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Re:What I learnt roasting 200 landing pages by sethammons on Thursday May 13, 2021 @11:52AM (#27143509)
Not all sales is the used car guy trying to pull a fast one on you. Any decent sales experience is party A understanding the needs of party B and providing a solution that both parties accept. Good sales leads to both parties being happy. I say thank you to the grocery clerk because I want to give them money for food and they say thank you because they want my money. I'm happy to be eating.
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Re:What I learnt roasting 200 landing pages by Dudeman112 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:01PM (#27145183)
If they could, approximately all sales-y and marketing people would be happy to make 7 billion people pay them 20 quids for a pound of horseshit.

So would I, the difference is they are regularly paid to try and do it.

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Re:What I learnt roasting 200 landing pages by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:15PM (#27143868)
The grocery clerk isn't trying to market anything to you, they are merely handling a transaction.
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Re:What I learnt roasting 200 landing pages by Silhouette on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:47PM (#27146486)
And yet there is a good chance that almost everything about your visit to that grocery store was steering you to increase the amount you spend while there. On the other hand, if the store didn't put things you might want to buy out on display, no-one would be able to browse, which a lot of people enjoy and/or find useful. So where is the line between unfairly manipulative and simply showing what you're offering and inviting someone to buy it?
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