Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
Preach on brother! I am typing this from my job at RadioShack. 4 weeks ago I went to a training class and we were told that we need to sell from best to not so best. That means for the stupid $39 DVD player that is being hooked up to a 1980's brand RCA TV, we are supposed to try and get them to buy the $20 Monster cables to go with it!
That's why I hated working at Radioshack so much. I would tell the customers what would work best for them and their budget. For that reason, sometimes they would buy the cheaper one, or I would refer them to walmart or some other place. When I worked there (Q4 2000), their big push was trying to sell every customer that walked in the door a Verizon cell. It was supposed to be the first thing out of your mouth after showing them what they were looking for. No way would I try to sell someone a cell phone if they came in looking for some random connector or say a resistor.
Even though I only sold 1 phone while I worked there, the district manager wanted me to keep working there, but there was no way cause I was only 16 and Tandy doesn't give out security codes to anyone under 18. So they kept the other guy they didn't like, but was their only choice.
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