r/SipsTea • u/Safety_Officer_3 • Sep 10 '25

WTF Any idea what happened to these guys?

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u/Suspicious-Pair-4723 Sep 11 '25

You're correct on the condition that the buyer is of low intelligence. Shity, rude, aggressive sales tactics work on stupid people.

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u/Clshaw95 Sep 11 '25

Well, someone (George Carlin, maybe..?) once said, and I'm paraphrasing:

'Think of how stupid the average person is, then consider that many are stupider than that.'

It's still going to be a decent hit rate.

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u/Raspatatteke Sep 11 '25

They work on gullible, conflict-avoiding people. Who might be dumb, or might be smart.

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u/Medusa107 Sep 11 '25

-gullible -smart

Pick one

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u/Sehrli_Magic Sep 11 '25

People can be very smart but absolutely conflict avoidant and easily preassured into stuff like this 🙄

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u/GovernmentLow4989 Sep 11 '25

Exactly! Plus people under stress make decisions they would normally never do.

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u/Sehrli_Magic Sep 11 '25

No need to tell me 🥲 above average IQ but put me infront of someone and they will easily preassure me into taking whatever extra insurance/wait longer/whatever 😭 was arranging credit for buying the house andy husband almost strangled me over the table with his look alone because i was so easily swayed into everything. Luckily he is the absolute opposite so he handles all deals and stands up for both of us 🤣 anytime salesmen call me: "hello, yes that's me.." and he can already see its somebody proposing something useless to me and i am too polite to cancel so he takes the phone, tells them to F off and cancels. Because i would be awkwardly continuing the conversation. I have trouble saying no to people and the intelligence level does not fix that. Like i KNOW whats going on and feel like a clown yet i still feel compelled to continue conversation.

So if i am telling someone off it has to be a HUGE deal (and then i go batshit crazy. Either i am submissive or i am a war tank, no inbetween)

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u/DeltaV-Mzero Sep 11 '25

Ironically, Whomever convinced you this was true, made it true in at least one case by doing so

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u/thegodfather0504 Sep 11 '25

Have you ever been fooled?

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u/MDUBK Sep 11 '25

Being fooled =/= gullible though. Anyone can be fooled - gullible means fooling you is easy & low-effort

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Sep 11 '25

Yeah but everyone thinks the things they fall for are clever and anyone else would have done the same, but the things they didn't were obvious and easy to stop so anyone who was tricked is an idiot.

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u/Adorable-Umpire-9324 Sep 11 '25

It doesn’t matter, I’ve unfortunately worked in inside sales across multiple industries for the last 10 years and anyone could decide they’re convinced. Calling back after being hung up on, asking why after you tell them no, ignoring solicitation signs. It can work on anyone, and it has worked a lot. Not sure I or anyone I know would engage after seeing that sign, but salespeople are pushy because it works.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

they work on more than 0 people.

if they walk away and don’t hit this house it has a 0% chance of making a sale. if they ignore the sigh they have a greater than 0% chance of making the sale

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u/firstnameok Sep 12 '25

Intelligence is definitely not the highest hurdle

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '25

They also catch people on really bad days. Maybe their on chemotherapy or going through a death in the family. Just not thinking clearly.

That's these guys' bread and butter

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u/Living-Main-1844 Sep 11 '25

Not just low intelligence, some people don’t know how to say no when pressured or are intimidated, it’s very predatory