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negging
Nov 15, 2017,04:11 AM
its a technique called negging, a passive aggressive "compliment" that pick up artists use to pick up women e.g. "you look good for your age" used as a sales technique.
the negging sales technique may have failed on you but it works on people with low self esteem and those who need external validation which is a large percentage of luxury brand customers.
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Luxury retail experience anecdotes
By: ThomasM : November 13th, 2017-18:10
Many years ago I walked into a legacy Patek Philippe authorized dealership. I was wearing a Harry Winston Z-1. The salesperson sized me up, trying not to be too obvious (but failing) - "nice watch. Too bad it's not a real watch, like Patek Philippe." Rece...
That's some crappy comment.
By: jomni1 : November 13th, 2017-18:31
Fortunately , i go into shops wearing a Seiko and get no such comments.
I've been relatively lucky
By: MTF : November 13th, 2017-18:33
Or I've been shopping at Mega-Luxury Group franchises e.g. Richemont or LVMH. At those boutiques, they never "diss" the competition e.g. Cartier says: "Ah...A. Lange & Soehne is an excellent brand but we offer different models" and vice versa. Even th...
My experience too
By: Velociphile - No longer in the building : November 14th, 2017-12:51
certainly on Bond St etc
Sales people like those are called...
By: mdg : November 13th, 2017-18:37
...obnoxious. I would have asked for the manager of the store, and in no uncertain terms informed them that I would be purchasing x watch (or car)...but somewhere else. I haven't run into that much where I live (SF Bay Area). I think it's because a 20-som...
Just as you point out....
By: InHavenPro : November 13th, 2017-20:19
it isn't a luxury/non-luxury product/service question. It is a people question. A global people question. Primarily stemming from a lack of education because physical sales jobs usually don't require higher education regardless of their geographical locat...
I walked into a Patek boutique...
By: TJMike : November 13th, 2017-20:30
on a couple of occasions unshaven, wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops. I was treated with the utmost respect. The same was true at Lange, VC, JLC, Journe etc boutiques. Maybe even though I look like a "bum", the salespeople think I am a "bum" with ...
I believe it's basically a matter of ignorance
By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : November 13th, 2017-21:47
I mean, no matter what you're going to sell, first be always professional. I'm selling drugs (pharmacist, not a pusher) and I must admit that today customers are too demanding, rude and ignorant. Sometimes I must say NO to their requests explaining my rea...
You know....
By: InHavenPro : November 13th, 2017-22:35
I happen to think trust is in fact the main ingredient if not simply good manners and respect for the less interactive jobs, but I also find it completely irrelevant how I perceive most retail salespeople because all that matters to me is whether or not I...
I have never found that.
By: shafran : November 14th, 2017-02:02
I have always been treadted with respect whether by a patek dealer or journe. or any one else. I think maybe you just had some bad apples or they were trying to be funny?
When I bought my Cartier Santos,,,
By: rdenney : November 14th, 2017-14:37
I was wearing my Zenith Captain. I got the "real watch" comment. I smiled and took his business card. Then I waited a week, went back, worked with a different salesman, and bought the watch. I needed to think about the purchase anyway. The second guy was ...
Agree...a computer will never
By: brandon1 : November 14th, 2017-16:55
open a split of Bolly to provide relief from a busy and humid London summer day, as did the associate at VC in on Bond Street. You gotta take the bad with the good. Usually much more good than bad. Best, Brandon
negging
By: edwardwchang : November 15th, 2017-04:11
its a technique called negging, a passive aggressive "compliment" that pick up artists use to pick up women e.g. "you look good for your age" used as a sales technique. the negging sales technique may have failed on you but it works on people with low sel...