My GC story

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:48 am

shane, did you get to go through their training extravaganza? it was kind of like pick-pocketing 101, with tests. they wanted you to try & size people up into a category of buyer, strike up a conversation, & make 'em want to spend. pretty pathetic tactics. a good product sells itself really.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:49 am

Country Boy Shane wrote: When I embarrassingly worked for GC one summer we had cases like this all the time. I can't remember how many times we offered $600 or $500 for Les Paul Customs that had a small scratch on the back or just "didn't sound like a Les Paul". Either way it was ignorant. When someone would accept the deal, we would end up selling it used for $1500 and making a gigantic profit. That used to be the goal of all the salesmen... to sell as much used stuff as possible because you would make a huge commission.

But whats weird about it is that theres NO consistency with GC's methods at all. A friend of mine bought a Marshall 2-12 JMP combo (mid 70's) from GC for $250. How the hell does that happen?? I cant figure shit like this out. They have managed to sell things on both ends of the scale... ridiculously expensive, and ridiculously cheap, and same goes for what they'll pay for stuff. Sometimes they'll give you shit for a good piece, and sometimes they'll give you more than its worth. Very strange...

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:52 am

i'd guess you'd have to chalk it up to incompetency again. they seem to be none too short of that.

Country Boy Shane · Post by **Country Boy Shane** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:54 pm

45auto wrote:shane, did you get to go through their training extravaganza? it was kind of like pick-pocketing 101, with tests. they wanted you to try & size people up into a category of buyer, strike up a conversation, & make 'em want to spend. pretty pathetic tactics. a good product sells itself really.

Wasn't it something like, "See it, want it, GOTTA HAVE IT!!"

BRILLIANT!

Country Boy Shane · Post by **Country Boy Shane** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:58 pm

For the others, I'm describing the way GC branded customers. Instead of segmenting them by certain lifestyle, they just used that slogan. It was of no use at all.

After I got away from GC, Best Buy took me in (which is still work there on the weekends aside from my main job), and Best Buy was so much better about training. Given that there are still idiots that work at BB, I can say that I'm one of the elite in the building I work at. There is no commission garbage, no pressure, just honest talk between me and customers. Totally easy.