{"id":10758,"date":"2024-03-05T00:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=10758"},"modified":"2024-03-05T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:14:44","slug":"asking-questions-story-blog-post-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/asking-questions-story-blog-post-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking questions story – Blog Post #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even as the consumer, you can still sell the salesperson. We have been learning about the importance of asking questions in a selling situation in class and how effective it is. I implemented that reasoning from the point of view of the customer, instead of the sales person. From the experience that I am going to share, I learned that as the consumer you can still sell the salesperson. You can sell them by negotiating the price or probing for a deal.<\/p>\n

During spring break, our baseball team went down to Orlando, Florida to play eight non-conference games. The first night we got down there, I was responsible for ordering pizza for the entire team. I decided to call Domino’s to order 17 large pizzas. The Domino’s salesperson seemed to not be enjoying his evening. He answered the phone in a monotone, grumpy voice. Quick side note, I am sure we all know this is not an effective way to treat a customer. I started the call with a question asking him how his night was going. He gave me a normal answer, and I preceded to relay to him that I had a big order and I asked if that was going to be okay for them at that hour of the day. He said it wouldn’t be a problem so I ordered, got the total, then asked him a key question that saved Grove City College a decent chunk of money from the order. I said, “Dave, since I am ordering such a large order from you guys tonight, are there any sort of deals or specials that you could hook me up with to save me some money?” A simple, and straight forward question. He was receptive to the question and ended up giving me a bunch of buy one get one coupons that lowered my order by almost $100.<\/p>\n

From this experience, it showed me that you can be a customer and still sell. Also, a key tool to sell, like we have been learning in class, is to ask questions. If I wouldn’t have shown interest by asking about Dave’s well being and been a polite customer, he may have not been willing to give me a deal on my order. Also, a key thing I learned here was that you never know until you ask. I took a shot in the dark to see if he would give me a deal, and it ended up working in my favor. Moral of the story, whether you are the seller or the customer, ask questions!<\/p>\n

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