another opinion on "...is this honest"

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Danny:

I was appalled once when my factory sales rep. told me: "Jim, you don't 
give them a good deal, you give them the impression of a good deal."

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Danny Moore wrote:

> JIMRPT@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > From my standpoint misrepresentation is misrepresentation and misrepresentation
> > is wrong,
> > period.  Another word for misrepresentation is lying.
> 
> Jim, I must say that I have always held pretty much your same sentiments about
> College/Symphony/Whatever sales.  However, this debate has caused me to (gasp)
> have a thought.  It seems the misrepresentation is telling a customer that a
> piano was used for a year in a university setting, charging used or greatly
> discounted prices and then delivering a brand new piano.  I fear that this may be
> a sad statement about the state of the new piano industry - sales are so off that
> they have make customers believe they are getting super deals on used pianos just
> to move new ones????
> 
> What's wrong with this picture?
> 
> Danny Moore
> Houston Chapter
> 
>