I was surfing aplus.net for some hosting when a box popped up and a nice sales rep wanted to speak to me. I saw on the right hand side of the box there was a pic of him that said "real pic" on it. After congratulating him on how nice his orange shirt was it was revealed that the pic was infact just a stock photo. I was quite upset. Read the convo below and included is a screenshot.
If you can guess the 2pac song I was listening to (the full title) I will send you a box of c00kies as a bonus.
vernh: Hi! My name is Vern. Id love to help you, please join me for a secure and private chat.
Visitor08917: hiya
vernh: hi
Visitor08917: I see you give "unlimited transfer" with the unix virtual hosting
vernh: yes
Visitor08917: my site will use around 4TB per month, so this is excellent for me
vernh: terrabytes huh
Visitor08917: yes
vernh: hahaha
vernh: thats a good one
Visitor08917: was going to cost me big $ but this offer I havn't seen anywhere else
Visitor08917: what do you mean "good one" ?
vernh: im joking with ya
Visitor08917: I see, so how soon can my account be setup?
vernh: when you give us a CC number
Visitor08917: so that plan is ok for me? considering the amount of data I will transfer
vernh: i am going to check one second
vernh: ok you will need 4 premium servers
vernh: at 199 a month
Visitor08917:
but why?
vernh: each
vernh: your talkin terrabytes
Visitor08917: yep, but that plan says "unlimited transfer"
vernh: thats not like a megabyte here and there
vernh: yea unlimited transfer within reason
Visitor08917: nice
Visitor08917: ok I will think about it
vernh: ok
Visitor08917: I am going to print out this pic and stick it to my monitor
http://216.55.128.152/images/opers/vernh.gif
vernh: whys that
Visitor08917: because you are an excellent sales rep, I should hire you
vernh: haha
vernh: lol well thanks for the compliment
Visitor08917: you like working for aplus?
vernh: its not bad
vernh: i could be flippin burgers for mc donalds if that what your asking
Visitor08917: tbh I run a hosting biz, got an email from aplus saying they wanted to aqquire my business,
I came to check out the site
vernh: tbh?
Visitor08917: to be honest
vernh: i see
vernh: well we have been around for 12 years
vernh: before al gore "invented" the internet
Visitor08917: 1992 is impressive
Visitor08917: I will email them back saying no, but I will hire Vern for sales rep
vernh: lol
vernh: how much you paying?
Visitor08917: paying for what?
vernh: another joke lol
Visitor08917: oh...
vernh: i thought you wanted to hire me thats why i said that
Visitor08917: well I suppose $35k starting + commissions
vernh: you got yourself a sales rep
Visitor08917: aren't aplus paying you that much?
vernh: hahaha
vernh: thats a good one
Visitor08917: seriously?
vernh: try like 10 bucks an hour
Visitor08917: for real?
vernh: yeap
Visitor08917: omg
Visitor08917: that's cheap, but I suppose if it's easy over there then it's ok
Visitor08917: I like your orange shirt by the way
vernh: lol
vernh: thats not even our picture
Visitor08917: it says "real photo" ?
vernh: i just got hired in and that it the company default
Visitor08917: I am upset now
Visitor08917: I see
vernh: whys that
Visitor08917: where abouts in US are you?
Visitor08917: cos not real pic
vernh: im in san diego
Visitor08917: nice
vernh: yea
Visitor08917: you allow adult content on your servers?
vernh: not on shared
vernh: if you want to run that then its a dedicated server
vernh: because of the bandwidth
Visitor08917: I see
Visitor08917: can u send me a real pic of you, that one on the right hand side is confusing me?
vernh: i dont have one here
Visitor08917:
ok
vernh: why do you request one?
Visitor08917: just I keep looking at the one here that says "real photo" and thinking it's you
Visitor08917: you sell many hosting accounts?
vernh: yes
Visitor08917: good
vernh: we have over 200,000 customers
Visitor08917: nice one
Visitor08917: I got to go now, nice speaking with you Vern !
vernh: yeap
vernh: may i know who i was speaking to?
Visitor08917: Andrew, from
http://cybehost.com
vernh: alright well when you want to get a server give us a call
Visitor08917: will do
vernh: my extension is 6645
Visitor08917: excellent