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Originally Posted by kane
Years ago (back in 1989-1990) I worked for Radio Shack. The store was in an odd area. It was in the city, but all the surrounding areas were very rural. One afternoon a guy comes in and looks like he just came out of the fields. The store manager was helping him and he has a million questions about a CB radio antenna. The manager gets annoyed with the guy and hands him off to me. I spend the next 20 minutes helping this guy out and end up with about a $3 sale. The guy was very happy.
A few weeks later we had satellite dishes on sale for $3000. He came in and bought one. He came in the day before and saw I wasn't there and made sure to come back the next day when I was so he could buy it from me. Over the next few weeks he bought a new TV, VCR and nice surround sound system for his house. The dude was a farmer, had just gotten divorced and was getting the home theater he had always wanted now that the wife was gone.
The manager assumed he was some broke hick and because I treated him nicely I ended up making some nice money off it. (not only that he paid me $500 under the table to come out and help him install the dish  ) |
I was a store manager for them for many years (managed 3 stores, worked in many more along the way) and know of many many stories exactly like yours, lol. Thats awesome when you win someone over like that.
When I needed a new car I specifically put on jeans and sneakers and got treated like a stupid kid by 2 dealers. Third one treated me like I was buying a car, let me take it for a drive, acted like a normal nice guy, so I bought from him. Wasn't a ferrari though.
You can never judge a book by it's cover.