[jqpabc123]

sell absolutely anything they could get somebody to agree to buy

Yes. In my humble opinion, selling a non-existent product is really just a scam --- being perpetrated against the customer as well as the producer/seller in some cases. The sale isn't complete until the product is delivered.

But the salespeople don't care --- and apparently, neither do the execs who reward them with bonuses for their fake sales numbers. If the non-existent product doesn't materialize on schedule, it's obviously not the sales person's fault.

Just further illustrates the inherent bias that I mentioned.