@johnrj1226 wrote:Had a buyer ask me 4 questions last night on an item - pair of jeans, actually two pair. I responded to each in a timely/pro manner. Never thought i t was a PITA effort. They bought my item (both pair). They are in the hands of the USPS today - scanned in at 10:51 AM.
My experience says my approach works more often than not. I sold for 41 years and it was the same routine in tete-a-tete selling.
Unfortunately, this electronic/internet world we now live in selling much less based on relationship building that I grew up in - of course I like time on the golf course with my customers or on a fishing charter. I like people and I like my way better. Texting, faxing, e-mailing of proposals are all done in black & white and very much one dimensional which can lead to more issues than we care for - not much room for discussion for clarifications - sellers need to clearly describe the item they are selling in both words & picks & don't take the "short cut" by saying see pictures for full description - bad, bad, bad but be pithy in word description i.e. ditch the cute, flowery marketing jargon.
There are no short cuts to professional selling - can't count how many Dale Carnegie seminars and AMA meetings I attended over the years - all after college where I earned an engineering degree w/a business minor.
Were any of those 4 questions "stupid"? Not all questions are stupid.
This post & thread is not about Bidders asking questions...
It's about Bidders asking stupid questions...
