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   Char32 said, 10 months ago

   Too bad there’s a distinction.

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   Doctor Toon said, 10 months ago

   10 years ago I tried a part time job selling vacuum cleaners. Didn’t work out so well. I found out that ‘honesty’ and ‘in home sales’ don’t go together very well.

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   Rmom said, 10 months ago

   That is why I never took a selling job, unless you count fast food. I don’t mind helping people who want to buy, I just hate trying to convince people to do so.

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   WoodGracie said, 10 months ago

   Many moons ago in another lifetime, I used to sell AAA autoclub memberships. I thought I could sell it well because I really believed in the product, but I got a bad taste for sales after being told I HAD to do parking lot sales, papering neighborhood cars and going door-to-door, not to mention the hours of cold calling from the phone book. I, like Claire, had to re-assess and the management was not unhappy to see me leave. I did find another sales job selling residential fuel oil and the home service of the furnace. It was a family run business and they were a company that I could believe in. I succeeded as a salesperson there because I didn’t have to lie to make the sale. My self confidence also grew with my success. Claire’s will too.

   I still think AAA autoclub is a good product, I just couldn’t go for the throat to make my quota each week.

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   hildigunnur said, 10 months ago

   heh, well, with a friendly salesperson who doesn’t try to push me into buying things, it’s a thousand times likelier that I’ll visit the shop again…