DPRM

Ms Sales :)

If it's too good to be true, it's because it is.

They consider that this applies to business, I don't know if because of my upbringing or work experience but for me, it is a big YES! If it looks very good I am very suspicious and I don't think it is true or I always have the thought of "Something bad must have" and I feel that this did not help me to close some "good deals". Do you believe this statement? Am I the only one who has these kinds of thoughts when a very good deal arrives?

P.D: I put the option of dolphin noises because I see that everybody put it and I don't understand why haha

If it's too good to be true, it's because it's not.

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TheDragon

Good Citizen

CVO

Looking for a euphemism to express how bad my head hurts trying to wrap my brain around this…. If it’s too good to be true because it’s not, that actually means that it is true.
The saying goes: If it’s too good to be true, it’s because it is. And is typically true, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t chase that damn 🦄 all over creation before watching it turn to smoke when I catch the flipping thing.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

Sounds like I uncovered an emotional problem for all sellers hehe (I'm in the same boat)

TheDragon

Good Citizen

CVO

Emotional problems are at the heart of every savage… why else would we do this to ourselves

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

Well, u have a point haha

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I just started spinning in my office chair to see if I could figure it out too. Like a dog chasing its tail that has been bobbed. Still don't have it.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

hahaha if it works for you that's the important

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

🐬 is from a Corporate Bro skit.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Foxy helping Savages around the world

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

ohhh thx

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

As a buyer “Too good to be true” is 100% real. As a seller there has been layup inbounds that were flawless

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

mmm it may depend on who is the buyer and who is the seller, I had not thought of that

TheManWhoSoldTheUniverse

Opinionated

GoD of Sales

You are not alone, the same thing happens to me, I doubt very much when I see an excellent deal... but sometimes it is that good.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

It's always nice to know you're not alone. Thx

Maximas

Tycoon

Senior Sales Executive

Sometimes!!

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

for me it is almost always

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

97% of the time yes

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

yes, you are in the same boat as me hehe

BourbonKing

Valued Contributor

VP of Sales

I think what you meant to say is: "If it's too good to be true, it's because it is." It is too good to be true. The way you phrased it is the opposite of that.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

yup,I already corrected it, thanks

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

hahahah i just love that you put dolphin noises and dont know why ppl do it 😂😂😂😂😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLPS5-G0sY

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Awesome way to start speaking our language.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

I will check that video ASAP, thanks!

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

Hey! you know what they say, wherever you go do what they do

sketchysales

Politicker

Sales Manager

Early in my selling career I had many its too good to be true situations, would spend tons of time and a lot of hype trying to work them and close them and almost always lost them. Then I got savvy and the too good to be trues almost always got qualified out.

A few examples would be when I was selling to very large well known brands like Chanel, Gucci, LV, Levi's etc. at a c-suite level they would engage with you, youd think its almost too good to be true and it almost always fell through as they would suck your ideas and run. So i stopped selling to the big guys and went down the middle and closed more business than I ever could have with those big brands.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

It sounds like a good strategy, although I believe that it would happen to me regardless of the size of the market, I already think that feeling is part of me, but I am glad that this change worked so well for you!

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

I approach everything with skepticism and double check my work. Suspicious nature, I suppose.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

I am the same, I blame investigation discovery haha

WhoDey

Opinionated

VP of Sales

100% of the time

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

It's nice to know that I'm not alone in this boat hehe

punishedlad

Tycoon

Business Development Team Lead

There is a very rare occasion where it is true.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

yes, the problem is that it is so rare that one no longer believes that it can happen

LordOfWar

Tycoon

Blow it up

99% of the time yes, it is too good to be true and something is off, but if you always assume it is a trick or not real then you will miss the 1% that is an actual freebie or gift from the heavens.

I always have outward confidence in opportunities even if deep down I know it is going nowhere. Sometimes the team needs to see someone believing in it to get the deal over the finish line.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

So you move on for the chance to grab the miracle and to inspire your team. It is a way of seeing it especially because your team learns from your mistakes.

LordOfWar

Tycoon

Blow it up

Yes we all need to learn and be better, but often the team (non-sales) can get stuck in a rut and every deal starts to look the same to them. We have to be high energy and bring the motivation to make sure everyone succeeds.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

That should be the mindset of any leader. I'm glad you have it, you're for sure a very good leader

LordOfWar

Tycoon

Blow it up

Why thank you

CRAG112

Valued Contributor

Account Executive

Like a dog chasing a car. Wouldn’t know what to do once it actually caught the car.

it’s too good to be true.
contact every person who does the job currently and get some one on one time with them to see if it is.

but likely, it is. People lie casually to meet their metrics.

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

It is also true, but many times in meetings I go well, but my head begins to relive it over and over again until I get errors or moments in which I do not ask something, I think that as a woman I tend to overthink things.

Arz

Politicker

Business Administration

This always happens to me! And if it's not that, at the end of the deal I think "Could I have improved it?
Could I have gotten something else? "That thought lasts like 1 week after closing the deal haha

DPRM

Politicker

Ms Sales :)

Yes, that happens often too

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