Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Awesome stuff dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Ricks Restorations is my hero. I will be that man one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Your time will come, and sounds like this could be a very handy contact too. presumably the chap is happy for you to offer your services through the FB page so there's scope for more work to come in that way to get a client base started until word of mouth can take over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hopefully. I've ordered my signage the other day so I should be getting passing trade soon hopefully too. A decent Facebook page won't go a miss and just keep plugging away at it. Just gotta get some backed up jobs done first before I get any more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Good work mate! Speaking of the above, i've got a week off AT LONG f**kING LAST as of tomorrow, I reckon we could get some stuff sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Mr Baxter just sent me this, it's like my spit image it's f**king freaky as shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thought that was you til I read what you said hahah! I sleep happy tonight, my new nickname is "Dough Lord" and I've been called a "Pizza God" and I quote "I've never met anyone who knows as much about pizza as you, it's amazing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 It's weird isn't it. You know when someone says hey that looks like you and you're like yeah it kind of does. Not with this one, I'm actually questioning whether it's actually me or not but I don't have an iPad and I'm not that funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I've had 3 job offers in 10 minutes and a lot of interest from a dealer who imports from the states, he's local too! So stoked it's unreal. Spent this afternoon discussing work at the dealers house listening to a Rockola Regis stereo drinking peroni, couldn't gave home any f**king better! He's bringing me 2 jukes next week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 My interview went well, they want to make sure I'll be happy there and that it's the job for me, so they've asked me to come in for a few hours next week... I mentioned where I wanted to be in 5 years and he liked that - he passed me a coaster and said "Sell me that". I did alright there and got a laugh too I'll be going in with critical eyes, grass isn't always greener so I need to make sure it's actually right for me and not just a 2k payrise but a shit role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) "You see that cup of tea in your hand? Well a lot of office furniture suppliers would try to sell you an expensive surface protection system with their furniture to protect from the liquid stains which harm the resale value if your furniture and tarnish the professional appearance of your establishment. These protective coatings usually cost hundreds on pounds and fade over years of usage. For just £1.99 and a bit of common sense I can offer you a product which will protect your furniture for a lifetime with no maintenance or reapplication. If a desk has a serviceable life of 10 years my solution costs less than a tenth of a penny per day. I also offer bulk packs for 25 or more units, So how many shall I order for you? 1 or 25? *let silence sell for you.*" Edited January 26, 2015 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 *Pulls newspaper across desk. Rests mug on paper* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 That's not quite what I said and having to react immediately meant I didn't come up with anything amazing, but I blagged it enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Good luck with it Mike. Happy as I've been going to the gym averaging 3 nights a week. I thought I saw an ab the other night. So that's nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 ran an 8 mile tonight, i also worked out how to get my tomtom sports watch to play nicely with strava so i'm having a good session uploading all my old rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 "You see that cup of tea in your hand? Well a lot of office furniture suppliers would try to sell you an expensive surface protection system with their furniture to protect from the liquid stains which harm the resale value if your furniture and tarnish the professional appearance of your establishment. These protective coatings usually cost hundreds on pounds and fade over years of usage. For just £1.99 and a bit of common sense I can offer you a product which will protect your furniture for a lifetime with no maintenance or reapplication. If a desk has a serviceable life of 10 years my solution costs less than a tenth of a penny per day. I also offer bulk packs for 25 or more units, So how many shall I order for you? 1 or 25? *let silence sell for you.*" That's awful. I'd tell you to go away as I couldn't concentrate on the pitch on account of the off-putting stench of bullshit in the office. I find it abhorrent when "salesmen/women" use this type of approach with you and expect a positive outcome. If the patronising isn't bad enough, it's the arrogance that they think you haven't heard this approach 1000 times before, and expect anyone to be taken in by it. Show me the product, quickly tell me why it's good (without putting down the competition - that always pisses me off. Nearly every non-iPhone mobile ad references an iPhone…it's embarrassing and reflects poorly on you) and how much it costs. Don't bullshit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 My approach was something along the lines of: It can be manufactured out of almost any material, carbon fibre if weight is an issue, stainless steel to prevent corrosion or more cost effective materials if cost saving is an issue. How quickly would you need your first delivery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 That's awful. I'd tell you to go away as I couldn't concentrate on the pitch on account of the off-putting stench of bullshit in the office. I find it abhorrent when "salesmen/women" use this type of approach with you and expect a positive outcome. If the patronising isn't bad enough, it's the arrogance that they think you haven't heard this approach 1000 times before, and expect anyone to be taken in by it. Show me the product, quickly tell me why it's good (without putting down the competition - that always pisses me off. Nearly every non-iPhone mobile ad references an iPhoneit's embarrassing and reflects poorly on you) and how much it costs. Don't bullshit. I'm not sure if you are aware of what I do for a living? Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I think he's aware, but I think we had this discussion before. That sort of tactic works on the type of moron who buys a Fiat, but not on normal people 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I think he's aware, but I think we had this discussion before. That sort of tactic works on the type of moron who buys a Fiat, but not on normal people I didn't realise people thought I would actually say that. It was SUPPOSED to be smarmy sales bollocks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I didn't realise people thought I would actually say that. It was SUPPOSED to be smarmy sales bollocks... At first I thought it could have been a joke but the *let the silence sell for you* seemed like personal advice…. to which I wouldn't be very receptive. On the plus side you surmised 'smarmy sales bollocks' perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I do silent close a lot, but usually with a payment alternative when I've got a customer who wants to buy, but doesn't know what to do. As in; "So you could have £200 a month over 36 months. Of £150 over 48 months. Which do you want to go for? [sTFU]" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 36 * £200 = £7200 Thats a cheap car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 *whispers under breath "plus a £5000 deposit plus an optional £5000 final payment bearing in mind you never own the car and if you want to give it back at the end of the agreement you better be damn sure you haven't gone over the allowed miles, had any unauthorised or non dealer work carried out on it or sneezed in it" * 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Silence definitely works, but only generally because it stops a sales person from carrying on and never getting to a point of allowing someone to make a decision. I hate the two option assumptive close stuff though Jardo. I believe that my job when 'selling' something is to offer the best option for the potential buyer – as such there should only be one, and the only question should be "are we going ahead or not?" Treating people like people seems to work for me, and I know the 'salesman in a box' stuff works for you, so I'm not really sure where I'm going with this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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