Selling skis?

Sorry Pablo,
You mean the original question 'Did you ever come across any really bad selling techniques?' only applies to skis? Not coffins? Or whatever it is that Tony sells?

I'm not very good at forums. The only other one I've ever been on was a mental health website - explains a lot I know :lol:

Ally

Yeh, was just on about the skis :lol:

Tony did give funny examples though.

Well,
Pablo, I'm afraid I've never tried buying skis, because as I said before, I don't fancy taking them on several trains and carting them around on the underground and everywhere.

So, until they make collapsible (possibly inflatable) skis, which are easily portable, I won't be trying to buy any, so I'm afraid I have nothing further to contribute on your thread :cry:.

Ally

I concur with the post above. Well the 1st paragraph


However if i see some shoddy salesman try to sell some skis in an unprofessional manner, i will get myself on here and let you know pronto. :wink:

I try every day to make up the deficit for you lot not having skis by buying more for me :lol:

My red skis are much faster than my green ones, especially when I'm shoosting :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

AllyG wrote:Iceman,
I believe it's 'schussing' and it comes from the German 'to shoot' (I may be wrong here, I don't actually know any German other than 'Guten morgan' and I may have spelt that wrong).

You are absolutely correct. A SCHUSS is a part of a ski run when you need to straightline and tuck up or you wont make it to the other side!

For the record, I work in magazine printing sales, Ally.

Sorry Pabs, I thought you were talking generic sales. My experience of buying skis relates to 4 episodes:

1. My first pair from a shop in Mayrhofen, cheap at 149 euros and early intermediate level skis. I had already made my mind up blindly to get them and didnt need much input. The sales assistant who spoke broken English told me they were good first skis, very soft and forgiving. So I bought them, skied on them for 3 weeks and sold them to a mate as I needed something more advanced.

2. My second pair from a man in South Shields, who I rang because he had some bargains on his website. He asked me lots about my level, experience, height and weight, what I wanted them to do for me, and came up with a solution, which I bought, and I have had 4 weeks out of them to date.

3. My wifes skis, which I had seen on a website at half price, and went into our local dryslope pro shop where they had them at £100 more. We chatted to the salesmen, who said they would be perfect for her in terms of ability and requirements and we then negotiated on the price, and after saying he could only drop £50 as that was cost, he came running after us as we left and said he would match the price and have the bindings fitted free of charge.

4. My all mountain skis which were £300 down to £150 on ebay, for which I made an unrealistic bid of £75 and the seller closed the deal! No communication required, and I now own 2 pairs of skis much to Mrs H's disgust.