Pushy Salesman

I had a rep from from a cartridge company call me today to try to sell me some cartridges that he knew we used for our in store use printers. He was a little smarmy on the phone, but sounded like a nice guy. He was a very smooth talker and from what I could tell was a huge fan of the cartridges he was selling. He was actually cracking me up on the phone. So much so that I decided to type what he was saying to me as he spoke so that I could email it to myself and blog about it tonight.

Do you all know what a polycarbonate drum is? Me neither. Do you care? Me neither. "The polycarbonate drum is the heart and soul of your printer!" That was one thing he told me. I am going to list out the rest below. Just try to imagine the salesman spouting these off as I try to interject a word here and there. I was unsuccessful.

"You're going to look at three things when you get your cartridges. The first is quality. You'll notice that right away. Then you'll notice the longevity. Finally, you'll love the overall cost effectiveness." The only thing I look at when I get a cartridge is how to load it into the printer.

"You know the expression 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth'? Well, we're not asking you to look us in the mouth. We're asking you to saddle up and ride!" I'm not sure he understands that expression. Perhaps this is not the selling point he thinks it is!

"The proof is in the printing!" Nuff said.

"This cartridge is the most effective product on the US Market today." Highly Unlikely. The most effective? Really? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that is an untrue statement.

"Are you familiar with the inside of your printer? Open it up and look for a metal part called the iris." I told him I found it. I did not even open the printer. Shame on me.

"I want you to run the daylights out of my cartridges. Run print. Even run graphics!" Wait, this print cartridge will allow me to print graphics? That changes everything!

I told him no several times and was very nice about things. He was very persistent. I stopped the conversation after the timer on the phone hit 10:30. I guess ten and a half minutes was the point where funny became annoying. I finally had to "say thanks but no thanks, we can keep talking but the answer is still going to be no in another 10 minutes. I appreciate you calling and you can certainly check back with me, but I will not need any cartridges right now."

If you are in the market for any new cartridges for your printer, I have just the person to call.