter, we start talking about it, and now she wants one, well I cant exchange her phone for her she got it at cost co, I explain this to her and suggest she go back return everything and i'll set her up with a dare, even sweeten the pot with some accessory discounts and a lil off the pho...
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Just a few examples:
-"they have no idea what they're talking about, they're just there to sell the phones"
-"they'll add a bunch of extra features to your bill behind your back"
-"you'll have a hard time returning your phones if you need to, they'll use every trick in book to get you to keep your phones past the exchange date"
I lost a sale from my own grandparents because of that last one.