[quote=goodsailing]Pretty easy to walk away from a conversation via email than having to stand there and answer questions as this thread shows--the reason phone is used by principals conducting business. Business people need answers. I've bought and sold 6 boats in the last 36 months, sold two boats in the last 60 days and on every occasion phone was used for market research, negotiations and closing deals. You may note on Craigslist most principals state: phone calls only, or no replies to emails without phone number etc. I'm not missing anything I think... using phone only, as a qualifier, in identifying principals works for me. I'm totally amazed how guys would rather buy and sell a boat by email rather than by phone. I think there are less deals done via that mode, as once I began to use phone as a qualifier, I spent less time typing that went nowhere, and leads were real.
I suspect phone will come out on top the reason it was invented in the first place: so humans wouldn't have to write notes, a 17th century technology. Phones were first adopted by business people before the general public got phones same with fax machines, lawyers and ad agencies were the first buyers. I keep telling my kids they're going backwards... texting is the new talking... they say... until they enter a world that goes beyond texting: ..........."here" when they pull up to their friends house.
Good read here for those want to get things done.
Pick up the phone
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