There is a company here locally who is well known for their questionable business practices. They sell a service based product to a very targeted niche market and have been known for giving no value with their service as well as ignoring the many customers who have problems. The operation runs very similar to the movie “Boiler Room” and once you subscribe to this service they make it extremely difficult to leave. Read the rest of this entry »
The other day I was being pitched by a smooth talking sales VP from a technology company. I couldn’t have been more turned off by the presentation. We were using a online conferencing tool called WebEx. I had signed online and also called in to the conference call. I could see that he already had a power point presentation loaded up and ready today. This company knows very little about my company. After some quick introductions the Sales VP told me that he knows that this power point presentation is kind of irrelevant to our need but say he wants to show us anyway. Read the rest of this entry »