Salesperson Archive

  • Longines opens their first online store

    Longines opens their first online store

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    The world of fine watches is a benighted place. Strange hang-ups masquerading as tradition are the norm and historically watch companies have looked at every new improvement to their business with trepidation. Consider the quartz movement, for example. Texas Instruments approached a number of Swiss companies when they first created the miniaturized quartz watch but no one wanted it - it was beneath them. China and Japan, however, bought the movements by the truckload and ate old horology's lunch. For years, watch companies have only allowed their wares to be sold through authorized dealers. This meant you had to go into a frou-frou shop, get talked down to by a snooty salesperson, and then pay over retail for a watch that was worth, in terms of parts and materials, about half of its sticker price. Pretty nice scam, huh? The Internet came along and those authorized dealers hit on a nice scam. They'd "sell" their watches to real people - shills, usually - and those real people would resell them online. Swatch Group, for example, is currently fighting this grey market in the Supreme Court. However, another part of the Swatch Group, Longines, is taking to the Internet like a duck to duck sauce.

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  • Maybe it’s horrible customer service that’s hobbling Palm?

    Maybe it’s horrible customer service that’s hobbling Palm?

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Dwight “The Houston Tiger” Silverman, like so many tech dudes, likes the Palm Pre and Pixi and, in a way, doesn’t understand why Palm is on the rocks. However, he got an email from a reader who described her Verizon experience as sub-par at best. It began poorly: My original salesperson, upon hearing me say I [...]

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  • Crazy Eddie was really insane, but not in a good way

    Crazy Eddie was really insane, but not in a good way

    Posted on July 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Giz has some great videos from Crazy Eddie, the guy who went nuts in New York and New England back in the 70s and 80s, selling home appliances and CE to a trendy and naive audience. It’s interesting to note that Crazy Eddie could have been lying about his low-low prices. In an era where the [...]

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  • Square/new Roomba coming sooner than later?

    Square/new Roomba coming sooner than later?

    Posted on May 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Could a new Roomba be hitting the streets? Tipster Kason Jinkaid writes: Not sure if this excites you, but I heard from a Costco salesperson that they’re getting new Roombas “soon”, though that could mean months. They aren’t stocking the ones they’ve been carrying (model 550). Also Woot just sold off a bunch for 535s for ~$100 [...]

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