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- putting up an order page when your site wasn't ready - promising unrealistic delivery dates

Wait, these are unethical? I thought they were standard and common sales tactics. Seems like many companies are doing that.

(disclaimer: I don't sell anything).




Similar to promising potential customers that your product is doing things it doesn't actually do and hoping you can add the extra features before anyone finds out.

I view those as distasteful, but I've yet to see any company/salesperson who doesn't do it. I'm sure this looks different once you are in sales and everyone is doing it, but from my seat over at operations it sure looks dishonest. I hate it when vendors use these tactics on me - so how can I do this to anyone else?


  and hoping you can add the extra features
Well, there's a difference between 'hoping' and I'm sure we can get this done. As an example: our product is evolving with the needs of our customers and as such we often promise things that don't exist yet. That doesn't mean we don't have every intention of delivering on our promise.


I guess the question is - does the customer know they don't exist yet but you have every intention of delivering?


its unethical to promise something that you know for a fact you can't deliver. so, its unethical to allow someone to pay for a product that you don't have yet and similar.




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