I can't. I know, awhile back when I was working retail management, and figuring out how to get people to buy the highest markup of things, I grew very ill thinking about it. Here I was selling junk that people didn't need to people who couldn't afford it. I had to move on.

Now shoes, those I could sell, as long as it was a product that I believed in. I had the highest sells for Doc Martens in the entire store. Not that is a product that I believed in. I couldn't sell the Timberlands though, not because I didn't believe in them, but because I didn't quite understand their sole system. Too hard to believe in.

My DH, a man that we always junk about selling anything, we learned a couple of years ago, that he is completely incapable of selling a product that he doesn't believe in. A great quality in your spouse but not always a great quality in the provider of the home.

I think on honest people cannot sell a product they don't believe in. I myself will find a hard time convincing someone to buy this or that if I myself don't like it or don't know about it.

I dont think you can sell something you don't believe in. I have a very hard time trying to sell something to somebody, if I don't believe in the product, or if I think it is too expensive.

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I think you could, but not for long. How could you endorse a product you don't trust yourself? JMO though

I don't think so. Someone tried to push me into selling makeup and I don't wear a lot of makeup and am not girlie at all. I argued, "How am I supposed to know what colors would look good on someone?" I just don't have an eye or care for that kind of stuff.

I think you have to enjoy what you are doing or it will show.

ITA. People don't want to feel like they are getting scammed.. If you dont like what you are doing it will make them feel like all they are is money to you.

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Nope - I tried direct sales a few times, and just couldn't live with the mentality of "sell them crap they don't need, whether or not they can afford it."

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You have to believe in the product, company etc... people will see right thru you if you don't...

Nope. Although, honestly, I think I'd be a horrible salesperson even for something I believed in. I could never do direct marketing stuff like Mary Kay -- even just hosting a party. The thought of asking my friends to spend their money on something to make $$ for me just doesn't sit right with me, even if it is a product I love. I don't mind going to parties that other people are hosting, I just wouldn't do it myself.

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This is me too. I did the Partylite thing and I DID love the product. However, when someone told me no, or they couldn't afford it, ect, I just did NOT have it in me to convince them otherwise. LOL

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