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Aggressive mall salespeople t…
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Valentino Martinez
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<p><span class="font-size-6"><strong>Aggressive mall salespeople turn physical</strong></span></p>
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<p class="publishDate">In the old days Vacuum Cleaner Salesmen were famous and infamous for throwing dirt onto your carpet just to demonstrate their latest Super Sucker. Then they got smart and brought carpet samples to do the demo.</p>
<p class="publishDate">Well some of the old strong arm sales may be coming back in these hard times.…</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-6"><strong>Aggressive mall salespeople turn physical</strong></span></p>
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<p class="publishDate">In the old days Vacuum Cleaner Salesmen were famous and infamous for throwing dirt onto your carpet just to demonstrate their latest Super Sucker. Then they got smart and brought carpet samples to do the demo.</p>
<p class="publishDate">Well some of the old strong arm sales may be coming back in these hard times.</p>
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<p class="publishDate"><span class="font-size-6"><strong>KOB-TV Channel 4 - Albuquerque, New Mexico</strong></span></p>
<p class="publishDate"><strong>Posted at: 02/09/2012 10:52 PM</strong> <br/>By: Gadi Schwartz, 4 On Your Side; Shaun Griswold, KOB.com</p>
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<p>Some Coronado Mall kiosk salespeople are pushier than others, and a few have even ended up in jail for their aggressive sales tactics.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the Albuquerque Police Department released a video of a salesman who was arrested for allegedly grabbing one woman’s arm and holding her into place as he tried to sell her skin care products.</p>
<p>“He's grabbing on to her, she's going no, no,” APD Sgt. Randy Newbill said. “And a citizen comes along and says, ‘you need to let her go. Don't touch people, you can't do that.’"</p>
<p>Newbill said the aggressive sales tactics are more common than people think.</p>
<p>He said another man was arrested for holding a woman and her daughter against their will as he tried to make a sale.</p>
<p>“Well he grabbed her by the arm, takes her over to a chair and sets her down in a chair, physically sits her down,” Newbill said. “And she is saying no - and he continues, he’s not letting her up and she says, ‘I'm not wanting your product,’ and then he grabs the teenage girl and sits her down in the next chair and starts messing with her hair.”</p>
<p>Mall employees didn’t want to talk to us on camera, but some said that not all kiosk employees are bad.</p>
<p>One kiosk worker said the pushy salespeople often come from other countries, where sales tactics are much different.</p>
<p>The man said he always respects people’s space, but he understands why people might complain.</p>
<p>He said in order to showcase his products, he needs to demonstrate how it works on people’s skin.</p>
<p>But, if a person says no, the man said he will respect the decision.</p>
<p>Police said that’s the way a customer and business relationship should be.</p>
<p>Keep your hands to your self,” Newberry said.</p>
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