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CadenceCombat
Tycoon
12
Account Executive
From your main contact in a prospective account:
"I got laid off."
SalesPharaoh
Big Shot
1
Senior Account Executive
X is no longer with us.
Y is on his sabbatical now.
Z is sick.
SalesGal
Politicker
0
Account Executive
This is the worst. Especially if you were in the last stretch of closing a deal !ย 
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
100%. love it!
Bejblount
Fire Starter
0
Senior Account Executive
It just means I get to run through my sales process again! So much funย 

SalesPharaoh
Big Shot
0
Senior Account Executive
Hurts bad.
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
nice!
Salespreuner
Big Shot
0
Regional Sales Director
Amen!
salesnerd
WR Officer
6
Head of Growth
"You've been so great BUT..."
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
lol uh oh.
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
3
Account Executive
"Introducing your new Sales Director..."
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
3
Account Executive
โ€œIs that your best price?โ€
sahil
Notable Contributor
1
Deepak Chopra of Sales
oh, you can handle that!
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
0
Account Executive
Lol fair
AchieveDreamsTogether
Good Citizen
3
SDR
From my CEO: Do you have a minute to chat?ย 
sahil
Notable Contributor
2
Deepak Chopra of Sales
7 words, DQ'd.
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
2
Account Executive
"We're restructuring the company."
sahil
Notable Contributor
1
Deepak Chopra of Sales
ouch
IceQ10
2
Account Executive
"Sorry he died last week" - happened to me on my 2nd biggest account a couple of years back...ย 
Jbeans
Opinionated
0
Director of Sales
Omg! Thatโ€™s happened to me. What do you even say? โ€œSo so sorry to hear that... sooooooo the PO will be delayed then or....?โ€ ... ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
funcoupons
WR Officer
1
๐Ÿ‘‘
"We're doing some call shadowing."


sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
uh oh....
Incognito
WR Officer
0
Master of Disaster
MY LIFE RN โšฐ๏ธ
CuriousFox
WR Officer
1
๐ŸฆŠ
I'm getting the water hose.ย 
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
lol yikes. you've had a tramautic sales experience :)
CuriousFox
WR Officer
1
๐ŸฆŠ
I feel seen ๐ŸฆŠ
CuriousFox
WR Officer
1
๐ŸฆŠ
I'm not renewing our contract.
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
Bummer!
johnnyyogurt
Big Shot
1
Senior Account Executive
We need to hire resources
Jbeans
Opinionated
1
Director of Sales
โ€œWhat can i get for $100?โ€

Me : โ€œmy competitors email addy and digits, keep the Hundo, this ones on the houseโ€
cozzy
Old School Bravo
1
Executive of Accounts
Your champion was fired
neversettle
Politicker
1
SDR
"I've been thinking" or "We're gonna do some role-playing" - from your Manager
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
1
โ˜•๏ธ
"We need an opt-out clause"
thegreatestsalesperson
Tycoon
0
AE
We'll get back to you
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
nice
swerve
WR Lieutenant
0
Account Executive
HR will be joining us
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
lol nice
AK_47
WR Lieutenant
0
Sr. Director of Sales Development
Your SDR is getting promoted.
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
nice
captainav
Old School Bravo
0
Head of Growth, Partner
Love 2.
captainav
Old School Bravo
0
Head of Growth, Partner
ย I think your Sales Engineer can take the call.
Kanyebut4sales
WR Lieutenant
0
Account Executive
New comp planย 
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
lol nice
sebs
Politicker
0
BDR
First run it by legal
GoogleGuy
0
VP of Cloud Sales
I need to run this by legal
rekled
Opinionated
0
Strategic Account Executive
I bought from your colleague
Onemoredial
Valued Contributor
0
Account Exectutive
Having reviewed your marketing material.....
thestifmeister
Contributor
0
SDR
If you call other countries, " I'm still in bed." or "do you have any idea what time it is?" might be one.. not too sure how to recover from that lolย 
KnightoftheJaguar
Executive
0
Director of Business Development
"I'll show this to my manager and I'll back to you if we're interested"
Spade
Arsonist
0
Global Business Development Manager
'Circle back in a year'
TheQueenofDiamonds
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Pop up team meeting @eodย 
southernfriedsales
Opinionated
0
Senior AE & Business Owner
"We're 75% commission based"
Incognito
WR Officer
0
Master of Disaster
Iโ€™ve been told 90% in an interview.


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