Harassed by the Avon Lady!

[Heaven]

Yikes! Lock your doors and stay inside!! lol

[peanutter]

I hear what you're saynig about sales, emc2, but there's honey salespeople and vinegar salespeople ... there's the venus flytraps, and the wounded bulls ... there's the [insert further superfluous metaphor] ...

And in my opinion, you suss out the prospect before determining which approach you're going to take - so you don't have people running to the hills like PZ!!

Or considering AVOs ...

In my experience, the honey salesperson approach actually makes more money, and gets a better quality downline established ... whether it's amway or tupperware or clothes parties or whatever ...

Whereas in the insurance, electricity, phone systems etc fields, you're going for a much more scattergun approach, so the "full steam ahead" technique may not be much more effective, but it saves a lot of time, making your job simpler and more profitable.

But for avon? I'd be going the softly softly, given the target audience etc ...

[TeniBear]

Oh my goodness, that is really weird! I'm sorry I indirectly caused that I know we get incentives for signing people up, but that's not exactly the way to go about it

Ah well, more products I can sell you


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[Inertia]

I once made the mistake of agreeing to buy lipstick from an Avon Lady in a rush to go to the shop.. Somehow this turned into I was 'buying the lipstick from myself' and I ended up with this gigantic parcel I never asked for an a $150 bill for a $6 lipstick. They kept saying I had to drop the stuff back to my "area manager" because she is 'too busy to pick it up'. She wasn't too busy to drop it off, was she? I had no idea where she was either, she had my address and I didn't have hers. Ended up having to get Fair Trading involved. It was like being scammed.

I have point blank refused to buy anything from Avon ever since. Which is a pity because moist mocha has always been my favourite colour.

[PumpkinZulu]

Wow Kinda feel like u dodged a bullet lol.

[Trillian]

Em2, It doesn't matter that they have to do the hard sell or that this is what the business is all about - it is the fact that PZ told her thanks but no thanks and she is still calling like a woman possessed! She crossed the line professionally IMO and as soon as she knew PZ wasn't interested then she should have said, "OK, that's fine, but if you change your mind you have my number".

[Inertia]

Oh yeah, that was the point of my post. Some of that bill was the cost of the stack of catalogues I was sent. Keep the SMS's in case they have the audacity to send you a bill for them.

[ladybird11]

I haven't read all the answers, but tell her you've opted to be a Tupperware Consultant and give her back the catalogues . Sorry, a bit cheeky eh?

[emc2]

I know what the point of the post was - I am not silly lol

[TeniBear]

PZ, can I ask if they're campaign 18 or 1? If they're 1, can I have them? save me buying them if you got them free


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[*Belle*]

OMG very pushy

Wow you have to purchase the catelogues? sheez, maybe do tupperware instead?

[TeniBear]

OMG very pushy

Wow you have to purchase the catelogues? sheez, maybe do tupperware instead?

Yeah, that bit's really sucky. Hence why you're encouraged to leave them to be picked up even if you're not buying anything - so they can be reused. I never knew that, I used to draw in them!


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[PumpkinZulu]

Sure Teni, when I get home I'll check what they are

[black_rose]

Wow never knew you had to pay for them, ours are regularly eaten by snails.

[Tinks]

You have to buy catalogues for Tupperware too.

I've been harassed by several of these 'ladies'. If she keeps going PZ call Avon and complain.

[TeniBear]

*raises right hand*
I solemnly swear not to be a pushy Lady, and back off if customers/people I want to sign up aren't interested.


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[peanutter]

I vote we can have an exchange of goods and services:

inertia can report the smelly vanessa from avon to Consumer Services for pumpkin.

pumpkin can send the catalogues to teni.

teni can send a tube of moist mocha to inertia.

yes?

[~StarBright~]

Wow, this chick is full on!!!! I hope she leaves you alone PZ!!!!!

I actually had a similar thing happen with a Tupperware lady!!! A friend of mine got into it and she had her first announcement "Party"- well i was the only one who turned up and my friends manager did a little attempt at recruiting and I was like no thanks, I am new to town and I only know a few people and I dont want to meet people being "that chick who sells tupperware and constantly asks people to buy stuff"

So a few days later the Head Tupperware lady calls me and casually asks if she can pop around for a cuppa that afternoon. I was like um, ok. She came and had forms ready for me to sign because this other chick had recommended me as a sales rep. I spent about an hour telling her that I wasnt interested for this reason or that and she had an answer for everything. The only way I got her to leave was that I ended up signing the bloody forms but said I wasnt quite ready to start yet and I would call her when I was. I then told my friend to tell her manager not to do that again and I was not interested. i got a phone call a week asking if I was ready yet. After a few months they finaly got the message and stopped calling!!!! Not quite as full on, but still- I didnt even send an email asking!!!! They are persistant buggers!!!!