Tuesday 3 March 2009

Insults and Sacrifice

Its again a long time ago since the blog was updated. January and February was better than December and November last year.The business is picking up, but i am going through few though paths, meeting people who are very insulting and learning how to handle such people.

Whenever it is luxury product which is being sold, there is lot of convincing
that should be done. In India, most of luxury product is bought by either Politician
or Celebrity.

I would like to share a horrible experience with one of the politician named Sridhar Reddy, he actually is not a politician himself but some "CHAMCHA" for an MLA, meaning a person who says yes to anything that the politician say. I was selling my Nano technology unit Water Softener unit which is actually a costly unit, this person does not know what it is, but he wants it cheap about 90% discount to what i am offering ha ha... they even tease you / your product multiple times..You feel insulted when you speak to such people and wonder why r u standing in front of few idiots who has enormous amount of stolen money at their disposal. It took to 2 days to digest this customer.

How to handle such idiots who know nothing of the product but want that product at discount:

Based on the Advice from few business man, on how to handle these people there are few suggestions

1) Increase the price to Twice or thrice of the actual price and bring it down when they bargain, i feel it is a sort of cheap technique which people use in streets.

2) Don't sell products to customers who don't understand it even after explanation, i feel it is a good idea but it is difficult decession to loose a big order when you start a business, i have decided to ignore the order, may be a fault, but can't give up my Self esteem.

3) Understand that these CHAMCHA politicians as people who are Brain damaged, ignore their insults, if they give advance take it and execute the order or just leave the place.It is sure that they wont pay you the balance. Don't undertake the order without 100% advance.

Now, the next time i meet such a person i know how handle them. But these people can be very influential and can get you many orders.

Insults, upsets will happen in a new product selling business, but it is learning path.

Hope it is useful for someone.