SalesFail Finalists

So...........

Sale Fail about a guy trying to buy a phone and i insulted him...whoops!

Number of Votes: 175

As one of the youngest pitchmen in Missouri, I was selling a Shammy, like the Sham wow. One night while pitching to a group, a man from the back (who apparently didn't like the product or the Sham wow guy Vince), came up in front of everyone and asked...

Number of Votes: 1,068

Barf-O-Rama

A family walks into Best Buy, The father seems interested in a certain top line computer. His son all the sudden throws up. His other son is a witness to this throw up, so he throws up as well. Out of embarrassment, the man walks out of the store and the...

Number of Votes: 878

The Roof, the roof, the roof is on...

I work for a large national contractor that specializes in negotiated re-roofing work and was recently promoted to a sales management position. One of the sales reps taking over my territory was relatively new to the business so I was reviewing his...

Number of Votes: 25

Aunt Rose's Unexpected Visit

I was out at a client meeting and I will put this nicely for the men out there reading this. My monthly friend was in town...I was with a male sales partner who sold some of our other offerings. We were in the client's office in the middle...

Number of Votes: 106

The Walls Have Wives

So careful what you say in "private".... ( One thought - stop that incessant floating around!!! ) http://www.viddler.com/explore/JoeSales/videos/9/

Number of Votes: 100

Redefining "Auto Show"

My sales career literally spans decades. I have been in Executive positions form an early age in the International Trade show Industry, pharmaceuticals, motor home sales, and now in telecommunications, all in the international market. Traveled...

Number of Votes: 13

Gift Basket for a Client

Years ago, when I was first working in sales, a rather strange happening ocurred. One of our other reps had taken one of our sales engineers with him on a sales call. The engineer tended to be a bit nervous in front of customers, but I, and...

Number of Votes: 24

Porn Pop-Up Emails

Why's it's ALWAYS good to turn off any programs you don't need running... unless of course you're expecting something good...

Number of Votes: 18

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Very early in my sales management career, I was on a joint field work call with a brand new representative. All of a sudden in the middle of our sales presentation, literally in the blink of an eye, the prospect fell asleep! The rep and I sat there...

Number of Votes: 8

Management FUBAR!

I was working for a global teleconferencing provider in 2007, and our office was reassigned a new manager due to the promotion of our previous manager. I had been working for several months to crack a fairly large prospect, and had managed to develop a...

Number of Votes: 15

Poor Timing

I once was working as a Dewalt sales representative pitching to Dewalt fans and users at a Nascar event in Vegas. My product was the Dewalt Demolition hammers. My target was the Nascar event attendees. Each of the people who came through the...

Number of Votes: 10

Damn Hipsters

As an executive recruiter building out a new sector branched off a reputable Finance and Accounting practice, introductory client meetings were a must for building new business. I had reached out to a potential client, a hip boutique creative...

Number of Votes: 6

Doh!

I am a telecaller selling IT services for my company. I had gather a lot of information about a particulate company that I knew was on SAP and was looking for upgrade services. I researched a lot and finally got to find who the right contact for SAP...

Number of Votes: 7

Mistaken Identity

I was working as a graphic artist for a local sign company and the boss called me into his room to discuss matters with a female client who needed some work done. As I walk in, my boss introduces me to the client saying, "Here is our graphic...