foreigneRS

clearly not, or i wouldn't have time to come on here and slag off potential customers as i'd be fighting them off with a shitty stick with my ideas of good customer service

ECU Monitor Enthusiast

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PMSL @ Nick !

Dirty Harry

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I was correct then you dont run a business and please show me were I have slagged someone off,I have started a thread which is quite interesting about an experience I have had,no names so where is the slagging
and yes i have time to come on here,every day in matter if fact,have you ever thought I may have staff
theres another old saying seeing you like quoting them
"you dont have a dog and bark yourself"
anyway enjoy your texting

foreigneRS

you just do the biting?

Dirty Harry

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I prefer kissing,but no tongues

andycos

.................................................. ..................................
I agree with you about it being cheeky to text someone to call you back about a sale.
But if your to tight to send a (free!)text back to someone about how much YOU could sell them an item,then its up to you to lose a sale and profit
Like it or not,texting is part of modern life now.Try and keep up

Dirty Harry

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thing is mate Iam not tight and I did text him back,I also text him a price the day before still no phone call
if you read what I have put,yes there is a time and a place for text messages,I havnt a problem when use in the correct manner,but not for asking someone to call you when you want to buy something,I wouldnt dream of it,and it looks like a lot of other wouldnt either.
one thing though I havnt lost anything who ever text me has lost what they wanted.
personally I call when I want to buy or enquire about anyhting that way it more personal,you get in touch striaght away and you can do the deal in mins,and aslo you dont loose what your after to someone else
how many times has that happened

saph4be

i sometimes get texts asking for quotes and i do reply and put on end call me if you wish to book it in cos i not got time to fuck about with ten texts to get the details i need. and as for returning calls i do call numbers back if i miss the call (ie i crawling around under a car) as pete did with me once.

but as for the customer who kept hanging up all day so i would call them that is just plain fucking sad

Kevin Sharp

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i have to agree with pete, when it comes to texting about buying an item...it does my head in...in my experience people who text or email are most of the time timewasters hence why i NEVER put my mob number in adverts anywhere
my mob is on permanent divert from my landline so i dont miss any SERIOUS enquiries

Rab

I hate it too. But wife communicates more by text than by voice. She's even text me from upstairs before asking me to bring her something up

Dirty Harry

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PMSL as long as she dont text you in throws of passion I suspose its the new "this ceiling needs painting"

JTECH James

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my pub trick is typing a text message, (whatever they want me to write)
while the phone is under the table,

i can do it without any spelling mistakes aswell

stevenebm

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yeh i can do that also.bet you do it while driving to

JTECH James

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thats how i learnt

Rab

I suppose it all depends on who she's in the throws of passion with! If I'm already there it's a bit pointless, but if it's with someone else then it's just plain rude!

Captain500rs

Agree with texting for personal stuff but would never text someone regarding buying stuff.

RS Grant

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Text talk does my box in... got a message from a lass I'd not talked to for a while, went something like this:

"Hey stranger how r u? wubu2?"

Then I remembered why I hadn't talked to her for a while... wubu2... is actually meant to mean: What you been up to??




Cheers,
Grant

Mr RS500

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I hate texts with a passion

I dont reply to them if its somone asking about parts etc as they are total and utter timewasters with no money

I also dont answer withheld numbers as IMO why withheald the number if you arnt a timewaster or drug dealer

Kevin Sharp

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i jst txt u abt sme prts m8 gt bk 2 me sn xxx

col cos1

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i use txt alot more than calls as easier when working,just look when your free

but what your saying as a buisness,and someone to txt you is a joke

col cos1

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our works phones automaticaly withhold numbers paul,we cant do anything about it

Benni

I'd like to argue, but 900 of them are explaining myself.

Benni.

Mr RS500

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Thats a shame col

But then you always seem to get me

Mr RS500

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dont expect a reply

markk

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text is simply just another form of the modern day comms we have, have you thought the during the day people cannot make a phone call whilst at work ? yet a sly text they could get away with ?

My first point of call if i want to buy anything is an email, i cant be arsed with small chat, i dont want to get personal with whom im buying from, so the small chat cn be done quicker and more importantly more conveniantly to ME, this way, if you dont answer me, then you lose the sale, like Nick says maybe there is no recession in Derby ?
We use text daily at work, and out of the customer bookins we take and we have to report the success rate of text sent versus bookings then it something like 95%, where as the phone call alone struggles at 50%, so the text is more conveniant for the majority, maybe just not the few

fook me i feel like ginge after all that !

Kevin Sharp

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i sell caravans on ebay, and at the start of ech listing i put....
HI, PLEASE READ THE LISTING BEFORE HITTING THE ASK SELLER A QUESTION BUTTON PLEASE, I WILL NOT RESPOND TO EMAILS.PHONE CALLS ONLY!! THANKS!!! 01592 772922
HERE IS A 1989 SWIFT CHALENGER ......etc bla blah
and i still get turnips sending emails asking..."what year is the caravan"

i stopped doing emails to classified ads ages ago....and as for texts......foook having a conversation with a clown via text....if they cant find the time to ring between 9am and 9pm....they can fuck off....they are timewasting

if i see something i am interested in and there is a contact number i will always call the seller....but i dont have phoneophobia

Twellsie

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apparently beer contains female enzimes, I for one believe this as after 12 pints, I talk bollox and cant drive for shit

Charlie Chalk

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Did you call them back?

Twellsie

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oooh, i am after a swift chalenger, will text you in a min

Kevin Sharp

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CUNT! pmsl

Twellsie

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its not working, is that a land line number in your ad?

Steven_RW

My work phone comes up as unknown to any outside line. Today I advertised my car on piston heads (well at 1am last night). I received about 20 peoples e-mails, 3 people started off with texts just saying, is it for sale. Loads of people called, some people asked me to call them (their request came in via text or e-mail) as soon as it was convenient, appreciating that it was a working day and working hours. Everyone I spoke to on the phone bar one, wanted the car and wasn't wasting my time with price. One lad was about to book his flight for tomorrow when another guy called and he said he was going to drive up right now for it. He drove up for 3 hours and picked it up on the spot. SO - it would seem that the initial texter people were time wasters, 25% of the e-mailers were time wasters. Everyone who called wanted to buy the car. I set a fixed price and told them all that there were multiple people wanting the car for that price and the first one who arrived with the money owned the car. Less than 18 hours after advertising it, someone had drive 200miles, bought it and left.

Interesting experiment. I always answer 'unknown number' but just say 'hi' and leave them to the rest.

Texting is an acceptable starter, but it needs to swiftly move on to a phone call or it is a waste of time.

Cheers

RW

Mr RS500

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100% exactly how i feel

Texting is for girls , and most of them do it while there driving and think we dont know but the swirving all over the road and the fact that there looking down towrds there muff usuall gives it away

Having said that most girls swirv all over the road anyway

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PMSL @ Kevin..

Just face it, you are a tight coont !

Are you scottish ?

Daveysaff

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How many pointless texts have you had after starting this thread Pete?

Dirty Harry

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not 1 only phone calls,the best from Phil (boschman) he said he was going to text but called instead

Rod-Tarry

Its not a man thing its more an age thing, i hate mobile phones full stop did 50 years without them so dont need them. I have one in my car for emergencies & recently topped it up so Ł20 lasted me about 8 years i guess. As for texts never send them or read them if people cant phone, tough shite in my book. I did once send a text to see if i could, it said simply ' LO ' never answered the reply .

cabrio zo

Sometimes its easier to send a text, half the time by the time I've 'typed' the text out (and I'm by no means slow at it) I could've phoned quicker, you can spend too much time tapping out texts,

The WORST is 'did you get my text' if you've not replied within milliseconds of receiving the first one

Z

Bullett

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i always text as i hate talking on phones tbh.i will talk for ever face to face but hate phones.

but if its business then its different. you cant expect to text someone on business stuff.its unprofessional.

you dont text a doctor to book an appointment etc do you

Paddy

I'd stand on the roof doing semaphore if it meant there was the possibility of making some more money.

No, I don't normally call my doctor to book an appointment anyway. I can text/email/call their receptionist though.

Phones are a cunt IMO.

Having this stupid little thing in your pocket/on the desk ringing at you is like someone standing next to you and shouting "OI, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU. NOW. STOP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND TALK TO ME ME ME."