Wow! What a great way to sell things!

Or not! I just had the rudest phone call from someone trying to sell me a discounted phone account.
She asked to speak to the phone account holder and then asked me if I was sure it was me!
Then she told me "I'm calling on behalf of insert well known phone/internet provider's name here and I want to see if you're eligible for a 30-50% discount on your phone account."
I said "I'm sorry but I'm not interested in transferring my account at the moment"
She demanded "What? Why don't you want to transfer, we can give you a discount"
I replied "I'm happy with the company we currently use and don't want to change, thanks" (Truth being we have used their company in the past and had no end of internet problems with them)
She said (nearly shouting) "That's stupid, we're a 100% kiwi owned company, why don't you want to be with us?!"
I told her that there was no need to be aggressive with me, that I'd told her how I felt and to leave it at that.
She continues to tell me how dumb I am not to take her up on this fantastic offer and I hang up on her.
Seriously, what kind of sales pitch is that?!


Edited by caraMel

Its getting ridiculous isn't it!"

I was in the Mall and this guy selling facial scrub stops me (I HATE these people but can never say no ) and goes 'I can see you don't have very good skin...'!!! Then I heard the lady on the other side say it to another poor woman so it was obviously their sales strategy. Make customers feel cr*p about themselves so they buy your scrub!

Mum had a organisation ring the other day asking for donations- its a cause she liked so decided she would give them some money. She was thinking around $20 and then he goes "So can I put you down for a donation of $100?" to which she said no, then he asked $75, then $50 and then at that point she told him she was going to give $20 but shes changed her mind because now she feels bad for giving so little because they asked for so much. He acted all disappointed but said $20 WOULD DO but she told him no and to reassess his strategy because making people feel awful for how little they can give is not a good way to go about getting donations!

I know that they're just doing their jobs- it must be tough work doing cold calls, but making people feel terrible or yelling at them is not the way to endear people to your company!

Urghh I HATE people like that!!! I had them ring me at work aswell, and try and promte stuff, and you tell them no sorry we are not interested, and they dont get the point. I had one reallt rude lady and I ended up hanging up on her, she was such a bitch.
At home I just say NO!!! P*ss off lol.

We're not listed in the phone-book yet (Renting) so I think we manage to escape these weird calls (I'd just hang up as soon as I realised they were trying to sell me something anyway) DF has worked in a call centre before, taking in-going calls... I see now why he refuses to do out-going!

OMGosh, that is disgraceful!!

Was it Slingshot?

hehe I had the call from Slingshot - they were polite, but foreign and went over everything 3 times, then a supervisor would call back and go over all my info again!! I got sucked in to go with them, and other than them cutting off my broadband, I haven't had any issues yet... but has only been 3 months...

Nope not Telstra either.... ok enough secret squirrel (but
do edit this post if I'm not allowed to say it, people in charge!) she said she was from World Exchange.

oooh Jennz i hate those secrest (or similar) people who stand in the middle of the malls in nz and oz and try to make you try their product - they are pushy!!!