GutterMaxx Misleading advertising for salesmen San Antonio Texas
In the area newspapers as well on line this company advertises constantly for sales help. They say in print, easy to sell needed product as well all leads are prequailfied. They sell and install a gutter protection system and I admit it is a good product however what they do not tell you until you have relocated as a salesman is..
1.You are an employee, however you are paid and treated as an independent contractor, 100% commission only.
2.There are NO prequalified leads, their base comes from telemarketers,canvasers and a rare home show and they do not ask any prequalifing questions.I ran their leads for 2 weeks and not one sale,
3 of the leads were renters and some acted like they had no idea why I was there. You are there at your own expense and time in 100 degree heat measuring and sweating for people that just let you come out to shut up the lead generator for the free estimate. They have little interest if any.
3. Then you see in filling out forms that they charge you $250.00 per lead, if you sell it and no one ever told me that.They have you price it so high that you can not come close as any competitor as well they as many put down any competitor and have a story where they come from the best selling one in Texas.
In the northeast and other areas I have seen this same product that goes by the name of K guard. He advertises as well come talk with the agents that make so much money. I went on 5 leads with their best men and not one sale was made!
F
fredericksburg, Texas
U.S.A.
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Joe
Federal Way,Washington,
U.S.A.
GutterMaxx is great to work for!
#2UPDATE Employee
Mon, February 26, 2007
I have worked for GutterMaxx since June of 2006. As a field salesman with over 20 years of experience with many 100 year old A+ companies I have found that GutterMaxx meets or surpasses any of the companies I have had a relationship with. From the beginning I have been treated with integrity, honesty and respect.
The leads they provide are great. A lead is not going to guarantee a sale, some are going to be good prospects and some wont be. I personally sold my first three leads, a widow who was tired of asking her sons to come over and clean her gutters out and another young gentlemen who was doing a lot of improvements on his house.
He thought his parents might be interested in the gutters so we drove over to thier house and they purchased them also. It is true that some of the leads are not qualified, but you can not control what people do or say over the phone or when you go see them.
I have found that most of the leads are qualified to some extent. When i recieve a lead it becomes my responsibility to do what I can do to make a sell. If I see someone and do not make a sell then it becomes MY fault not the leads, not the telemarketers, not the comnpanys, MINE. I see 1 to 3 people a day 6 days a week, 2 a day on average. In a two week period that would be approx. 24 appointments.
If someone could not make a sale with a great product after seeing 24 appointments I would recommend another line of work. Also GutterMaxx has never charged me for my leads. As far as pricing the product we are very fair and can get within 10% or closer to any of our competitors. I had a lady in Olympia I saw and my quote was $2,189. This was before I knew she had a Leafguard quote for $2,119.
As far as Going on many appointments with no sale, I've been there. Any salesman will tell you you can have streaks of constant sales as well as no sales, it comes with the territory.