Someones says to you "Sell me this pen"

[Big Bear]

What do you say?

[recon1]

Don't need to, they already own it.

[Kermit]

I'd say, "what is this, 1990?"

[Plaza23]

When I was in college I went to a job fair and was at a booth for a bank - the job was going to be working as a teller/manager at those small bank branches they put in grocery stores.

One of their surprise questions was "sell me this pen". Not sure what I said but I never got a call back so I failed to leave an impression. Not sure what you are supposed to say?

[KVB]

[blackHIPPY]

they want you to demonstrate the pens value

pens have been used to pass laws
sign checks
stimulate prostates

buying the pen would be +ev

[stevenash]

What do you say?

I say Bear is an idiot.

[mcdonae101]

i say shove it up big bears ass

[Ralphie Halves]

I push the pen back to them and say "no".

Then I start drinking champagne.

It usually works.

[grease lightnin]

Buy this pen or I am gonna stick it in your fuggin ear, bear.

[cashin81]

Today Lucy will be giving free blow jobs with every pen sold.
subject to status<<<<<

[Big Bear]

they want you to demonstrate the pens value

pens have been used to pass laws
sign checks
stimulate prostates

buying the pen would be +ev

okay so i get that you have to determine the pens value but how would you do that in a couple of sentences and then how would you work in the closing line?

if you fast forward to the 2 minute mark of this video Jordan Belfort talks about selling a pen and he says stuff like

How often have you been in the market for a pen?

so... you have been looking for a pen for 3 months....?

How often do you use a pen?

but my question is in this hypothetical situation how do you transition from qualifying questions to the close and make it sound smoothe?

[marcoloco]

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[itchypickle]

okay so i get that you have to determine the pens value but how would you do that in a couple of sentences and then how would you work in the closing line?

if you fast forward to the 2 minute mark of this video Jordan Belfort talks about selling a pen and he says stuff like

How often have you been in the market for a pen?

so... you have been looking for a pen for 3 months....?

How often do you use a pen?

but my question is in this hypothetical situation how do you transition from qualifying questions to the close and make it sound smoothe?

Read up on Zig Ziglar...he'll teach you all you need to know.

[Big Bear]

Read up on Zig Ziglar...he'll teach you all you need to know.

aight

[dbartinbwgc]

I heard of someone going in for a interview and they ask him to
sell me this Cell phone.
He asked can he go out into the hall and prepare.
So he took the phone and left, and didnt come back.
The interviewer call him and asked for his phone back.
HE said i'll sell it back to you for $200
Dont know if he got the job.

[KVB]

Read up on Zig Ziglar...he'll teach you all you need to know.

Good suggestion, and Zig isn't the only one. There are many. For you Bear, so green and naive, read and internalize Tom Hopkins' "How to Master the Art of Selling."

Old school sales training at it's finest.

OR just watch the craps dealers in Vegas, boy are they good at keeping betting spots filled.

[High3rEl3m3nt]

The genius behind "sell me this pen," is that it is designed to make a person stumble and draw a blank. Once a person stumbles and draws a blank at being able to sell a simple pen, it places them in a subordinate position to whoever is doing the selling or is billing themselves as some sort of expert. Hard to be critical of a "sales guru" when he asked you to sell a pen and you couldn't come up with jack sh*t.

I bet a lot of those multi level marketing asshats use this line all of the time on new recruits. Hate those people.

[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

Bear, sell me this sandwich.

[grease lightnin]

That sandwich sells itself.

[Big Bear]

I heard of someone going in for a interview and they ask him to
sell me this Cell phone.
He asked can he go out into the hall and prepare.
So he took the phone and left, and didnt come back.
The interviewer call him and asked for his phone back.
HE said i'll sell it back to you for $200
Dont know if he got the job.

that is fukkin hilarious!

[Big Bear]

The genius behind "sell me this pen," is that it is designed to make a person stumble and draw a blank. Once a person stumbles and draws a blank at being able to sell a simple pen, it places them in a subordinate position to whoever is doing the selling or is billing themselves as some sort of expert. Hard to be critical of a "sales guru" when he asked you to sell a pen and you couldn't come up with jack sh*t.

I bet a lot of those multi level marketing asshats use this line all of the time on new recruits. Hate those people.

thats exactly who uses it


but help me understand why they use it again?

is it to make u feel dumb and so u will think they are smart when they train u?

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Bear, sell me this sandwich.

Mo, he can't.

I already ate it.

I got to it before Toniest did.

[JMobile]

Good movie.

[ByeShea]

What do you say?

hey you! buy this pen and I'll let you draw on me.

[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

Mo, he can't.

I already ate it.

I got to it before Toniest did.

Daggles, I got home and was expecting this sandwich to be waiting for me.

You owe me a Reuben.

[scumbag]

didn't you penetrating degenerates watch wolf of wall st? "create urgency"

[PAULYPOKER]

I heard of someone going in for a interview and they ask him to
sell me this Cell phone.
He asked can he go out into the hall and prepare.
So he took the phone and left, and didnt come back.
The interviewer call him and asked for his phone back.
HE said i'll sell it back to you for $200
Dont know if he got the job.

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Daggles, I got home and was expecting this sandwich to be waiting for me.

You owe me a Reuben.

I'm sorry Mo. I was fukin hungry and I knew that if I did not at it that Toniest would.

Mo, I will make it up to you. Next time I drop by I will bring two of these shrimp Po' Boys.


















MoPrawns 4-Life.

[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

I'm sorry Mo. I was fukin hungry and I knew that if I did not at it that Toniest would.

Mo, I will make it up to you. Next time I drop by I will bring two of these shrimp Po' Boys.


















MoPrawns 4-Life.

[edawg]

I take it and do my best Joe Pesci from Casino.

[Ra77er]

I would overthink it and try to be witty or clever only to fail miserably. While leaving I would tell the next guy what the question was that got me and go home happy knowing that I wasn't the right person for that job.


love the responses in this thread though

[Big Bear]

okay so i get that you have to determine the pens value but how would you do that in a couple of sentences and then how would you work in the closing line?

if you fast forward to the 2 minute mark of this video Jordan Belfort talks about selling a pen and he says stuff like

How often have you been in the market for a pen?

so... you have been looking for a pen for 3 months....?

How often do you use a pen?

but my question is in this hypothetical situation how do you transition from qualifying questions to the close and make it sound smoothe?

so what do you say after how long have you been in the market for a pen?

do you say that the pen is only available for a short time?

establish urgency?