Perhaps due to my nonconfrontational disposition, I find it difficult to talk to sales people. We are in the process of buying replacement windows for our house, actually, just the back porch, and a new entry door. Right now it’s screens with jallisie (sp?) windows. We want it to be year-round comfortable as a family room. So, three companies have come by for estimates. One of the companies we’ve kind of written off, even though they are the cheapest. The other two are much bigger operations, and also manufacture their own products. Now, between these two companies, competition must be fierce, because they talk about each other in thinly veiled ways. One guy especially showed us papers and “facts” that were contrary to what the other rep told us (and his price is by far the highest, $2-3K more).
How do you argue with these people? I let them do there speil and then I talk it over with my wife. I’m always skeptical of claims made by sales people. But, dang it, some of it is very convincing. Do I challenge the assertions I disbelieve immediately? These questions applies to any kind of shopping situation, be it cars, home appliances whatever. And the better the salesman the harder it is because the guys are trained to handle this stuff (or maybe the good salesmen just like to argue).
Anyway, in general, how do you deal with slick sales people who have “all the answers”? (And it’s always his product that’s the best.)