We tell all sales calls, especially any cold calls, that we prefer any correspondence via email. We inform them that we answer support calls for a school district, and we don't have time to discuss every vendor's product/service and the opportunities they may provide. If we like the product and we are genuinely interested, we will contact them back.
Most sales people are kind enough to comply to our request. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:53 -0800 Subject: Re: OT - ugh! > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'm doing RFPs and vendor selection and all that right now, > >> and every salesdroid I talk to wants to do the touchy-feeling > >> in-person meeting thing. > > > > If you tell them that you don't like to be handled, they won't. > > A lot of sales people can turn it on and off. > > It surprises me how many can't turn it off. To the point where it's > cost them business (i.e., calling every month "just to see what's > going on", no matter how many times I've told them not to). Spam > delivered via telephone is still spam. > > Of course, many do listen, which is appreciated. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
