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WillSell4Commish

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Gun pulled on me during sales call, what're your best war stories?

Not click bait, the chick actually answered her door with a handgun pointed at me. Reason? I knocked twice and "should have got the message when I didn't answer the first time, you dumbass"

I acted interested and asked her if it was a barreta, but she got mad so I figured I should cut back the smart-assery.

"Well it may help with door to door guys but it won't help with this conga line of pissants that have prbly been bothering you all summer..."

*proceeds to close sale*


By far the best $225 I've ever made.


Any crazy war stories?

Bonus points if it's from door to door

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UrAssIsSaaS
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SaaS Eater
Was training a new hire on in person sales. We had some time to kill and decided to do a cold drop in at a nearby restaurant/bar. Walked in and introduced ourselves, the owner looked at our business cards, immediatelyย started hyperventilating and backtracking quickly yelling "I DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH XZY COMPANY" and threw us out of the restaurant.ย 

We were there for no more than 30 seconds, it was WILD.ย 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Is there someone else I can speak with? ๐Ÿ˜†
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
1
SaaS Eater
LOL
softwaresails
Politicker
1
Sales Manager
Haha this would have been a great question to answer.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
2
SaaS Eater
What I should have gone with was โ€œit seems like we caught you on a bad day, we will swing by tomorrow insteadโ€
WillSell4Commish
Opinionated
0
VP of Deez
Who hurt them ๐Ÿ˜ณ
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
0
SaaS Eater
Ya I have no idea, they hadnt been approached by our company for like 5 years prior. What a rush
UserNotFound
Politicker
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Account Executive
Iโ€™m so thankful Iโ€™ve never been in B2C sales! If someone pulled a gun on me Iโ€™d probably puke on their feet.
Gyro25
Notorious Answer
2
Account Executive
Lol sounds like my first "sales" job. In college, I was a cavasser collections donation subscriptions for a said interest group. I was sent to prospect houses in East Oakland and the Alameda area. One door I knocked on, the guy opens the door, has red shorts, shirt and processeds to lift his shirt up and brandish a pistol.ย 

I noped the fuck out real quick. I proceeded to get fired that week cuz apparently gang ridden areas are a great place to prospect for environmental issues, who would have guessed..lolย 
HappyGilmore
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Haha sounds like said interest group didn't know what International Blvd is truly like.ย 
Do.it.for.the.checks
Politicker
2
Account Executive
When I dont want to cold call. This will be my motivation... at least I'm not knocking on doors
Hotlead
Politicker
1
Producer
The same thing happened in Pasadena except the salesman got a 750,000 payout.. you gotย gypped my dudeย 
WillSell4Commish
Opinionated
1
VP of Deez
Dammit now even I'm laughing at the 225 I got
thesecretsauce
Politicker
1
Business Development
Were you selling cable or Cutco๐Ÿคฃ
jefe
Arsonist
1
๐Ÿ
Cutco tried to get me in uni. Once I realized what was going on I literally laughed out loud. Got out as soon as I could without being (more?) disrespectful.
WillSell4Commish
Opinionated
0
VP of Deez
Terminix
thesecretsauce
Politicker
2
Business Development
A guy I met on bumble always carried selling door to door cuz you canโ€™t trust anyone
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
1
sales
had a guy with boils all over his hands & body tried hand me his id when trying to pay with a check. i walked out the back door and found a new job. i can never unsee that. thank god i didnt catch that. fuck me. god damn.

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