I straight up told the presenter that I was there for the gift card.

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Jul 8, 2019
1:15:15pm

Jeffacka All-American

I straight up told the presenter that I was there for the gift card.

They let me leave after 15 minutes and gave me the gift card. The guy was not happy.

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Jeffacka

Previous username: BigLEZThunder
Bio page: Jeffacka
Joined: Apr 27, 2001
Last login: May 11, 2024
Total posts: 44,603 (10,049 FO)

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POLL: Do you consider it dishonest to attend these hotel spiels knowing you will say no and they get nothing from you but you're going to walk away with a gift card or free meal or whatever?

Powerbait DPM studnt

7/8/19 12:47pm

Why would it be dishonest?

kimdaddy35

7/8/19 12:49pm

I think some people do think it's dishonest, hence why they feel guilty.

Powerbait DPM studnt

7/8/19 12:56pm

I guess I have never run across anyone that thought that.

kimdaddy35

7/8/19 1:39pm

The are offering a reward for your time. They know the stats.

mudpupper

7/8/19 12:58pm

We did it once and the guy asked us right at the beginning of the thing if

crack

7/8/19 12:49pm

I consider it to be excruciatingly painful. I won't do it.

jdub

7/8/19 12:53pm

It's like when I would go listen to summer sales reps try and convince me to

ChiCityCoug

7/8/19 12:54pm

What’s funny about them is they joke with you up front about how they know

The Dude Abides

7/8/19 12:55pm

Dishonest? No. Worth my time? No.

kccougar

7/8/19 12:59pm

It’s part of their game

coolcats

7/8/19 1:00pm

They know full well that most people who agree to listen aren’t interested, and

garyfan

7/8/19 1:02pm

Nobody in the history of those things has ever been interested in anything other

7/8/19 1:02pm

How would that explain all of the people buying them?

fattycoug

7/8/19 1:13pm

Not dishonest, but I would rather just work an extra hour and make the money it would require to get a free

7/8/19 1:04pm

I straight up told the presenter that I was there for the gift card.

Jeffacka

7/8/19 1:15pm

Nothing any of them have ever offered has made it seem worth it to me...

CoachSpeak

7/8/19 1:59pm

I am there to help them improve their salesmanship. When our eyes lock, they know it is game on.

Q-grr

7/8/19 4:02pm

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