Radio Shack - Was:[geeks] Octane light bar

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    When I worked there many eons ago, I would sell 
whatever the customer wanted... unless they were getting 
the "wrong thing" for their purpose.  I didn't worry 
about spiffs and the other stuff.  I still made a lot of 
money (for that type of job) with commission.  I would 
have sold you that system in spite of what the manager 
said.  Why? You'd come back.  Unfortunately, there are 
still of the mind set that once the customer gets out of 
the store, they will never come back.  It becomes a self 
fulfilling prophecy.  Bob
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 03:11:58AM -0400, Michael Schiller wrote:
> > paid on commission, it's more like an occasional thing. They also get
> > bonuses from either the company itself, or the cell phone companies, etc.
> > (they call them spiffs), this is why they're so enthusiastic about selling
> > those high ticket items.
> 
> One of the local RSes *refused* to sell me a satelite system (DirecTV) 
> because I wasnt a *new* customer and they wouldnt get the kickback from
> DTV for signing up a new customer.
> 
> "Sorry, you'll have to go elsewhere to buy a system..."
> 
> So, I went to Best Buy and got what I needed.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> bill bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> austin, texas
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