{"id":1099,"date":"2010-08-23T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T07:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterfever.com\/blog\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2010-08-18T23:10:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T06:10:41","slug":"sucker-for-door-to-door-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/23\/sucker-for-door-to-door-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Sucker For Door To Door Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Door to door sales \u201cstudents\u201d get me every time. I know they all have the same basic sales pitch, but I still fall for it. These days I normally have students knocking on my door asking me to buy something from their catalog or a magazine subscription to help their school or so they can go on a class trip, or even support them through college.<\/p>\n

It always starts out something like this, \u201cI got your neighbors to buy this from me and I only need a few more sales to put me over the top. The problem is, this is the last day I have to make any new sales and the contest is over. So do you think you can just get a magazine subscription from me?\u201d Needless to say, I have a ton of magazines I never have time to read, getting delivered and filling up my mailbox. At least it\u2019s not a total waste, I found friends that enjoy most of the magazines, so now I drop them off when I get the new issues.<\/p>\n

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When I was in middle school, I use to do door to door sales with a classmate. The days would be long with the sun beating on our backs and it was so disappointing when people slammed their doors in our faces. All I ever wanted to do was earn enough points to win a bike.<\/p>\n

So I guess that\u2019s why I\u2019m a sucker for students at my door. I think back to all of those doors being slammed in my face and I can\u2019t disappoint any of those kids. As an adult it is a lot easier to be rejected and I don\u2019t have any problems turning away adults who come to my door selling their goods. But kids take rejection more personally. I feel that even something as insignificant as purchasing a magazine subscription may help boost these kids confidence in themselves. But there is one thing that I really wish would happen soon, please start selling something other than magazines, I don\u2019t need anymore!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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