Merchant Archive
Thread: Annoying Customers you want to throw in the Sarlacc Pit
Elyssa
Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:39 am
#300
Heh... it's kinda like the "Special Edition" version except the customer still sends the first /tell.
denedes wrote:
Now with linebreaks!:
Chavabegga
Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:03 pm
#301
That can actually be a cultural thing. With most Americans we want to get to the point as fast as possible and not beat around the bush. In other cultures, it is considered incredibly rude to do that. With things like, while it can be a little annoying at times, its best to just understand that and remember that a long polite conversation beats a short conversation with a jerk any day.
denedes wrote:
Now with linebreaks!:
denedes wrote:
Misunderstood politeness can also be a pain in the neck. When someone makes you go through an exchange of several tells before they get to the point and tell you what they want. It's as if they feel the need to interrogate you for 10 minutes before deciding whether or not this is a good time to ask their actual question.
Customer: Hi, how are you?
Me: Fine thanks, how are you?
Customer: Pretty good.
Customer: Are you busy?
Me: No more than usual.
Customer: Could I ask you something about your weapons?
Me: Of course.
...
...
...
...and so on until they finally get to the point they should have made in their first tell*grrrooan*
On some occasions, it helps them get to the point a little faster if your first reply is "Hello, what can I do for you?", though.
Tavtrin
Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:54 am
#302
I always ask my customers how they are doing and if I am responding to an email I ask them if they have a minute to talk. I am an american but I was raised to think of those things as being polite.
lycanthropy
Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:49 am
#303
Blode wrote:
omg I feel your pain. That must have been the same customer I had....without quoting the conversation it always boils down to:
can u make me -------?
where r u?
can u come 2 me? thats far
how much? oi thats too much. i only have 200cr
u r greedy/mean/rude/stingy
etc etc etc.....
Just like my philosophy in real life, "the world would be a better place if everyone spent just one month in retail and saw what really goes on".....LOL
definately feel your pain there! being a master tailor myself i get some absentminded customers every now and then.
Customer:hello there can you make me some clothes?
me:Sure what would you like?
Customer:I dont know you're the master not me.
me:Well lets see, Casual, Formal, or would you just fancy some field wear?
Customer:just make me look cool!
Geez im not bloody psychic! i must receive info on the wish for clothing! no one walks into a clothing store, full of 100's of different types of clothing and simply asks....."make me look cool" without giving them an idea of what they want.
Eufack
Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:20 pm
#304
Customer: Hey do you make Flora Harvestors?
Me: umm, nope. sorry
Customer: Are you sure? your an architect.
Me: Yeah I think i would know if i could.
Customer: If you can't make harvestors why do you even have your Architect tile up?
(Please note that i had my Interior designer tile up and that my only vendor at the time was stuffed full of furniture and nothing else)
Me: I'm sorry that i have somehow upset your univeral balence of tile and skill. But does interior designer sound like a harvestor making title to you?
(long silence)
Cutomer: Dude! how the heck are you going to advertise your shop on flora farms if you can't make them.
Me: /slap
Customer: ok thats it! i'm going to put you on my ignore list.
Me: thank god!! now you can't listen to my comments about you.
This episode all happened on the day kauri spawned some 1000oq talusian berries. And i had in no way ever said on anything, be it a harvestor or droid, that i made harvestors. This is one of my favorite incounters with customers. I just don't see how vendors do it
Tarnak_Archvold
Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:52 pm
#305
BlooBloo wrote:
Why do people need that much bait??? As soon as you catch 1 fish you get more bait!!!!
That one is easy to answer, only scouts can file fish and get more bait that way, but anyone can fish. So non-scouts have to buy all thair bait.
Poohba
Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:42 pm
#306
Havent had time to read through all of these yet but here's one of my personal favorites.
Customer: hey I bought a Tat City Hall off your vendor yesterday
Me: yeah I saw that thanks, hows your city coming along? (Yes I actually read my sales to stay on the up and up of new/good customers)
Customer: Well I bought the wrong thing I need a Naboo City Hall instead can we do a trade?
Me: Well I dont have any of those built but I have the parts on hand so I suppose I can whip one up for you
Customer: great Im on talus how soon can you be here?
Me: (my shop and all my vendors are on Dant including the vendor he bought his Hall from) Whoa thats a little far for me, Im a crafter I get a little nervous leaving my house to tell you the truth. Tell ya what though I can meet youat the Imp Outpost here on Dantin 10 minutes with it
Customer: but im on Talus its only a couple more shuttles
Me: Yeah I know but Im pretty busy right now (was filling a special order for 20 mediums generics while customer stood there waiting for me to finish them by hand)
Customer:yeah Im busy to I dont have time to fly there and do this..come on man
Me: okay well we're both busy I guess how about Coronet?
Customer: This is BS man fine whatever I will meet you in Coronet but hurry up
Me: kk be there in 10 minutes (grumbles)
Customer (4 minutes later) Im here are you here yet?
Me: nope need a few more minutes (just finished 20 house order)
Customer: DUDE Im ina hurry
Me: (sick of this guy completely now) I guess you shouldnt have bought the wrong City hall then huh?
Customer: yeah yeah just hurry up
Me: (7 minutes later) okay im here where are you?
Customer: trade!!!!
Me (opens trade window offers Naboo City Hall)
Customer: NO I dont want that I need a guild Hall!!!!! god your an idiot
Me: DUDE I just scrolled up and you said "Naboo City Hall"
Customer: City Hall Guild hall same thing they both hold 250 items
Me: (sigh)
Customer: Well guess I need the guild Hall still how long is it going to take you this time?
Me: (cant beleive Im even still talking to this guy) about 15 minutes to goto my shop and build it
Customer: Okay meet me on Talus at BLANK city
Me: LOL uuummm no you want it come back to Dant and get it
Customer OMG you are a jerk, just give me my 350k back
Me: UUmmmm sure but I only charge 250k for them not 350k (anything to get rid of this guy)
Customer yeah but I gotta go somewhere else and find it, that will take time, you owe me
Me: Ummmm huh? lol come to dant I will trade it for free
Customer: just make it and come to Talus i will be waiting
Me: I will send you the waypoint to my shop, come there within the next 30 minutes if you want to trade or forget it
Customer: **edit** is that a threat??????????????????????
Me: Yes
28 minutes later he showed up and we traded. Oh thank god it was allllll over. Till the next day when he asked to trade for a Cor City Hall LOL
Elyssa
Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:58 pm
#307
OMG I nearly spit root beer on my keyboard!
You went much farther than I would have for that guy.
I'd have probably stopped right around "hows your city coming along?"
Rock-A-Fella
Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:36 am
#308
Hell this one is easy...I I seem to get a lot of these. Goes like this:
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
All within a few seconds. Love that.
TIOImrahil1
Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:37 pm
#309
annoying customer: hi id like a droid please
me: what kind?
annoying customer: what kind can you make?
me: i can make them all...
annoying customer: oh well what kind are there
me: ok lets ty it this way... what do you want the droid to do?
annoying customer: what do you mean do things?
me: ... ok lets try it this way... what profession or professions are you?
annoying customer: im a combat medic / rifleman
me: o your a rebel???
annoying customer: how did you know?!?!?!?
me: lucky guess... ok well as a medic you can use a medical droid to craft stims, combat droids or stimpack dispencer droids or a mix and match of each
annoying customer: well can u make a c-3po droid with them all
me: well no if you want them all i need to make a r3
annoying customer: **edit** is a r3
me: a r3 is r2-d2 with a see through head
annoying customer: how much will that cost???
me: let me add it up...........5 k per module @ 2 stim pack dispencers , 3 combat , 1 food/chem crafting +1 armor module and 5k because its a droid that requires a chasie so 40k total
annoying customer i only want 1 combat module and 1 stim dispencer
me: np but understand 1 stim dispancer holds 1/2 as much as 2 and has 1/2 as much power and with 1 combat module he will be a real wuss in combat
annoying customer : o ok ill take it the way you said then but i only have 36k credits
me: ok ill do it for 35k but if anybody asks it was 40 !
annoying customer : when can u have it done
me: 20 to 30 minutes
annoying cuistomer: great see you then!!!
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now the annoying part lol
same annoying customer to my alt (who he dosent know is my alt) standing 30 or 40 meters away from me
annoying customer: pardon me sir...
me on alt: yes?
annoying customer to my alt: ima neewb can you give me 50k to help me get started
me on alt: well concidering your buyinga 40k droid for 35k from my alt gorthaur .......i think your good on credits or i need to cancel this order
annoying customer : what are you talking about i never ordered a droid
me on my droid engineer: you didnt ???
annoying customer: ok i have 23k can i get it for that
me: no
no reply..................
i feel your pain aswell
Message Edited by TIOImrahil1 on 09-06-2004 11:40 PM
Sgian_Dubh
Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:36 am
#310
When I was AS I used to get some humdingers but the best I can remember went something like this:
Customer : I thought you said you sold armor
Me : I do I sell 80/80/65 Kinetic armor
Customer : But its not 70%
Me: I know I dont have the resources to make 70% yet so I sell 65%
Customer : Whats the point of 65% then?
Me : Its not too different to 70% and its a lot cheaper at only 200K per suit so I get a lot of custom
Customer : 200K per suit? Man Ive only got 50K how can you justify charging so much
Me: My first suit of composite cost me 800K and it was every penny Id earned up until then so I sell cheap
Customer : Your a rip off merchant Im gonna buy somewhere else
Me : Please do and do let me know when you find 70% composite for under 200K Id like to know who can afford to sell so low, in fact Ill buyout their stock and resell it on
Customer : I already know a place
Me : Cool can you give me the waypoint please
Customer : I dont have it, I didnt buy because it was too expensive so Im shopping around
Me : Good luck then
Customer : Lucks got nothing to do with it I just need to find an armorsmith who isnt greedy
Is it just me or do some people just have completely unrealistic expectations of armor and prices? Or is it just total ignorance of the resources market and crafting professions?
Customer : I thought you said you sold armor
Me : I do I sell 80/80/65 Kinetic armor
Customer : But its not 70%
Me: I know I dont have the resources to make 70% yet so I sell 65%
Customer : Whats the point of 65% then?
Me : Its not too different to 70% and its a lot cheaper at only 200K per suit so I get a lot of custom
Customer : 200K per suit? Man Ive only got 50K how can you justify charging so much
Me: My first suit of composite cost me 800K and it was every penny Id earned up until then so I sell cheap
Customer : Your a rip off merchant Im gonna buy somewhere else
Me : Please do and do let me know when you find 70% composite for under 200K Id like to know who can afford to sell so low, in fact Ill buyout their stock and resell it on
Customer : I already know a place
Me : Cool can you give me the waypoint please
Customer : I dont have it, I didnt buy because it was too expensive so Im shopping around
Me : Good luck then
Customer : Lucks got nothing to do with it I just need to find an armorsmith who isnt greedy
Is it just me or do some people just have completely unrealistic expectations of armor and prices? Or is it just total ignorance of the resources market and crafting professions?
mhal9000
Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:28 am
#311
ROFL
TIOImrahil1 wrote:
me: ... ok lets try it this way... what profession or professions are you?
annoying customer: im a combat medic / rifleman
me: o your a rebel???
annoying customer: how did you know?!?!?!?
me: lucky guess...
SeaRaptor
Wed Sep 08, 2004 4:24 am
#312
Rock-A-Fella wrote:
Hell this one is easy...I I seem to get a lot of these. Goes like this:
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
"Can you make me a gun"
All within a few seconds. Love that.
The easy response to this is:
"No"
"No"
"No"
"No"
"No"
Or, my personal favorite:
"No, butI slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night."