[drumdance]

"I'll take that as a no. But hey, thanks for your interest. "

["that" being a wishy-washy response, no contact for weeks etc]

Here's a post I wrote about this ages ago: http://www.derekscruggs.com/slow-turndowns-bad-up-front-cont...

I've found that giving people permission to say "no" is powerful in many contexts, not just sales.