They had a sense of humor about it, said it was a leprachaun. Also, fock Gmail.
Done any inexcusable dumb stuff to a customer?
Just sent half written email to prospect
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Sunbunny31
Politicker
7
Sr Sales Executive
Who hasn't? My favorite is completely hosing their name - "Hi Mark" instead of "Hi Mike" when I just don't catch it and then have to email them seconds later to apologize.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
6
๐ฆ
Dude's name was Mel and I wrote Melissa. So there's that.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
3
Sr Sales Executive
Oh, you win this round!
TheRealPezDog
Notable Contributor
0
Account Manager
even worse if that was her dead name
oldcloser
Contributor
7
Sr Sales Manager
Flew to see a prospect. Travel budget approved. Only way to get this deal done was face-to-face. My infinite wisdom told me. I just couldnโt get him to sit still long enough. Needed to be there. Get to the call and heโs not there. He shows up an hour late and unshaven, smelled of last nights booze, clearly hungover and in moderate pain. I ignore the stanky elephant in the room and start in. Dude gets up after 20 minutes. Says โI gotta take a dump.โ Boss called-I send it to voicemail while Iโm waiting. Still waiting - I send an email to boss describing all of it with some flowery language.
Prospect comes back. Reads it. GTFO!
Yeah- sent it yo the wrong guy.
Prospect comes back. Reads it. GTFO!
Yeah- sent it yo the wrong guy.
TennisandSales
Politicker
4
Head Of Sales
HOOOOOLY shit! Hahah that is NEXT LEVEL!
Fenderbaum
Politicker
2
Retired
Ha, that's classic.
Juancallclose
Opinionated
1
Director
OMFG!!! You win
Coastal_crusher
Politicker
6
Sales Director
One time I meant to follow up with a prospect, accidentally sent them a blank email replying to my own. They responded with available times lol.
Juancallclose
Opinionated
1
Director
Boss move.....it's like "waiting on you guys, not worth the time to type"
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
4
โ๏ธ
Do you have the setting on that lets you cancel sending for up to 30 seconds?
TennisandSales
Politicker
2
Head Of Sales
This is a life saver. I think i have mine set to 1min or what ever the longest time period is haha.
Gasty
Celebrated Contributor
4
Community Manager [War Room]
I once emailed -
โsend me your EGOโ instead of โsend me your RFPโ
check the location of these alphabets on qwerty, youโll know how it happened
โsend me your EGOโ instead of โsend me your RFPโ
check the location of these alphabets on qwerty, youโll know how it happened
Maximas
Executive
3
Senior Sales Executive
Nah, but really wanna know what was his response about it:)?
HVACexpert
Valued Contributor
3
sales engineer
I have written up whole emails, thought I sent them, but they sat in drafts folder for days instead
Sunbunny31
Politicker
3
Sr Sales Executive
Thatโs a skill of mine as well.
HVACexpert
Valued Contributor
3
sales engineer
The best is when I follow up on an email I thought I sent asking what they thought of my proposal they never received lol
Fenderbaum
Politicker
3
Retired
The older I get, the longer those drafts stay drafts.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
๐ฆ
I feel seen.
Juancallclose
Opinionated
0
Director
That's happened to me, and I've sent a seperate follow up email that says "hey, don't want to rush you and I know you have a lot on your plate, but thoughts on my last email? "
Pachacuti
Politicker
3
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
too many to list. Most of the time its forgivable.
punishedlad
Politicker
2
Field Sales
Might as well hang up your hat right now. It's over.
detectivegibbles
Politicker
2
Sales Director
100%. If you haven't you're either lying or you're lying.
detectivegibbles
Politicker
2
Sales Director
My best story is CC'ing the prospect on the forwarded email to my team letting them know I recorded the call for training purposes and wanted to share.
Which, is technically illegal since I didn't disclose. But I like to record my calls to ensure my notes are accurate (healthcare med device, lot of moving parts).
He took it in stride and appreciated the thoroughness. Won that deal.
Which, is technically illegal since I didn't disclose. But I like to record my calls to ensure my notes are accurate (healthcare med device, lot of moving parts).
He took it in stride and appreciated the thoroughness. Won that deal.
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
2
Sales Rep
I always say "I didn't have my morning coffee, sorry for the typo"
finboi
Notorious Answer
1
Fi-nance
Attached an expense receipt instead of my sales presentation once
0PercentCloseRate
Politicker
1
Oh boy
One time I sent a picture of some collateral to a prospect. It was quite large so I had to lay it on the floor to capture the whole thing. My big toe was in frame....only realized this after I texted the image to the guy. I have very gross toes.
Yeah, I got no response for that one
Yeah, I got no response for that one
TheRealPezDog
Notable Contributor
1
Account Manager
It's a boss move. Pattern interrupt.
Juancallclose
Opinionated
1
Director
Exactly, did it on purpose
Seegs
Fire Starter
0
Freight Agent
I used to have to process payments on my sales, I accidentally charged about $4500 to the wrong clients credit card ๐ that was an embarrassing call to make
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