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| - While on a break from work, I was pulled into this place by a promoter. He gave me a sample of a facial cream and dragged me inside the building and started dabbing stuff on my wrist. He then proceeded to ask me what products I used on my face, whether I exfoliated, etc. and when I told him I didn't, he made some very condescending remarks about it. He then asked me what facial products I used and what brand they were. After that, this other woman called Nina came along and started throwing all these marketing pitches at me about how this product cost only $149. It was truly impossible to interrupt them because between the two of them, they wouldn't even let me get a word in edgewise. Finally, I told them I was poor and couldn't afford it and had to leave for work because my break was up.
The woman then gave me her card and told me that "Only for you, even though I'm not supposed to do it, I'll give you a special deal, blah blah." I told her I couldn't afford it and that I had to leave and she looked at me incredulously and said, "Even 60 dollars is too much for you?"
Firstly, I was dragged into this store and missed a good chunk of my break because I truly didn't realize (until it was too late) that desperate people like these exist, taking advantage of unassuming people for whom time is a scarcity.
Secondly, if you have to market your product in such a distasteful manner (including asking me what other brands I use), it speaks volumes about the product you're selling. Why not let your product speak for itself so you can take a breath between all those propaganda techniques? And having a man sensually touch my arm while dabbing samples on it is not going to make me like your product more.
Seriously, a complete waste of time and such annoying and frustrating people! All around me, other people were doing the same to other people on the street.
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