[swombat]

I don't see how I did such a thing. Of course shady and unethical salespeople exist: just walk into a mobile phone shop to meet one.

I'm saying that by and large, great salespeople are not shady and unethical, though.

[olavk]

> Which brings me to real salespeople, the ones who actually make sales in the real world, rather than in fantasy plays.... > Mythological salesmen like Ricky Roma, who are really highly skilled scammers, have given the sales profession a bad name.

Anyway, do you have any kind of evidence that deceitful salespeople cant be successful? It is a rather extraordinary claim. I mean the guy who sold the Eiffel Tower as scrap iron multiple times was pretty successful.