thefed
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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So I got a lead from a lead company for an air duct cleaning job. I call the guy up and introduce myself. I notice a thick New jewsey accent while he tells me to slow down and not try to fast-talk him... first clue he was an ass.
I started by asking him if he has a particular problem, or if he is just interested in a cleaning as general maintenance. "yeah, I gotta problem. Some ******* showed up to my old house in Jewsey and I grabbed that muddfugga by the neck and trew him on da street. He started off at $69 and was up to $300 with a high pressure sales pitch. So be warned...you do it to me, and you're getting tossed to" Warning #2
SO, being the nice guy I am, I figured I'd entertain this guy...because his money will spend as good as anyone else. I said "yeah, youve gotta watch those kinds of operations. We have upfront pricing yada yadda yaddda"
He replies "Yeah, I dont care what you say...this place sucks"
ME: "huh?"
him: "This sh!thole you call home has the worst economy Ive ever seen...highest foreclosure rate in the nation. The worse the economy, the more shady you contractors get. I'm in the security business man....I sell systems to people that have 2 million dollar homes, and I still price them fairly"
me: "thats nice"
hime "so yeah, i charge em 200 for a security analysis, and sell em a 2000 dollar system for 1500 and let them keep the equipment when they are done...that's fair enough, eh? so i want someone thats about what im about"
me (confused as hell) " Yeah..soooo.... back to your townhome....how many square feet ya got there?"
him" what the F%$# is it to you? I asked you to clean my ducts not lay carpet...it aint relevant. Ducts are ducts...you'll be workin in my basment"
ME: "obviously sir, you have some serious issues you need to address. We have a company policy that states we do no not conduct business with pain in the ass people like yourself...so have a nice day , this conversation is over"
CLICK
some people... this was probably the wierdest call ive ever been on
I started by asking him if he has a particular problem, or if he is just interested in a cleaning as general maintenance. "yeah, I gotta problem. Some ******* showed up to my old house in Jewsey and I grabbed that muddfugga by the neck and trew him on da street. He started off at $69 and was up to $300 with a high pressure sales pitch. So be warned...you do it to me, and you're getting tossed to" Warning #2
SO, being the nice guy I am, I figured I'd entertain this guy...because his money will spend as good as anyone else. I said "yeah, youve gotta watch those kinds of operations. We have upfront pricing yada yadda yaddda"
He replies "Yeah, I dont care what you say...this place sucks"
ME: "huh?"
him: "This sh!thole you call home has the worst economy Ive ever seen...highest foreclosure rate in the nation. The worse the economy, the more shady you contractors get. I'm in the security business man....I sell systems to people that have 2 million dollar homes, and I still price them fairly"
me: "thats nice"
hime "so yeah, i charge em 200 for a security analysis, and sell em a 2000 dollar system for 1500 and let them keep the equipment when they are done...that's fair enough, eh? so i want someone thats about what im about"
me (confused as hell) " Yeah..soooo.... back to your townhome....how many square feet ya got there?"
him" what the F%$# is it to you? I asked you to clean my ducts not lay carpet...it aint relevant. Ducts are ducts...you'll be workin in my basment"
ME: "obviously sir, you have some serious issues you need to address. We have a company policy that states we do no not conduct business with pain in the ass people like yourself...so have a nice day , this conversation is over"
CLICK
some people... this was probably the wierdest call ive ever been on