Comments on: Fighting Fire with Fire…

By: Cai

Cai — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:39:57 +0000

Oh, and I agree that our Duty Free is like a public market..pangit na bakya pa!

By: Cai

Cai — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:36:24 +0000

I hate sales attendants that follow you like your own shadow so I don’t go to The Body Shop and Beauty Bar unless I really have to!!

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:57:58 +0000

To my great dismay, our kababayans are making themselves heard here as well. I get calls on our landline (which I already terminated) and handphone from salespersons selling insurance, credit cards and memberships. When I hear their voice I just know they are Pinoy from the accent, so I ask, “Pinoy ka ba?” to which they do say, “Yes, ma’am.” My dialogue is “wala akong budget.” And they seem to understand my meaning and say good-bye.

By: donmarin

donmarin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:35:16 +0000

another thing— how about text messages coming from a certain (name of girl) from Hydra…offering free vacuum cleaning of your mattresses? they would constantly annoy you over your cellphones..even if you tell them you’re not interested. that you’ve been referred by so & so…blah~blah~blah~~ …SUPER ANNOYING.

i replied over one of their many textes…saying: im really not interested. she could save up on her load, by not bothering me anymore…and guess what~ SHE BOTHERED ME MORE! by saying, i let her try it, i will be satisfied…etc…and that she’s just doing a good thing by offering me free services..(made me think: “doing what good thing”?, by constantly bothering?) why did i have to be rude to her…. i think she deserves rudeness with all the annoyances she’s been doing.

By: donmarin

donmarin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:27:02 +0000

has anyone been annoyed by those foreign sales rep selling “dead sea salt scrubs”? i was constantly “harassed & annoyed” by one at ATC. (the one below the escalator) he would block my way, follow me everywhere (even up to meters away from his stall!), & worse~ would hold my arm. i gave him “the Look” & told him of my non-interest. but instead of leaving me alone, he would say things like: “you badly need a facial (modesty aside,i dont have bad facial skin, thanks to my chinese genes), your skin is not smooth enough! etc etc..)
i’m going back to –(forgot their country of origin), my girls will not give you the same offer i did…”– URGH!
i feel so harassed more than embarrassed by it..to a point i wish to report them to Ayala’s Admin offices! THEY ARE PLAIN CREEPY & RUDE!

i can tolerate all the SM salesgirls, supermarket promos, WWF/UNICEF ladies…but nothing beats the crap out of me, with those “dead sea salt” guys!

i totally agree with the tactics of: dressing poorly, giving the “look”, or if im feeling nice…i just politely say: “im not interested..just looking around”…in fairness to them, they usually leave me alone. sometimes its hard to be rude, especially if you frequent that certain mall.

lastly, i was given a black shirt with bold white writings on the chest that says: “MASUNGIT”..yes i have a temper…i found it useful. they leave me alone. to check if this black shirt really does wonder, i bought my husband with a one that says” “BARAT”~ SUCCESS!! nobody offers him anything! (bec. my husband is really barat)

By: sunshine

sunshine — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:38:55 +0000

the level of aggression by these sales reps deter me from purchasing perfumes and luggage in most stores unless absolutely necessary.,

when i went around to look for a new luggage, i directly went for a brand i wanted but the sales reps for the other bag cos, harangued me with demonstration on how much better their products were to the point of sitting and even standing on top of their wares…sa inis ko i raised my voice and said” pag hindi kayo umalis sa harap ko hindi ako bibili kahit ano” and to the sales rep i originally approached ” paalisin mo mga kasamahan mo, naiingayan ako”

at wilcon builders, they have hoards of sales reps waiting at the center aisles like vultures ready to swipe at customers…” ma’am ano hanap nyo? “yes ma’am ano pa yun? BUT when you actually ask them for assistance for items that i need puro out of stock at puro hindi nila alam sagutin ang mga product queries”…we were looking for aluminum screen hindi nila alam ang presyo…when they found the price in meters hindi nila alam how to measure cos ang measuring stick nila was in foot. they dont know what product to use to remove lime scale in bathroom tiles “ma’am ano po limescale”…what the F! talaga

and dont get me started on WWF and Unicef promo persons…i pass by the ayala flyover daily and they are a regular source of irritation…whoever their trainors are missed the seminar on Soft Sell vs Hard Sell.. kaya ako, i donate na lang sa World Vision…swabe lang ang approcah

oh , and lastly, our building is right beside a callcenter company along ayala ave, ..just this morning, one of their staff was stationed outside their door shouting ” apply na kayo! one-day processing lang! apply na kayo! one day processing lang!..the career was being peddled like a piece of meat!!!

By: corianderie

corianderie — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:41:25 +0000

Such a timely post! I hope those Isukoshi people change their selling tactics as well. So irritating. Makes me avoid them (and their massage chair products) at all costs!

By: MLS

MLS — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:12:15 +0000

Not to be contrary here, I am sure these people are as annoying as they get, but aren’t we overreacting? These people are hired to do just that, bug the crap out of customers. At least someone’s doing their jobs. It can all be traced to a social/economic issue of joblessness, etc., but I’m not going there… At least they have jobs and not nagtatamaran.

By: Mayj Tolentino

Mayj Tolentino — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:00:11 +0000

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By: wilby

wilby — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:06:27 +0000

OMG. . . Marketman. . . you won’t believe what happened to me this afternoon. . . My cousin was driving, we were on our way back home from the market, our car broke down, some loose nuts and bolts that gave the car weird noises. So we stopped in the middle of the road, I was a traffic enforcer for a good 20 minutes while my cousin got some car mechanic to fix our ride. . . A traffic enforcer went to see and asked why our car stopped so I explained then he just went after that, 3 police cars passed by just looking, without offering any help or assistance. Then a couple of guys from the streets helped us push the car to the nearest mechanic shop, and they helped us get it fixed. . . Suddenly, the traffic enforcer (with his motorcyle) stopped, and dropped by talked to my cousin and me and was asking for money for his assistance. . pang merienda lang daw. . . !!!!!! I wouldn’t mind if he even helped me assist to signal the other cars to shift lanes cause our car was there in the middle of the street, but he never did anything, he did nothing at all. . . so thick faced!!! OMG