Don’t Make Feature-Based Purchases, Without Facing the Fear Factor by i80 Equipment

Don’t Make Feature-Based Purchases, Without Facing the Fear Factor
by: i80 Equipment

Fear Selling is all about getting to that dreaded question of “What’s it going to cost you if…?”. Here’s a classic example of fear selling in action. An IT Sales Rep. calls up the purchasing manager or CEO of a company and says, “Mr Customer, I work for Anti-Virus Software Ltd. We’ve got a great deal on at only $49.99 a month…”. If this is the approach he uses, the sales guy might not get any further than this. And that’s simply because he’s likely to be one of the ten other sales guys making the same kind of call that day. The CEO probably has his turn-away call down pat. Possibly he’s even started to have fun, saying “Thanks. But we’d rather not”. And maybe on a good day, he even asks the Sales Rep. to go into all the benefits, just to see how well he knows his stuff.

But hey, what if the sales guy, turns his call around, and says: “Whenever I speak with senior decision-makers like yourself, I often here the same three concerns coming up: ‘computer viruses, computer viruses and computer viruses…’. Is this something you can relate to?”. The Sales Rep. knows he’s hitting a soft spot because he’s done his research. And then it’s literally, a hop, skip and a jump away to that unsettling question, “What’s it costing you… in terms of staffing, and problem-shooting and system crashes?”, which can be followed by a clincher: “Ad if you were to put a figure on what is it costing you…?”.

Let’s throw out a radical statement here. Good purchases need to be based fear-factor tested. Don’t base your purchase on the features alone. It’s easy when you’re looking at features, to think that you’re getting a great deal. What you want to do is predict what could go wrong, and make sure that whatever you are purchasing can handle the situation. This is, in part, the idea behind a checklist inspection. A team of experts would have sat down early on it the planning process and said: “What’s really vital to the safe operations of this machine or tool?”, and then they would have had an inspection team in an inspection bay, check that all safety criteria were matched.

I-80 Equipment Company (www.i80equipment.com) have over 15 years in operation, selling quality reconditioned bucket trucks and used digger derricks. They won’t put a truck on the road without a 77point inspection, followed by an external inspection and certification process.

Today, truck drivers need to understand how their trucks operate inside out in order to ensure road safety at all times. I-80 Equipment aim to provide as much information as possible to a potential customer, so that when they walk onto the lot, they’ve seen the video footage, and they know the truck’s mileage, weight, engine and fuel type and transmission. This way, they’re more inclined to move onto road safety, and general maintenance issues.

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i80equipment is an online New & Used Bucket Trucks store. Offers a wide variety of Bucket trucks, Boom Trucks & Crane Trucks.

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