Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Gavin Ingham - "He never asked me"

[UPDATE DECEMBER 9: SEE THE SEQUEL (a similar experience from Alex Scoble).]

I found this via a semi-private share of a semi-private share on Google+, but the original item was written by Gavin Ingham. Ingham noted that a salesperson had left him six messages over the weekend, not counting the daily messages the salesperson left during regular business hours. Ingham wasn't pleased with this, but there was a bigger concern:

I did see him first and a full week and a half before one of his competitors could see me but he doesn’t know that. He never asked me. I only see the next guy tomorrow but he doesn’t know that. He never asked me. I would never have made the decision without seeing all three short-listed suppliers but he doesn’t know that. He never asked me. I have various other factors influencing this purchase but he wouldn’t know because, hey you guessed it, he never asked me.

So will Ingham buy the product? Read his post.