ORIGINAL: sloppyG
yeah, heaven forbid the poor guy end up with a revo or t-maxx
those are so terrible.
to the OP, why do you even care what RC's other people buy. it's really none of your business.
I bought a brushless setup on the advice of the guy at a lhs around here, I sure hope it was the one you like
Why don't you try actually reading my posts before replying like this. It shows you don't even understand the point of what I posted.
I actually don't care what people buy, it's your money- get what you want. My point was that I found the salesman's method of presentation to be a little bit off. I have nothing against Traxxas vehicles. I have nothing against Losi, AE, HPI (owner of yes)- or any of the big name companies, because they all have good products which all have their good and bad sides. So lets make that perfectly clear to anybody else who'd like to make an ignorant blanket assumption about my motives behind a question generated soley for the purpose of polling my fellow hobbyists.
In the end, the customer is going to buy what they want- It's their right obviously and I would never stop anyone from buying what they felt was the right product.
I need to add further, that the biggest points he was making about the Traxxas's was how fast they went and how easy they wheelie. He didn't use any selling points like ease of maintenance, legendary customer service, and a mountain of after market hop up parts. The fact that he said the VXL was 65+ with the insinuation that it was OUT OF THE BOX like that, rather than putting in the caveat of gearing and expensive LIPO's.
So really, even though he was favoring one type of vehicle he didn't even give THEM a good presentation other than "Dude, they are fast and they wheelie all day long".
To Dave...
I may have never worked as a salesman, and I don't know exactly what the stores policy on sales are. I was making an observation as a store customer who's been in the R/C hobby (Planes, Boats and Cars) for 16 years. I've dealt with numerous different hobby shops, and this was the first time I had seen a sales pitch like that. The shop that I went to years ago had guys that would show you all the different options, and what they had to offer both good and bad. Which is the difference between a sales guy and a GOOD sales guy who actually knows his stuff.
So, really I should have asked what makes the difference between a good salesman and your garden variety "Just doing my job".