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Date: 18 August 2005 23:26:30
And yes, they were all men.
Tuesday, it was all going swimmingly, I had begun to suspect that I had misjudged the entire industry, both men were polite, listened to what I wanted, provided me with a quote and left. Yes I had agreed to let them know my decision but nothing else.
Wednesday, man late, granted he had phoned a couple of times to tell me this, but still, valuable time wasted. I then learned more than I ever needed to know about the make up of a window, and why I should only ever buy his windows, and why I was entirely wrong when I answered the question which went something like "so... all things being equal would you choose my company over the other two?" with "Not really". You see this was clearly a sign that I was an ignoramous and so he had to repeat everything he had already said. I was also given his special offer - carefully worded - I'd grant research has gone into this to work it all out.
If we gave you a special rate you would have to agree to having a board put outside your house for four weeks - fine.
You would have to have the work done with in the next six months - well yes before winter of course.
You have to say yes now - ah. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.
But he kept talking, and talking, I could see my time at the gym slipping away for completely the wrong reasons. I finally told that the more he kept talking the more decided I was becoming that I would never use his company. He took the hint and left.
Oh by the way - his prices - he was very proud of the fact that his quote would be twice that of other quotes I have received and when I enquired whether his special offer would come within the ball park of the other quotes the response was "No, but you wouldn't expect to buy a Mercedes for the price of a Lada would you." Clearly this man has misunderstood what I am expecting from my doors and window, and when this girl drives a Ford Fiesta because she would consider the Merc a stupid waste of money, possibly not the best analogy.
The company well I wouldn't name it of course but it has a name that sounds not unlike a popular Christian denomination.