Knock knock at my door !
 

( salesman ) hello iam from sky i see you have virgin media services.
( me ) yes
( salesman ) can i tell you about sky and give you a price for skys services )
( me ) ok
( salesman) sky + hd, broadband and telelphone and one multiroom box.
( me ) hang on mate i have 3 multiroom boxes from virgin.
( salesman ) sky give you one free, but you have to pay for the others. £49.95 each.
( me ) i didnt have to pay anyhting to virgin !
( salesman ) yes but our boxes are better !
( me ) ok then mate cut to the chase how much ?
( salesman ) sky + hd, broadband and telephone 3 multiroom boxes £ 85.00,per month. one off payment £49.95 x2 = £ 99.90, for two extra multiroom boxes !
( me ) your taking the **** !
( salesman ) no why you say that ?
( me ) i got tvxl, 30meg broadband, telephone, 3 multiroom boxes £ 71.95 a month ! can you beat that. ?
( salesman ) .................................................. ..................silence.
( me ) think this conversation is over mate dont you byeeeeeeeee.

HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY !

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lol you should have carried on and asked about broadband speeds :D

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how did he know you had services form Virginmedia?

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Quite easy the salesman can see one of these fitted to your wall, its not exactly rocket science plus you are not a SKY subscriber.

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God, what a mess. when are they coming back to tidy it up?

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If it is yours then let us know.:D

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My sons love me winding the Sky man up in the local shopping centre.
I let them get going then ask them about the bb speeds and usage policies.
They usualy give up at that point :D

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doesn't mean you are currently paying for any services from Virgin

and what is that monstrosity pictured?

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If you ain't got a SKY account and they see the omnibox as in the picture then they will assume you have Cable especially in a cabled area, obvious really.

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The Sky salesman here tried telling me that Sky offer 30Mb broadband and then tried to pretend he didn't know how ADSL worked when I told him the best I could get is 6Mb.

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This is great fun, my partner swiftly walks off when i start winding up the sky guys at the stand lol

Broadband is always the biggest arguement with them :P

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I thought Sky is truly unlimited? e.g.; http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-b...broadband.html

And don't people have anything better to do than waste someone's time if you're not interested in the service?! e.g. going up to someone in a shopping centre just to mess them about.

Sky do get killed by multiroom. They need to sort that out. If you want a Sky+HD box it's cheaper to get another account as they give you a free box!

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I have great fun with telesales folk

Rep (really Indian accent, faint line): Hi, my name is <English name>, I'm from .... and we can save you money on your telecoms package.
Me : Bet you can't.
Rep : Who are you with?
Me : Virgin
Rep : We can give you ....... all for £x for the first n months. How does that sound?
Me : I get ..... all for £x a month.
Rep : Err how do you get that.
Me : I work for VM
Rep : <click>

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That omni box looks like it's 'open' and someone's possibly stealing services

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At this point, I tell them I don't have a phone. They really can't cope with that. :)

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You and your sons really need to get out more.

Although I'm sure they're very proud watching daddy tell the "Sky man" all about BB speeds and usage policies. As you walk away I'm sure the "Sky man" is thinking how impressive and interesting your BB speeds and usage policies talk was.

Or maybe last week the "Sky man" was in a different shopping centre trying to sell TalkTalk products, or going door2door in cabled areas trying to push VM products? The sales people really couldn't give a toss about speeds and FUP's, or if Sky VM go bankrupt tomorrow.

They just want to shift enough of whatever they're selling this week to hit there bonus.

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You and your sons really need to get out more.

Although I'm sure they're very proud watching daddy tell the "Sky man" all about BB speeds and usage policies. As you walk away I'm sure the "Sky man" is thinking how impressive and interesting your BB speeds and usage policies talk was.

Or maybe last week the "Sky man" was in a different shopping centre trying to sell TalkTalk products, or going door2door in cabled areas trying to push VM products? The sales people really couldn't give a toss about speeds and FUP's, or if Sky or VM go bankrupt tomorrow.

They just want to shift enough of whatever they're selling this week to hit there bonus.

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It is but you don't expect any Sky positives to get mentioned on here do you :D

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So it isn't just VM who use call centres in India then??

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That is very true in many industries. Sales reps are often just people who have the gift of the gab, and have had a short traing course about a particular product.

I used to run an electroplating company. And we employed a sales rep as a driver, as he was between jobs. So one day I decided to take him out on the road with me, to see how he got on with his sales patter. Well he was brilliant, right up until the potential customer asked a technical question....then he had to turn to me. One thing he did tell me (that I have also noticed with sales staff in the bed industry), is that when a customer asks them a question that they don't know the answer to. They they are trained to asess if the customer knows much about the subject. If they don't, then they will just bluff their way through, and tell them what they think the customer wants to hear. Well I would never have someone like that selling beds for me, as I think that to give good advice, you should know your products inside and out.

Re: Knock knock at my door !
 

i did the same thing to a sky salesman in bootle he even quoted me a price of £120 as soon as i don't told him my monthly cost £118 he couldn't beat it even if he tried.

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Maybe I should add that if they are polite and ask me how I am etc (give me a chance to speak) I'll often let them know right at the start that I work for VM and then we can end the call quickly and they can pester someone who may actually buy from them.

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Not a very tidy install!

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To be fair it's acceptable to a lot of people.

haven't got a clue why though. maybe they're just grateful for having an installation in the first place so the sloppy work isn't a concern.