I was searching on Facebook Marketplace for a new golf driver about two years ago, when I really got into golf. I was looking for a new Calloway Epic Flash Driver. I liked the driver, and it was fairly new, being released in 2019. The reviews online for it were good, so I started my search and found an Epic Flash driver on Facebook Marketplace. It wasn’t far from me, only about an hour away, so that was reasonable enough for me to travel. The person selling it was asking for $225. This was a great deal for this driver, and when we were talking about it over text, he said it was in great shape and was only used for a little while, so it was promising that it was. When I went down to meet the person for the driver, I got there and instantly asked to see the driver to practice swing and check it out to make sure everything was up to good, like they said. I started my practice swings, and it felt good initially, until I took a couple of hits with these foam practice golf balls that I brought with me, and I found out that there was a crack in the shaft. This driver would break the first time I would take it out on the course if I were to buy it, so I was not happy I drove an hour for a driver that was in great shape, to have a crack in the shaft of it. This person straight-up lied to me and tried to sell me this driver for a lot of money when it was literally cracked. I learned a lot from this bad sales experience, and it is not to trust many people on Facebook Marketplace. Since then, I have always made sure to get videos or more detailed pictures of the items I am looking at so I don’t deal with this issue ever again. Although it was a bad experience, I did learn a lot of valuable sales lessons from a buyer’s perspective.
Link to Golf Driver Picture Source: Callaway Epic Flash Drivers | Callaway Golf Pre-Owned
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I think this is a good demonstration of the old way of describing salespeople. I think it would be folly to say that that stereotype isn’t still true very often today. I think that’s where we as Christians come in. We are to change that stereotype and live for God each day regardless of our jobs.
Big Daddy, this is a great example of what we learned earlier in the semester about the “typical” salesperson. It’s crazy to see how there are people still out in the business world that are still pushy salespeople. I’m glad you got the product you wanted and experienced a sale that you know was very shady; So, now you know what not to do in sales for the future.
I think this a great example of what we should strive not to be to others. You can’t always hold others accountable and force them to be honest, but you can remember how it affected you and therefore, ensure that you give others the honesty that you wish you had been given.
This is a great example of what a salesperson should not do. In this case the salesperson not disclosing information about the product ultimately led to you wasting your time and having a bad sales experience. When a salesperson causes us to have an experience like this, we are often more cautious the next time we go out to buy something. This kind of distrust makes it harder for a genuine salesperson to make a real connection.