Silly Sales Techniques, Don't Use Them!

[Housered]

1) Them: If you guys don't buy this soon, I am going to put it on eBay.

Well sh*t, I don't care if you do or you don't. I didn't buy the guitar yesterday because I don't want the guitar.

2) Them: This is the best sounding guitar I have ever played and it has been my number one for three years?

Me: Cool, how are the frets?

Them: Perfect! 100% I can't find a mark on them.

Me: Hey, I checked your feedback and you bought this guitar two months ago.

Them: Get a life!

3) Them: 62' Reissue Fender Stratocaster, Sunburst with a rosewood board. ***RARE***

4) Me: Hey, your ad states that your 2007 American Standard Strat has a Brazilian Rosewood Slab. That isn't a standard option. Does the guitar have a replacement neck?

Them: I have had over a hundred strats. I know what Brazilian Rosewood looks like. The guitar is all stock.

5) Them: Trust me, see my feedback!

[kodecar]

Originally Posted by Housered

1) Them: If you guys don't buy this soon, I am going to put it on eBay.

Well sh*t, I don't care if you do or you don't. I didn't buy the guitar yesterday because I don't want the guitar.

That is so funny because I can't tell you how many times that I have thought the exact same thing.

[twinrider1]

Today only!

[Housered]

Originally Posted by twinrider1

Today only!

Yea, why wont you sell it to me tomorrow? Do you foresee wanting it again?

[XKnight]

What's really amusing to me is all the tire kickers who still want to know if the guitar is available weeks after it was listed for sale. Believe it or not, if the price was fair and the guitar looked good in the pics then it actually sold.

[ecvMatt]

Originally Posted by XKnight

What's really amusing to me is all the tire kickers who still want to know if the guitar is available weeks after it was listed for sale. Believe it or not, if the price was fair and the guitar looked good in the pics then it actually sold.

So why not delete the ad then?

[kodecar]

That's what I was going to say. Even thought it is in the forum rules, I see an awful lot of "unresolved" ads linger around long after the item is sold.

[59Vampire]

Originally Posted by twinrider1

Today only!

this is used as a desperate plea to buy the item.

[re-animator]

"this guitar will pay for grandma's surgery"

[XKnight]

Originally Posted by ecvMatt

So why not delete the ad then?

I always put "sold" in my ad or/delete the ad. I'm talking about folks that sent a pm (usually numerous pms) expressing interest and then for whatever reason decided not to pull the trigger only to send another pm long after the guitar is gone.

[Vintage-tone]

when items are "priced to keep" ask for a quote in 2008 and not the price in 2020

[sysexguy]

Q: What is a "yuppy" garage sale?

A: Everything's out on the lawn with prices marked, but none of it is for sale

Andy

[humbuster]

"Super Rare"

[lukeII]

Yeah but on the other side you also get some really messed up queries from people when selling no matter how small the item. The most annoying has to be "why I are you selling it?"

I've got so tired of that question that I now just post a ridiculous reason to avoid getting that query like "am selling it cos I joined a cult and it costs a ton" or "to finance my crack cocaine habit". I don't mind queries about the state of gear or describe the sound or whatever. But isn't it obvious that your selling it for cash.

[Housered]

Originally Posted by GuitarTone

Actually...

I find nothing wrong with most of the sales 'techniques' the guys use in the emporiums here....including some of the one's mentioned in this thread....I've used most of them myself, and I've sold more than 20 guitars here.

Don't get me wrong, lying about the woods or pickups or frets, etc,etc, is big NO NO, but some sales talk is a natural thing, nothing unusual or unethical, IMO.

Remember, what seems like 'nonsense' sales talk to you is one thing, but if my for sale thread is getting 300 hits here, what you think is irrelevant as long as one of the hits buys my guitar, and as long as I haven't lied about what I'm selling.

I agree with you. There are a lot of sales techniques that others would might list as silly that probably work on me. As long as one is being honest, I see no lack of ethics.