Welcome to the IHoP

[JimJ 11]

It would be easier if they didn't show up at all.

Fixed

[KU40 173]

So you got a job and just chillin in Lawrence for now then?

yeah basically. I have that whole "girlfriend has another year of school left so trying to stick around till she gets done" thing going on. Been looking at some state jobs in Topeka and mostly private firms in KC area. Really don't want to work in Olathe/OP/Lenexa/etc, though. Too big and busy for me.

Sean- ............... I don't remember any off the top of my head. I mean usually at stores like Home Depot and the like they're ok, but those aren't really salesmen, just helpers who will lead you to things and explain to you what you need to know. But they don't get paid on commission so they aren't bred to be a-holes.

My buying experience for my Explorer was a nightmare. I hated my old car so bad because it would die sometimes when I was turning corners. Felt like I was in a death trap, and I wanted to unload it so badly. Nobody could figure out what was wrong and I was tired of throwing money at it. I liked this Explorer and started the paperwork and was due to pick it up the next day. I asked them to check out the muffler because it sounded like it had a hole in it (translation, i KNEW it had a hole in it. It wasn't really loud, though, just kinda like small puffs of air sound.) So I asked them to look at it and replace it. "we didn't fine a hole." bs. You could hear it but it was under a heat shield on top so you couldn't get at it without taking it all off, and they weren't about to do that. I was trading in my car and the dude asked if I was taking out the stereo and I listed for him all the items I was taking out, basically everything except the rear speakers. They had me watch a video on a protective coating over the paint, interior protection, underbody coating, etc. I was like man, it's a '98. I don't need all this junk. So I go into the finance manager's office to sign my loan papers. There's a long list of charges on there, of course. One of which is 600 dollars for insurance for if it the vehicle gets totaled and I still owe more than the car is worth, they'll make up that difference. This is a 5,000 dollar car which will not go down in value quickly at all. I don't need that. The dude is like "we highly recommend it for cars of this value and type." motherpucker, that may be needed on new vehicles that are 30,000 and will drop in value to 20,000 when you drive it off the lot, but not a 9 year old, 5000 dollar vehicle! He's like "It won't lower your montly payments so it won't really do you any good to take it off." OK, moron, where will the money go then? It has to come out somewhere, either in monthly payment amount or number of payments. stop lying to me. so I finally get all the chit signed and the BS taken off, and like two days later a guy from there calls me and is like "We had written down that you said you were keeping the stereo in this car." I said no, I didn't. "Yeah, our salesman told us you said that you would leave this and this and this in the car." motherpucker, no. Read what he wrote down, because I watched him do it. "ok. bye." and then a year after I bought it one of their dudes calls me to tell me they are moving to a new location. hahahaha yeah, like i'm ever buying from you again.

Jewelry store salespeople are bad too. They'll want to continue showing you things and pestering you even if you just say "i'm just browsing." "I see you're looking at that bracelet, here's 429 others like it that you may like" bitch, I wouldn't even want to talk to you if your dumb store wouldn't hide all the price tags underneath the boxes so I have to ask you to pull it out. and then you can say "I'd like to spend under 200" or whatever, and they'll show you one that's 179, then bring out one that's like 450. did you seriously not hear me say 200?

last summer we had a door-to-door salesman come by wanting to sell us scotch-guard like cleaning and protection for our RENTAL APARTMENT. He stood in our door, seriously, for 30 minutes listening to me say no no no and he kept saying "are you sure?" How many times are you going to ask that before you realize that yes I'm sure? I resorted to making stuff up, like, I have to be somewhere in 20 minutes. and he was like "oh no problem, we can come in and do a little sample in that time and then come back tomorrow and do the whole thing if you like it." dammit, now I set the time frame so he can continue to stand there for 20 more minutes. I wish I could be a dick and just shut the door in his face but it's just not in me.

another dude was selling magazines or some junk and I answered the door with a gatorade in my hand and he was like "Hi my name is jakcalope and I'm selling magazines for this and this. Hey, do you have another one of those gatorades?" SERIOUSLY? i'm going to give you things for while you stand there and pester me? I said I didn't want any, and they always ask if I have roommates and i say yeah and they're like are they home? no. So what they do is leave, then come back like 20 minutes later to see if the roommate has come back yet. One time the dude left his little magazine pamphlet in our house. After he realized that he left it in there, like 20 minutes later he came back for it. we saw him at the door and wouldn't open it up for him. he knocked like 32 times over about 9 minutes. we just kept watching tv even though you can see through our windows right at us. about an hour after he left we threw his pamphlet out the door.

Well that was a book. sorry everybody. I get on rolls sometimes.

[KU40 173]

I hope some of you were amused at my post and not just mad that I wasted 5 minutes of your time. ha. I guess I'm just a pretty intrinsic person and I dont' like somebody yacking in my ear. I never go into something totally uninformed and usually know what I want and have specific questions if I have any.

[///M5 2,833]

crappies, eh?

i hate phone salespeople, pushy salespeople, salespeople who act as though you don't exist and salespeople who know less about their product(s) then i do. otherwise, it's all good.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Those are the only salespeople I have ever come across.

The only good salesman that I have come across is the appliance guy at the local Lowes. He honestly knows what the hell he is talking about...a true rarity these days...

I agree in the rarity.

[///M5 2,833]

I hope some of you were amused at my post and not just mad that I wasted 5 minutes of your time. ha. I guess I'm just a pretty intrinsic person and I dont' like somebody yacking in my ear. I never go into something totally uninformed and usually know what I want and have specific questions if I have any.

Salespeople shouldn't talk but listen, you have only met bad ones.

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Can't do this with a Mac

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Evil, evil things.

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*yawn*

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I need some new music, I have an empty 40GB Seagate sitting around here that's conspicuously empty...

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Not that 40GB is really all that much room...

[topgun 262]

Also need to go to Sears and pick up some tools too.

for new tools

1 full set of standard combination wrenches

1 full set of metric combination wrenches

1 set of 3/8 regular sockets

1 set of 3/8" deep well sockets

1 set of metric 3/8" regular sockets

1 set of metric 3/8" deep well sockets

3"/6"/10" 3/8" socket extension

3 different 3/8" sockets

[Acidburn 10]

sweet

[topgun 262]

I need some new music, I have an empty 40GB Seagate sitting around here that's conspicuously empty...

I have 4 80gig sata drives sitting here, I think 3 are good, 1 bad but I don't want to take the time to check nor get an external drive bay.

[topgun 262]

sweet

Sears loves me, then I went to home depot and bought 2 new batteries for 18v Milwaukee tools so now I have a full working set of Milwaukee cordless tools for 100$ total.

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Found this on DIYaudio, guy is after Jim's heart.