edicehouse
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I sold (mostly) computers at Circuit City for several years. Left for a bit and went back and sold Cell Phones. I was very good, but I did notice on major thing, I actually tracked it for a few months. I would wear contacts for a week straight then the next week I would wear glasses. I sold a significant amount more when I work glasses than when I wore my contacts. I noticed when I wore glasses people seemed to "believe" me more, or they seemed to trust my opinion more. Another thing I witnessed was one of the guys who worked in the department was African American, and a huge percent of customers would get info from him, and wait until he was gone and ask me the same question (and it seemed it was common for all races to do that).
So do you believe perceived appearances have as much of an effect on sales doing pen shows as what I saw when I was selling computers. I honestly believe it is a huge factor. I would say 60% of people that walk up to a table deep down know they will not buy an item from someone at a craft fair just by seeing them. It has nothing to do if they really like what you have, or cost or anything other than, this person isn't really a craftsman.
What are your thoughts?
What brought this up is a buddys daughter likes trying to seem "goth." And she will share something on facebook like, tattoos and piercings do not effect my ability to do a job. I try to explain to her about the real world that it may not effect your ability to do a job, but it will effect your ability to GET A JOB.
So do you believe perceived appearances have as much of an effect on sales doing pen shows as what I saw when I was selling computers. I honestly believe it is a huge factor. I would say 60% of people that walk up to a table deep down know they will not buy an item from someone at a craft fair just by seeing them. It has nothing to do if they really like what you have, or cost or anything other than, this person isn't really a craftsman.
What are your thoughts?
What brought this up is a buddys daughter likes trying to seem "goth." And she will share something on facebook like, tattoos and piercings do not effect my ability to do a job. I try to explain to her about the real world that it may not effect your ability to do a job, but it will effect your ability to GET A JOB.