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Originally Posted by GA Russell
It appears to me that Robert's critics have a pre-existing agenda against salespeople. I don't know how things were in alternative systems like the Soviet Union's, but here in America, without salespeople there would be no competition among corporations. And nobody wants to see products developed without competition.
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I wasn't indicting Capitalism (or salespeople) in my earlier post, but merely stating that a salesperson's opinion of the product he's selling is so biased that it is completely useless to the consumer. If I want to know what car to buy, I consult Consumer Reports, not someone who works at a dealership. My statement also has nothing whatsoever to do with brand loyalty - for all I know it's a fine product he's selling, but I'm not going to take
his word for it. Basically, while salespeople may be fine individuals, when it comes to their own product or those of their competitors, they cannot be viewed as a reliable source for information by anyone but the most gullible among us.