being chased in the mall by salesmen
dead sea salt lotion
mall salesperson
pressure to buy a product
Those people who chase you in the mall
@revellanotvanella (4033)
United States
August 28, 2008 4:18am CST
What do you do about them?
They sit in the center aisles of the mall with their products, common one being
Dead Sea Salt products, or hand massagers, Hair products, stuff you dont't need
basically and they'll chase you down, ok maybe Im exaggerating but they'd mys well
be because right up ahead of them is another person doing the same things! I think
most of them are all the same people because I often see them hanging out at each
others stations, at Christmas time its gets most annoying because I have had some
guys actually take my arm and pull me over to them, luckily they were good looking
or they would of gotten a shove, lol. Anyways, I noticed that they all seem to be
Israeli.
How do you respond to them? Does there seem to be a lot of the in your mall?
Have you ever bought anything from these stations? (Dead Sea Salt?) Once I wanted
to but my bf was in a rush for work so I havent yet.
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4 responses
@roanne05 (1290)
• Oman
28 Aug 08
i just ignore them it works...hehehe..if your interested,,,just buy some for your use then..but if not...ignore them.
@revellanotvanella (4033)
• United States
28 Aug 08
you know sometimes I really do look at something i see and want to try it out but will not even go there with them because they are just too aggressive and dont want to get up in a situation where im like, "no" "no thanks" "nah, im not interested" "i do not need it right now" and on and on. Me, Im a shopper who likes to try something and then relish over it for a week and then go back and buy it but they seem their more bent on getting people to impulse buy and I cant stand the regret you feel for paying way to much for something and then finding it was cheap and not even worth your time. see what i mean?
@LadyStrawberry (173)
• Slovenia
1 Sep 08
Hm.. okay, that clarifies it a bit...
How about just telling them - energetically, 'Well, I must sleep on it!'
& maybe expressing a lot of doubts about the thing.. & real uncertainty.. beforehand..
I had it work in 'ordinary' shops...
I am of the kind to 'try' & 'sleep on it' & then go and buy too...
I sometimes buy on impulse but usually regretted it lol
@LadyStrawberry (173)
• Slovenia
1 Sep 08
Well, people haven't gotten so aggressive in our malls here in Slovenia... Luckily!!
I am quite shocked to hear all that!!
/Mostly they just sit in their 'isles' & look lonely :)/
Basically, I try to avoid eye contact & don't look interested/look bored/disinterested.. & just walk around.. Or talk to whoever I'm with & look at them.. Or look at the other shops that are near...
You might consider another thing. If that's you in the avatar you're very cute & those guys may be struggling for your attention! lol
@revellanotvanella (4033)
• United States
1 Sep 08
LOL
Thats so cool, your the first person i have met on mylot from Slovenia or central europe period, when I see the lonely looking isles I feel more compelled to check things out, funny huh
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Aug 08
I just keep on walking! They will only follow you a certain distance before rushing back to their station. If someone grabbed me or my wife by the arm though I would definitely have an issue with that! Yes I see people like this in the local malls all the time and I suppose they have to be somewhat aggressive to make sales and as long as they are not rude about it I generally have no issue. I do not recall buying anything from these types of vendors either?
