Browse Forums Building A New House Re: A question for all the women out there... 21Jul 31, 2008 4:17 pm I am guessing by reading the replys that good salesmenship = pay attention to the wife/partner...very good idea!
I am glad I am not the only one who had these experiences because initially I started to avoid going to display homes or I would play "dodge the salesman" with moves including: *Eyes down, head straight for the door saying "thank you" while opening the door to get (run) out *taking the information pack even though I didn't want it... *Saying we will be back (but never returning ever...) *praying to god that the salesman will be busy with other clients so you can slip out unnoticed.... Aren't I evil ...actually I just want to say that there are excellent sales people out there but I just had some early experiences that weren't much fun!!! Thanks for everyone's replys!!! They have cracked me up...particulalry Neri's "I am under orders to shut up" Kylie handover happened 15/6/09...love living on an acre but still so much to do! Re: A question for all the women out there... 22Jul 31, 2008 4:19 pm Quote: Hi Kyiee81 Don't have any experiences with display homes, but I didn't want to blatantly ignore you, and I will refrain from my usual inappropriate comments! Cheers! Ash. Hi Ash, Thanks for not ignoring me...and sparing me from your inappropriateness...that was really thoughtful of you! Kylie Kylie handover happened 15/6/09...love living on an acre but still so much to do! Re: A question for all the women out there... 23Jul 31, 2008 6:51 pm Hello there,
We are just in the final stages of building our house but I was just commenting (complaining really) to someone this very day about this very issue! The salesman at our display home was clever enough to win me over but I've been amazed at the number of times since then that tradesman, building supervisors and even salesman for things like lighting and furniture have made it clear that they would prefer to speak to my husband rather than me! I'm not difficult to deal with (really!) and frequently have more of an idea about what our requirements are than my darling husband does. So no, I don't think you are overreacting or have a thin skin. I didn't set out with a bee in my bonnet about the way women are treated in the building game but have definitely noticed that we're sometimes not taken very seriously. Good luck with your building experience. Annie Re: A question for all the women out there... 24Jul 31, 2008 8:34 pm I'm constantly amazed at how often in many sales areas there is still a lot of bias about who to "sell" to. When we were selling our house last year our sales agent told us it was the wife/ female in the partnership he always had to sell a house to. That they made the decisions.
On a different subject but the same theme: .. at one stage last year we were looking for a 2nd car. something 2nd hand but in reasonable condition for Dh who was/is a house hubby to drive. The minute we said it was for taking the kids to school and back and we were only looking for a smallish car but not too small all the sales people immediately expected me to decide on the car. I think they thought Dh was one of those men who makes all the decisions about purchases because i stepped back and let him try out the cars. etc They were very miffed when I didn't seem interested in even taking it for a test drive first before Hubby. They seemed totally confused when we explained it was for him not me. of course in someways that worked to our advantage as it tended to throw them off their sales pitch. In the end we didn't end up buying a car for hubby. Because I lease my cars with a salary sacrifice arrangement we traded in the one he was driving ( my last car but one) for a brand new car for me and paid out my old lease and DH got to keep it. We both love driving it and didn't really want to get rid of the car so it was a great deal. This worked out a far better deal all round. And it was all DH's idea. I get a bit of a kick out of putting sales people off their stride. It's fun. Re: A question for all the women out there... 25Jul 31, 2008 9:07 pm Well I dont know if its a good or bad thing but almost every salesman, tradie and our builder talk to me not Mr B. A few weeks ago, my builder and electrician started talking to me about the sound system, wiring and I told them this is not my 'thing' so talk to my husband. Mr B is a very quite man and lets me do all the talking. However, he is the one who they ring and thats the way I like it. I sometimes want to be the silent one but I am somehow always roped back into the conversation.
Mrs B Re: A question for all the women out there... 26Jul 31, 2008 9:42 pm I agree with Sharee and Mrs B - they might start off talking to DH, but I ignore that and start talking/asking questions and they soon start to talk to me. Now, I have most of the dealings with our builder, DH just looks after the finances - perfect Re: A question for all the women out there... 27Jul 31, 2008 9:54 pm Mrs B Well I dont know if its a good or bad thing but almost every salesman, tradie and our builder talk to me not Mr B. ...... I sometimes want to be the silent one but I am somehow always roped back into the conversation. Mrs B A few weeks back we met with the splashback guy. He spent most of his time chatting to DH. I made a couple of comments about not wanting a red splashback (DHs favourite) and preferring silver. When we parted ways on the street the fella said to DH 'well red would be nice but we both know that its going to be silver don't we'. So even tho' he appeared to focus on DH he was REALLY listening to me . Nice bloke . Re: A question for all the women out there... 28Aug 01, 2008 7:20 pm Oh I spent nearly 8 years doing that, got on every course at their expense I could think of and one of the reasons I trippled my salary! Contrary to popular belieft there is life after the RAAF!
Wow trippled your pay - well done! There is life after RAAF well same here, our is not the expereinced but learing fast and is very pleasnat and not at all arrogant like some of them. I value friendliness and someone who says "I don't know but I will find out" rather than someone who tells you something without checking first just so they appear knowledgable Well my wife has built before but I haven't and at this stage of life this is our chance to build so grabbing it while we can. Yup very exciting but I am being very detached and pragmat ic at the moment, I have my professional Project Manager firmly on and will be managing the pre-sales and build through to handover on that basis. Well done for being detached and pragmatic! That is a useful trait! We certainly let our hearts get carried away initially then our head and bank account reeled us back in! What does DH do for Ronny?[/quote] He is an Air Craft Life Support Fitter but he does all sorts of things...one of his last course s was explosives as this is the area he wants to move into. One thing the RAAF does give you is the opportunity to skill yourself up before you leave He is home from a trip to America tomorrow and we got our final plans back from the builder today so very exciting weekend ahead!!!! When did you get out? Kylie handover happened 15/6/09...love living on an acre but still so much to do! A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5814 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19264 4 14311 |