Can this be seen as something of a clash of culture type situation? I know a number of Asian cultures have cultural distain/taboos on saying no too directly. Even in western cultures telling someone no too bluntly is considered a bit rude. But sales culture is about not accepting a No answer. I think that puts someone trying to be polite to the salesperson in an unnatural (assuming they don’t deal with salespeople on a regular basis) position.
I’ve always simply said I either have no current need or no interest and that I’m sure others in the area may be interested and wish them luck in their efforts with others. It’s a fairly polite, I think, way of clearly saying the conversation about the sale is over and further efforts to sell to me will be very rude on the salesperson’s part.
Can this be seen as something of a clash of culture type situation? I know a number of Asian cultures have cultural distain/taboos on saying no too directly. Even in western cultures telling someone no too bluntly is considered a bit rude. But sales culture is about not accepting a No answer. I think that puts someone trying to be polite to the salesperson in an unnatural (assuming they don’t deal with salespeople on a regular basis) position.
I’ve always simply said I either have no current need or no interest and that I’m sure others in the area may be interested and wish them luck in their efforts with others. It’s a fairly polite, I think, way of clearly saying the conversation about the sale is over and further efforts to sell to me will be very rude on the salesperson’s part.