Lets share stories about people who buy snake oil products.
Today I was helping in sporting goods when a lady and her adult daughter came to the counter. The mother asked if we sold any bracelets for motion sickness. My co-worker and I both had a confused look on our faces. My co-worker asked if they where looking for Dramamine or Ginger pills? The daughter said that they where looking for those bracelets that you wear and they eliminate motion sickness. They where going on a long trip and her mom gets motion sickness very easy. The daughter want on to tell how wonderfull the bracelets worked and she didn't want to waste money on drugs.
Just a note, the "Insert product name" bracelets are all bunk and only work on the "Placebo effect". Anyone who buys these are wasting their money.
Anyway, both of us said that the bracelets are bunk and don't work, for such a long trip we both said that they should look into getting some Dramamine or Ginger pills. They insisted and as luck would have it our HBA/OTC guy was walking past. We snaged him and the mother/daughter explained what they wanted. HBA/OTC guy said the same thing we did, that they didn't work and you would be better off using pills. We also found that we didn't sell them anyway. Mother/daughter would have none of this so I told them that they could go to crafts and buy some elastic and sew together a bracelets. It would work just as well as the "real thing". They then left in a huff.
Seriously, I feel sorry for that woman. She is probably going to find one of those things and wear it on their trip and wonder why it isn't working as she is puking her guts out.
Anyway, lets hear your stories about customers who buy snake oil products
Today I was helping in sporting goods when a lady and her adult daughter came to the counter. The mother asked if we sold any bracelets for motion sickness. My co-worker and I both had a confused look on our faces. My co-worker asked if they where looking for Dramamine or Ginger pills? The daughter said that they where looking for those bracelets that you wear and they eliminate motion sickness. They where going on a long trip and her mom gets motion sickness very easy. The daughter want on to tell how wonderfull the bracelets worked and she didn't want to waste money on drugs.
Just a note, the "Insert product name" bracelets are all bunk and only work on the "Placebo effect". Anyone who buys these are wasting their money.
Anyway, both of us said that the bracelets are bunk and don't work, for such a long trip we both said that they should look into getting some Dramamine or Ginger pills. They insisted and as luck would have it our HBA/OTC guy was walking past. We snaged him and the mother/daughter explained what they wanted. HBA/OTC guy said the same thing we did, that they didn't work and you would be better off using pills. We also found that we didn't sell them anyway. Mother/daughter would have none of this so I told them that they could go to crafts and buy some elastic and sew together a bracelets. It would work just as well as the "real thing". They then left in a huff.
Seriously, I feel sorry for that woman. She is probably going to find one of those things and wear it on their trip and wonder why it isn't working as she is puking her guts out.
Anyway, lets hear your stories about customers who buy snake oil products
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