Comments on: Door-to-door anything http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/observations/door-to-door-anything/ My life, my sculpture...and other things Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gary brown http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/observations/door-to-door-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-210 gary brown Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:17:17 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/01/26/door-to-door-anything/#comment-210 Back in '79 I got a kick out of a guy at the Vaal Fair in South Africa. Same headset with microphone, same product line, same crowd... only in Afrikaans! I've got a picture of him somewhere... That reminds me. I've got a friend who does pitches for MSNBC/Shopping. She's going to get me in touch with their hiring person. GcB Back in ’79 I got a kick out of a guy at the Vaal Fair in South Africa. Same headset with microphone, same product line, same crowd… only in Afrikaans! I’ve got a picture of him somewhere…

That reminds me. I’ve got a friend who does pitches for MSNBC/Shopping. She’s going to get me in touch with their hiring person.

GcB

]]> By: Cynthia Morgan http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/observations/door-to-door-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Cynthia Morgan Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:47:41 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/01/26/door-to-door-anything/#comment-209 Yeah, I liked Fuller Brush guys as a kid (haven't seen one in many years, though). Always felt sorry for the encyclopedia salesmen--I always figured they'd rather be selling feathers, or maybe something really small. Actually, I love great pitches, and it's possible that part of my pique about the current crop is they just don't put much oomph into it. My dad and I used to go to the "commercial" section of county fairs just looking for the guys selling household tools and appliances. I still love doing that, and every once in awhile I come across patter that's soooooo good that even though I don't need it, don't want it, and it's probably junk anyway...I'll buy it, just to watch his follow-through. Yeah, I liked Fuller Brush guys as a kid (haven’t seen one in many years, though). Always felt sorry for the encyclopedia salesmen–I always figured they’d rather be selling feathers, or maybe something really small.

Actually, I love great pitches, and it’s possible that part of my pique about the current crop is they just don’t put much oomph into it. My dad and I used to go to the “commercial” section of county fairs just looking for the guys selling household tools and appliances. I still love doing that, and every once in awhile I come across patter that’s soooooo good that even though I don’t need it, don’t want it, and it’s probably junk anyway…I’ll buy it, just to watch his follow-through.

]]> By: gary brown http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/observations/door-to-door-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-208 gary brown Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:20:51 +0000 http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2008/01/26/door-to-door-anything/#comment-208 I miss my Fuller Brush Man. At the Old House we had, until just a few years ago, a Genuine Fuller Brush Man stop by at least once a year. We ALWAYS bought something from him. Great products. Simple. Did what they were supposed to do and got the hell out of the way. I figure buying something from him was preserving Americana. GcB PS. Don't ask me about the two horrible days I spent trying to sell crappy encyclopedias (NOT encyclopAedias!) on the south side of Chicago. It's been 40 years and I can STILL remember part of the pitch. PPS. In my new (new, like 1901 new) neighborhood we're on the eastern edge of a big predominately Black neighborhood. We get a look of folks from Very Conservative churches knocking on the door. If they're snappy dressers (love lime green!) and have a good pitch they're worth the entertainment factor. If they annoy me I tell 'em I'm a Wiccan and scrare 'em half to death. I miss my Fuller Brush Man. At the Old House we had, until just a few years ago, a Genuine Fuller Brush Man stop by at least once a year. We ALWAYS bought something from him. Great products. Simple. Did what they were supposed to do and got the hell out of the way.

I figure buying something from him was preserving Americana.

GcB

PS. Don’t ask me about the two horrible days I spent trying to sell crappy encyclopedias (NOT encyclopAedias!) on the south side of Chicago. It’s been 40 years and I can STILL remember part of the pitch.

PPS. In my new (new, like 1901 new) neighborhood we’re on the eastern edge of a big predominately Black neighborhood. We get a look of folks from Very Conservative churches knocking on the door. If they’re snappy dressers (love lime green!) and have a good pitch they’re worth the entertainment factor. If they annoy me I tell ‘em I’m a Wiccan and scrare ‘em half to death.

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