you dont care BECAUSE ITS NOT YOUR MONEY..you just dont want to be bothered.
Quill can save you money on office supplies, the savings may seem marginal but you know over the year they add up.  You all get annoyed with these salesmen, well they’re annoyed at the constant ignorance at these businesses. They know they can help you save and are trying to help you out. so give them a break. and care about saving your workplace money, you’d care if we were talking about your personal checking account.

If my receptionist or account manager pushed a salesman out the door before I had a chance to see what was up with what he had to offer I’d fire her ass.  

I just turned down this job after going on the second interview and
deciding I’d rather pursue other opportunities (after reading this blog
fyi). They broke down the commissions for me which is as follows…

28% commissions on new account purchases ONLY
20 dollars if you have them do it online.

100 dollar bonus for 8 new applicants in 1 week, 250 dollars for 10

It
doesn’t sound too bad until you get to the fine print, which basically
states that in order to receive ANY commissions whatsoever, the buyer
has to
A) never used or bought from quill before or
B) hasn’t had any account activity in 1 or more years.

This
means that if you sell somebody 500 worth or paper and ink, but they
bought a box of paper clips 11 months ago, you don’t get crap! (I think
its 5 dollars or so but still)

This is why these fresh college
grads are so desperate to make you buy something while they’re there,
because if you don’t, they don’t make any money.  They also have to pay
for their own gas without being reimbursed. I actually saw myself losing
money if I took this job.  They also “promise” promotion within the
first year, but yet when I asked my “shadower” when he expects to be
promoted he said “hopefully within the next 6 months”. He has already
been working there for 2 years and has to relocate to NYC from Chicago
for there to be any chance of that happening. I asked what it takes to
be promoted and he said “you’ll have to wait until after training and
they will explain all that to you”.  While I was out with him I said to
myself…F THIS. But instead of declining the offer I accepted to put a
little sh*t thru there fans. I “started” today but was a no show. F them
they’re scamming kids like me to basically start their careers here and
reap all the benefits of paying for your own gas and making 200 bucks a
week.  If you get a job offer that seems too good to be true, it most
likely is. If your applying to sales jobs online I recommend only taking
interviews from legit businesses like AT&T or Enterprise.  As for
the non-A hole quill reps, give them a break they’re unfortunately too
naive to see thru these company’s. Shine some light for them and tell
them to quit and run like hell.

28% commissions on new account purchases ONLY
20 dollars if you have them do it online.

100 dollar bonus for 8 new applicants in 1 week, 250 dollars for 10

It doesn’t sound too bad until you get to the fine print, which basically states that in order to receive ANY commissions whatsoever, the buyer has to
A) never used or bought from quill before or
B) hasn’t had any account activity in 1 or more years.

This means that if you sell somebody 500 worth or paper and ink, but they bought a box of paper clips 11 months ago, you don’t get crap! (I think its 5 dollars or so but still)

This is why these fresh college grads are so desperate to make you buy something while they’re there, because if you don’t, they don’t make any money.  They also have to pay for their own gas without being reimbursed. I actually saw myself losing money if I took this job.  They also “promise” promotion within the first year, but yet when I asked my “shadower” when he expects to be promoted he said “hopefully within the next 6 months”. He has already been working there for 2 years and has to relocate to NYC from Chicago for there to be any chance of that happening. I asked what it takes to be promoted and he said “you’ll have to wait until after training and they will explain all that to you”.  While I was out with him I said to myself…F THIS. But instead of declining the offer I accepted to put a little sh*t thru there fans. I “started” today but was a no show. F them they’re scamming kids like me to basically start their careers here and reap all the benefits of paying for your own gas and making 200 bucks a week.  If you get a job offer that seems too good to be true, it most likely is. If your applying to sales jobs online I recommend only taking interviews from legit businesses like AT&T or Enterprise.  As for the non-A hole quill reps, give them a break they’re unfortunately too naive to see thru these company’s. Shine some light for them and tell them to quit and run like hell.

Quill needs to understand that effective selling is based on relationships – not on just making an effective “pitch”.  If this salesperson had actually listened to the author and respected their time and space, he would have been much more effective with this sales call.  This is really a good lesson for anyone in sales, as I still am although not of the door-to-door kind.  If you want to know what not to do, this is it.  Be a good listener, respect your prospect and focus on building relationships.