<p>I heard a radio commercial for a “Wave” system that would freshen the air in my basement. So I looked it up online, heard that it was expensive versus DIY but that it works, so I filled out a form on their website. Got a call. Asks me the square footage of the basement, which I guessed at, then tells me the price of the unit, asks me if the outside of my house is siding or brick and tells me a local installer would be $250 and they’d ship the unit to me. This all takes maybe 45 seconds. I say I would want to talk to someone local before spending $1500 + installation for something and he says, “We don’t do it that way. It’s all over the phone. Thank you for your time” and hangs up. </p>
<p>He/she may give you a follow up call depending on how busy they are. Did you turn it down because of the $250 installation fee, or were you not quite ready to commit? I’m surprised you weren’t asked this since they probably have answers to both of these objections.</p>
<p>On the plus side, you got a call quickly, they seemed like they knew what they were doing, and they said Thank You. </p>
<p>I once had a sales job where I paid $50 for ten sales leads at a time. Some of my leads had died or moved away, and others were unemployed. I usually made two to four hundred dollars in commissions off of the leads.</p>
<p>They’re selling a product that requires sizing and installation without allowing the customer to have any confidence that the size is correct or that it can be installed (or for that price). And in this case, they don’t even tell you how the product works and you can’t tell from the website. I researched that.</p>
<p>Yes of course. I think this is a real product sold by bad means. </p>
<p>I once had a call where a guy insisted and I mean insisted I fax him an order for printing. I hung up on him and he called back and yelled at me. Actually yelled at me. I wanted to ask him if that worked, if people actually ordered because he told them to, but I didn’t. It was hilarious.</p>