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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8727353" data-attributes="member: 23751">To me? No. Salesmen don't have that kind of control, but mostly because I scrutinize everything and trust little that they say.&nbsp; From the flip side, it's amazing the kind of control over some people that salesmen have.&nbsp; When I was young and worked in retail, I worked sales at a company similar to Bed, Bath and Beyond.&nbsp; I came up to a woman who had almost an entire bathroom picked out for her house.&nbsp; She told me how much she liked those items and asked my opinion.&nbsp; The colors didn't go well together and I told her that.&nbsp; Without any hesitation she put all of it down and asked me to pick out stuff for her.&nbsp; Stuff that SHE liked and wanted got tossed away because I gave my opinion.&nbsp; Still, that's&nbsp; very different from going up to her and talking her into buying something that she hates.That's the key here.&nbsp; We all like things that we don't need, so it's pretty easy to talk us into buying things we like, but don't need.&nbsp; The entire game of D&amp;D falls into this category.&nbsp; We like it, but we don't NEED it.&nbsp; I very much dislike the game of Diplomacy.&nbsp; I played it once and didn't enjoy a single minute of it for the many hours it took to finish.&nbsp; There's nobody in sales or anywhere else that could talk me into buying a copy of Diplomacy.&nbsp; It could be sitting at a convention on a flea market table for 10 cents and nobody would be capable of talking me into buying it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8727353, member: 23751"] To me? No. Salesmen don't have that kind of control, but mostly because I scrutinize everything and trust little that they say. From the flip side, it's amazing the kind of control over [U][B]some[/B][/U] people that salesmen have. When I was young and worked in retail, I worked sales at a company similar to Bed, Bath and Beyond. I came up to a woman who had almost an entire bathroom picked out for her house. She told me how much she liked those items and asked my opinion. The colors didn't go well together and I told her that. Without any hesitation she put all of it down and asked me to pick out stuff for her. Stuff that SHE liked and wanted got tossed away because I gave my opinion. Still, that's very different from going up to her and talking her into buying something that she hates. That's the key here. We all like things that we don't need, so it's pretty easy to talk us into buying things we like, but don't need. The entire game of D&D falls into this category. We like it, but we don't NEED it. I very much dislike the game of Diplomacy. I played it once and didn't enjoy a single minute of it for the many hours it took to finish. There's nobody in sales or anywhere else that could talk me into buying a copy of Diplomacy. It could be sitting at a convention on a flea market table for 10 cents and nobody would be capable of talking me into buying it. [/QUOTE]

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