I just sent the super hard sell guy away. I am not sure if he was really frustrated and angry with me for not buying his product after doing a supposedly free cleaning session, because he sounded damn pissed. Might be an emotional blackmailing tactic, else, he must have thought I am an extremely stingy Singaporean.

I bought some cleaning products from Carrefour a few days ago and was entitled to a free floor cleaning session. The product’s company called me and arranged for an appointment. I specifically asked if there will be any fee incurred and if there will be any promotion of products sale, the lady at the line replied no, so I went ahead to arrange for a time slot.

The man came and I asked again if there will be any fees and told him I am not going to buy anything. The product he used was a kind of essential oil (he said from palm tree, err…?), just spray straight from the bottle onto the floor and use a mop to spread it like our usual mopping routine. He claimed that the oil is better then wax (smelly and sticky), easy to use, give a matte sheen and has anti bacterial component (which I highly suspect). He also said the same spray can be used to clean wooden doors and proceed to spray my doors and USED THE SAME MOP TO WIPE THE DOORS!!! I knew I have frowned and my expression changed, but I think he believed there wasn’t anything wrong with using that same dirty piece of floor mop. Thank goodness my wooden table was covered with stuff, else he might use that on the table too!

He mopped and talked and finished his demonstration and proceeded to selling his products. He talked so fast that I hadn’t had a chance to tell him that I didn’t intend to buy anything.

The spray cost about $250 (forgot the exact amount, around there), but if I join as a junior member now, I can get buy 4 bottles at $198 each, get a mop free ($76) and free cleaning sessions from him. If I join as a VIP member, I can buy 6 bottles at $198 each, get another free bottle, a free mop, and free floor, furniture and glass windows cleaning sessions.

I said no. He threw in more goodies. 2 bottles free for VIP.

No.

Join as junior member, get 1 bottle and 1 mop free.

No.

Don’t need to join member. Buy 4 bottles and get 1 bottle free.

No.

Buy 4 bottles and get 1 bottle and 1 mop free.

No.

Buy 1 bottle and get 1 bottle free.

No.

Buy 1 bottle and 2 bottles free.

No no no.

Buy 1 bottle and 2 bottles, 1 mop free!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

He started to sound frustrated and lost his initial politeness. Said things like never seen a person like me,  renting a place at a few thousand rmb and refused to spend little money on cleaning products. He also said that even he is able to afford buying it.

What the hell, I told him I simply don’t need it and I have other cleaning products that I am satisfied with. Well, if he didn’t sound so frustrated and rude, I might have yielded. Sorry for wasting his time, however, 我吃软不吃硬，so his hard selling method only made me more unwilling to give his product a chance.

I should have learnt my lesson. Always made it clear that I am not going to make any purchase. No, should be never let anybody into the house for free demo session anymore.

And if I am keen on buying something, remember to refuse buying until they threw in all the goodies.