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Originally Posted by quality_sound
I learned a loooooooong time ago that someone's appearance means squat when it comes to their buying power.
I will say your approach is a hell of a lot more tactful though. Discussing finances is a LOT different than just blurting out "Can you even afford this?" Simply asking someone their price range is a good way to do it, it's what I did. Maybe I'm too trusting but I always took people at their work on that. If when it was time to pay they couldn't well, shit happens. More often than not though, it worked out just fine.
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yup never judge a book by its cover, never. Its easy to fall into that though.
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Originally Posted by UAxDEATH(NYC)
Ok i have a question for ya, why do you think that your time is more important than mine - or anybody else?? Do you know how this annoying that every single salesmen asking you "are you have money to buy a house, car, boat...etc etc.". I mean what kind of attitude is that ? Why would i (or anybody else) go to see a house, if i cant buy it??? Entire existence of salesmen is for helping customers to make a decision- well guess what sometimes they decide to don't buy it. As i said before, if we all knew those details - we'd be doing on-line buying.
I run my own business, we doing high rise buildings in Manhattan, we do glazing, so I'll tell only from my own experience, everyday i receiving emails, with architectural drawings, 80% of them is never go to anywhere, but i still bid them, i still giving the people (owners, architects, developers, GCs and etc) price. Why I'm "wasting my time and time of customer" - YOU NEVER KNOW!!! Who has money who doesn't, they financial history - its a big BS, some people owned before billions of dollars worth buildings - and now cant afford a building for 2-3mln. And if I, or any of my guys - would ask the customer "DO YOU HAVE MONEY TO BUILD THIS??" - NEXT DAY I'd be out of my business.
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I didnt say my time is more important than yours, I dont know you. When it comes to my business I dont rely on my clients knowing what they can purchase or what they can sell their homes for. 90% of the time they are wrong, way too may factors that they dont consider. I'm talking about homes not cars, different level of finances. I make sure up front you know what you can do and what you cant, that way you dont waste YOUR TIME AND MINE.
make sense now?