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I typically ignore most sales emails sent to my inbox, as I don’t know if they are scams or not. But this last one I received after several attempts, I kinda laughed. Different sales tactic, maybe? Do you all have a funny Sales Email story to share? My example from today below (removed personal info in quotes):

Hey “CAG16”, just wanted to see if I’m barking at the wrong tree.

Is this something you’re even interested in?

If I am indeed barking at the wrong tree, can you do me a favour and route me to the right one? The last thing I want is to bark for so long that I piss (you off). You wouldn’t like that either, would ya? After all, I’m supposed to fix things for you, and not to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Thanks,

“Super Sales Guy”

CEO | “Super Awesome Company”

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I am going to have to start reading these. I usually delete. This is a good one.

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I hate all unsolicited marketing emails - funny or not. Sort of like my dislike of watching the Super Bowl “for the commercials”. They all get the banhammer.

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I don’t mind unsolicited email… it’s the phone calls that irk me.

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Agreed! We have AT&T Business fiber at one of our locations, and almost every couple months they call me saying that they are going to send me a “free” battery backup system for our Internet, so it doesn’t go down during a power outage. The first time they called me I asked them how much is this “free” thing going to cost me and I eventually got out of them it is a $20/month “monitoring” fee. Told them no thanks and ended the conversation. Every time after when they call me I stop them mid-greeting and tell them I do not want it, don’t call me about this again, and put me on the do not call list. I could get legal involved but it’s not worth the hassle. I just hang up on them.

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Easy solution. I just don’t answer my work line. : )

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How is that affecting your time to resolution for users who have to call because their system is completely crashed?

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: ) Caller ID for the win plus I most folks have my cell.

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What, I have to answer my cell? Just love the Spam call identifier on my Samsung.

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If %Salesperson% doesn’t know if I am the right person to talk to or not, I’m not routing anything. This is as bad as a cold call calling the main number and asking for the IT Manager. Lazy %Salesperson% could at least look us up on LinkedIn or something.

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Funny thing is he did look me up on LinkedIn…but since I never responded to him that brought him to the point of composing this last email I posted here.

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Decorum is slipping from all business emails. The rules we used to get ‘rulers over the knuckles’ for, no longer seem to apply.
I get emails from external sources, that do not even have a greeting or a sign-off. Name!? Look in the email address…
Makes it hard to discern the legit from the spoof, when people wR1t3 like 3rd wurld heckers!

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