Incompetent Sales Rep Measures Wrong, Loses Six Figure Client

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mattstaff
Apr 14, 2021 7:30 PM EDT

Oh man, seeing an unruly short-sighted person get their comeuppance just feels some kind of right. You'd think that given the context, and the fact that they were dealing with a big time, six figure client, that they'd have been more professional, but no they put their pride first. Yeah, they put their pride first and ended up paying the ultimate price. Definitely a valuable lesson. 

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    Text - r/ProRevenge + Join u/misunderstoodpotato • 1y Measure wrong and blame it on the customer? Prepare to loose a six figure client. Hi everyone, This isn't my pro revenge, but my builder's from about 15 years ago when they were building my house. The architect for our house was insistent on sash windows, and the only maintenance free sash windows that were available in my country at the time were only available from one manufacturer. Now this manufacturer had a very stuck up and slippery sal
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    Text - If you're not familiar, brick construction in the UK comprises of an inner cinderblock wall and an external wall, creating a cavity for insulation. This becomes important later.. The windows turn up on the construction site, and the builders get round to fitting them. All of them go in fine apart from the bay window. It didn't fit. This absolute pillock had measured the internal cinder block and NOT the external brick, this meant the window was slightly small.
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    Text - My pissed off builder phones the sales rep and tells him that the window is the wrong size and that they need to supply a new one. Sales rep turns into an arsehole and blames our builder saying he supplied the wrong dimension. Their arguing goes back and forth, but sales rep doesn't budge. Our builder had no other choice than to buy another window, since all the other windows were paid for and fitted at this point. These windows were expensive, and builder was VERY pissed. Now this is whe
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    Text - Font - The sales rep eventually collects the demo window so he can show off to a potential client. One of the selling points of these windows were that you could open them with one finger, so now imagine sales rep infront of a potential customer failing to open this window with one finger, now imagine the sales rep trying to open the window with all his strength and it still not opening. Karma served. Pissed off sales rep eventually works out the builders sealed the window shut. He then r
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    Text - Rectangle - SanityContagion • 2y So delicious. Short sighted little minded people are the worst. 4 1.2k ...
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    Text - Rectangle - abeazacha • 2y Honestly you would imagine that dealing with six figure clients would make someone more practical and less arrogant. If only he put the job and not his pride as priority... 343
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    Text - Mammal - hebejebez • 2y He also lost future sales to that builder. If he'd gone no problem mate my bad here's a window on us he'd get a customer for as much windows as the builder needs. 1 61 ...
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    Text - Rectangle - AsymptotesMcGotes · 2y He put the win in window. Maybe? I hate myself 26 MrsHathaway • 2y Well, you made me laugh, so I think you're great. ...
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