lowhangersalesbanger

Director of Sales

What was your first "I have money now" purchase

When I got in to sales it was the first time in my life I had disposable income. Before that I was living paycheck to paycheck and could never afford to get anything extra if it was not budgeted for months in advance.

My first commision check came just in time for my sons second bithday. I was going to book him a party at a bounce house place but that seemed like a waste of money given it would be like $275 for a two hour party.

So instead I bought him an entire bounce house for him to keep.

In all seriousness this profession has changed my life and I am forever grateful for the opportunities I have been given and the people who God, nature, or the space aliens have placed in my path to mentor and develop me.

What "stupid" purchases did you all make when you first realized you had money to spend?

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MTW

Opinionated

Sales Director

6 mo emergency fund

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Making us all look bad!

J.J.McLure

Politicker

Owner at *redacted*

Smart. Not flashy but that is a great security blanket

MTW

Opinionated

Sales Director

It’s been the #1 for me. When I don’t like a company or if I get let go there’s no sweat. Mini version of f you money

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

Wow very smart

Filth

Politicker

Live Filthy or Die Clean

THEM STUDENT LOANS PAID OFF!!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Bragger 😆

Filth

Politicker

Live Filthy or Die Clean

lol Yes but I paid it off as a big lump sum and then took my now wife out to a fancy steak dinner to celebrate. Was a great night/time in my life that's for sure.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I think you and I would be 100% ratchet BFFs in real life.

Filth

Politicker

Live Filthy or Die Clean

Hell YEAH I like being ratchet, it's more fun in the mud and being petty lol.

sugardaddy

Politicker

🍬

Oh man. That post made my day! ❤️🙏🏻

BTQ

Politicker

Account Manager

Kind of embarrassing but when I first got a job on salary I thought I was balling (48k yr lol). So I take my brother, his gf, and there two of her friends out to dinner. I pay for the bill and refuse their $ because “I’m on salary” and thought I was a big shot. It wasn’t that expensive but kinda cringe that I did that.

SaaSguy

Tycoon

Account Executive

nice gesture, not cringe imo

BTQ

Politicker

Account Manager

Where I went cringe was saying "don't worry guys I'm on salary". I should have just paid the bill lol

lowhangersalesbanger

Executive

Director of Sales

I think we have all been there at one point or another

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

agree, it just happened with me yesterday as well lol

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Nothing wrong with being proud of an accomplishment and getting to treat someone for the first time. :)

SaaSguy

Tycoon

Account Executive

A dog! Good for mental health, expensive tho with daycare/grooming/toys/treats and food. He does a have a great life tho, i envy him a lot.

Inbound Sales Representative

Giving a pet a great life is the best reward in and of itself

Mclovin

Opinionated

Sales Manager

I got my own cat. great ROI for mental health

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Love this

BTQ

Politicker

Account Manager

poast a pic of your pussy McLovin

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I think I bought myself a watch ❤

sugardaddy

Politicker

🍬

I did actually the same. Not a fancy one, but holds great, great value for me.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

A decent, but not crazy by any means, watch
All grey-black metal Seiko automatic. Finagled a good deal on it, but it was $650ish 10 years ago.
Loved that thing. Great quality and looked awesome.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I'm still cheap, so a steak dinner. hahha

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Big vacation to Mykonos, where I don’t say no to anything because of the price

J.J.McLure

Politicker

Owner at *redacted*

A nice dressy Movado watch.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I've had a few "oh. wait. I can afford that" moments over the years. First one was a trip to Maui. Aloha!

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

I paid for my entire wedding.

SaasSlingin

Politicker

Sr AE

A new phone, new clothes, a nice new bed (my favorite probably) and vacation with friends.

Mothy

Politicker

Account Executive

A new car. Up until a couple years ago, I drove extremely used vehicles (150k+ miles), and finally bought a brand new car when I started getting solid commission checks. Feels great to not have to worry about if something is going to break.

I also buy a lot of random hobby related stuff, which is not financially responsible, but makes the happy chemical in my brain pop off so thats neat.

CadenceCombat

Tycoon

Account Executive

Fancy standing desk. There are other things I can point to but that does somewhat standout for me, not just because it was a splurge but because it was also an investment in my setup for my sales career.

snacks

Opinionated

Getting a $7 coffee just because I can

SportsSalesGuy

Tycoon

Enterprise Account Executive

student loans paid off/no longer in debt. Did this by age 25

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

When I was 18 I had a big month and made abt 16k (weekly pay commission only) I bought $1,500 Tag Heuer Alec Monopoly edition watch. And then I paid $9,000 for my spring semester of college

SoccerandSales

Big Shot

Account Executive

Traeger baby

Wellss

Tycoon

Channel sales

Bought myself a car! Wasn't a new car or anything super fancy by any means, but it got me out of my car I'd had since high school & gave me a reliable source of transportation

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

house

Epad

Executive

Snr Business Development Executive

Can't remember my very first commish purchase but my first when I changed markets was a pair of skis 😂
Had this idea of buying a bottle of whiskey with each deal but that failed to materialize

GDO

Politicker

BDM

I mainly feel I have money when we just don't feel like cooking and without a doubt go out to eat. Or when I can grab what I feel like in a grocery store without checking prices

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

Vacation!

LambyCorn

Arsonist

A mfkn E

Just over 5000sqft in Pinilla, Guanacaste, Costa Rica!

SgtAE

WR Officer

I flew my 3 best friends in from around europe to london and rented an airbnb. Still remember that weekend and very happy that I did

TINSTAAFL

Arsonist

For my very first salary i bought 2 for 1 watches from an IG ad 😂

CountryRoadTakeMahomes

Valued Contributor

My first commission cheque,
I bought a $150 nerf gun bc it’s fucking sick and made me feel like a kid again.

Titanic

Opinionated

Senior VP - Sales

Vacation to NOLA during hurricane Ida. What a mistake that was. Lol. (Before I went, there wasn’t any calls for it)

rocketfuelsteel

Opinionated

SDR

Car I wanted for years paid in cash. It’s not an exotic car or anything but American muscle :)

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