I’ve not yet seen the new movie, "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell," with Jeremy Piven as a hired gunwho comes in to turn around failing used car dealers. The reviews I’ve seen call it a tremendous waste of time, and an embarrassment for Piven. (Which means I’ll probably like it.)
Seems like people always ask me [...]

Many times voice mails from sales reps are horrible because they are too long and go into a sales pitch. Here’s one that very brief, but nonetheless horrible. Thanks to Tim Freeze for sending it in. I have scrambled the audio of the guy’s name, company, and phone number.

 
Wow! That was painful. Here’s a resource [...]

First, let me say that the scum who run the bogus car warranty operation that you might have received a recorded sales message for probably deserve to be hung up by their, um privates. But here’s a guy that actually got so fed up he went a little wacko and now, is unfortunately paying the [...]

Like many others, I am both amused and annoyed by people who hold full-volume conversations on their cell phone in public, oblivious to everyone around them. Here’s an amusing piece in Wired .

I was rushing around last Friday trying to get out of the office so I could get to the airport. (Went to the Indy 500 by the way, awesome experience.) A call came in and the guy introduced himself to Steve here as "Bob with an IT company."
OK, perhaps it was a training prospect, so [...]

I laughed out loud when a reader sent this to me, and I still do each time I listen, and watch the animation that some creative person added. This customer is obviously upset, but has a surprise ending.  
(Warning: if you are offended by profanity, DO NOT play this!)

Here’s a site I found that asks viewers to upload their funny or weird voicemail messages. There are not a lot of messages there, but I heard a few amusing ones. This one was from a guy calling into his previous company looking for a letter of recommendation.
http://www.truevoicemail.com/voicemails/boss-work/angryvoicemail.html
(WARNING: the profanity is prevalent)

Thanks to Josh Margolis who sent along this link to another blog, where the writer, Susan Corcoran, shares her horrific experiences (along with one that is almost unbelieveable, and hilarious) with some sales people.  Check it out at http://susancorcoran.blogspot.com/2008/09/are-there-any-good-sales-people-anymore.html

I love getting sales calls. The good ones I learn from. The bad ones, well, they become good material for my seminars, articles, and other training. And I record most of them. From time to time, I will post recordings of calls here.
Today I’m starting with the worst call I’ve ever received. I’ve played this [...]

This has been floating around the Internet for awhile, and I actually heard it on a morning radio show. It is hilarious, and almost unbelieveable, but supposedly it’s legit.
This guy, Dimitri, runs a site for picking up women. Judging by the voice mails he left for someone he wanted to hook up with, I’m assuming he does [...]