Aggressive sales techniques at chain stores, whats the point?
Selling techniques are getting more aggressive by the day but the real question is why are they legal? And why do we fall for them; well I’ve done some research and what I found was both amazing and shocking.
What prompted me to write this article was my first hand experience of these sinister techniques at Costa Coffee I’m sure anyone that has been in the coffee (Well what passes as coffee) shop has also experienced there threatening style of marketing.
I walked in and waited in the ridiculously large queue. Finally I got to the front and ordered a hot chocolate. As soon as the words “Hot chocolate please” came out of my mouth the waitress replied with “In a large?”
Straight away the very first interaction with a member of staff is used to deploy aggressive sales techniques. Instead of letting you make up your own mind on what size you would like to buy they tell you which size to...