If you're in the states there is a law that stops or reduces sales calls.
Tell them to add you to their do not call list and get a name. Write down
the time and date of the call and who you talked to. After that they pay you
$500 every time they call you.
-Philip
>Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:27:42 -0700
>From: "Bharat Suneja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: CBT Training Options (CCNP)
>Besides, I think ForeFront (now SmartCertify) sales guys are TOO PUSHY AND
>PERSISTENT - they kept calling me repeatedly inspite of the fact that I got
>really annoyed with them and clearly asked
>them never to call me again and that I'm NOT interested at all in their
>product any more.
>I write this to the group so that everyone thinks twice before leaving
their
>name/address/phone number/e-mail on their web site before downloading the
>demos - earlier today I was woken up by the same over-zealous sales guy
from
>Forefront and it wasn't the first time.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ("Oh, I was
>wondering if you're still interested in the CCNA CBT.... NO, I'M NOT -
>REPEAT - NOT INTERESTED IN THE DAMN CCNA CBT FROM YOUR COMPANY.. NOW >WHAT
>PART OF THAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ???")
>The sales tactics used : The list price of the CCNA CBT is $1800, but
>they'll give you all kinds of discounts (bring the price down to about
$1200
>or so), and if you express your inability to buy an expensive CBT product
>(which isn't worth the money, imho, going by the demo I downloaded), they
>will try to sell you all kinds of installment plans to sell you the CBT,
>throw in freebies (buy CCNA 1.0 now and we'll throw in CCNA 2.0/ICND for
>free)... anything to make you buy!
>CAVEAT EMPTOR
>My $0.02 worth... :-)
>Bharat Suneja
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