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SteveDallas · 01-23-2006, 06:55 PM

If you have the kind of job where companies try to sell you stuff, you know the joy of hearing them make their pitch. What stupid/silly/inflated/etc. things have you gotten from them? Here's mine from today:

Me: Why was this completely innocent email the tech support folks at a software company sent me designated as spam by your email filtering service?

Rep: Looks like our content filter got it.

Me: Oh. Well what was in the email that made it look like spam to the content filter?

Rep: You know, I'm not familiar with it to that level of detail. Let me get my boss to talk to you.

Rep's boss: A lot of people use our product and they love it.

Me: That's nice. Can you tell me about this email?

Rep's boss: Well, we have over ten thousand content filtering rules. We couldn't tell you exactly which one a particular email violated.

01-23-2006, 06:55 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Dumb things sales reps have told you If you have the kind of job where companies try to sell you stuff, you know the joy of hearing them make their pitch. What stupid/silly/inflated/etc. things have you gotten from them? Here's mine from today: Me: Why was this completely innocent email the tech support folks at a software company sent me designated as spam by your email filtering service? Rep: Looks like our content filter got it. Me: Oh. Well what was in the email that made it look like spam to the content filter? Rep: You know, I'm not familiar with it to that level of detail. Let me get my boss to talk to you. Rep's boss: A lot of people use our product and they love it. Me: That's nice. Can you tell me about this email? Rep's boss: Well, we have over ten thousand content filtering rules. We couldn't tell you exactly which one a particular email violated.