monkey00 Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Here's the super cut and dry backstory: 2 weeks ago I was with some friends at a lounge bar. We were having drinks and we sat down in an area where there was this woman next to us. I started chatting up who I found out was an engaged woman, and she found out I was a single bachelor. Half way into the convo we swapped business cards. She was a financial consultant. However for a person like her, I would imagine she would be interested in networking with my friends (as I attempted to introduce) but she had no interest...which I thought was strange. Email: The next morning I receive an email from her telling me how great it was to meet me and hoping to see me soon for a free consultation setting up a time and day. I had never agreed to it the night before or had inquired about it. She behaved as if I was already going to come in. We sent several emails back and forth making a time for me to come in. In every single one of her emails she kept saying 'hope to see you soon!' I was a bit skeptical because most people usually aren't aggressive, particularly women when it comes to this kind of thing. Rather than me getting in touch first, she initiated. Meeting: So I arrive for the free consultation. She asked me about my finances and down the line we ended up talking about each other's age. At the end of it, I didn't think much of it because I wasn't interested in signing up. Follow up: A week and a half later she follows up with a short but not too professional email providing her personal cell phone (not her work cell phone, she has one though) asking me if I considered being a client. I wrote back a professional email and put her under the spotlight about her company with in-depth questions. She hadn't answered my questions at all and wrote back this shoddy email (again with personal cell w/o an ounce of professionalism), exactly word by word: Hi X, Let's meet up soon. Please call me any time on my cell at (insert #). I like to organize fun outings. I hope to see you soon! So what should I make of this if anything at all?
BUENG1 Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Here's the super cut and dry backstory: 2 weeks ago I was with some friends at a lounge bar. We were having drinks and we sat down in an area where there was this woman next to us. I started chatting up who I found out was an engaged woman, and she found out I was a single bachelor. Half way into the convo we swapped business cards. She was a financial consultant. However for a person like her, I would imagine she would be interested in networking with my friends (as I attempted to introduce) but she had no interest...which I thought was strange. Email: The next morning I receive an email from her telling me how great it was to meet me and hoping to see me soon for a free consultation setting up a time and day. I had never agreed to it the night before or had inquired about it. She behaved as if I was already going to come in. We sent several emails back and forth making a time for me to come in. In every single one of her emails she kept saying 'hope to see you soon!' I was a bit skeptical because most people usually aren't aggressive, particularly women when it comes to this kind of thing. Rather than me getting in touch first, she initiated. Meeting: So I arrive for the free consultation. She asked me about my finances and down the line we ended up talking about each other's age. At the end of it, I didn't think much of it because I wasn't interested in signing up. Follow up: A week and a half later she follows up with a short but not too professional email providing her personal cell phone (not her work cell phone, she has one though) asking me if I considered being a client. I wrote back a professional email and put her under the spotlight about her company with in-depth questions. She hadn't answered my questions at all and wrote back this shoddy email (again with personal cell w/o an ounce of professionalism), exactly word by word: Hi X, Let's meet up soon. Please call me any time on my cell at (insert #). I like to organize fun outings. I hope to see you soon! So what should I make of this if anything at all? Eh its hard to tell. My gut says she's trying to sell you some kind of flimsy financial services. Sounds like a boilerplate email too(She just sends it to multiple people)
Hkizzle Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 lol, pursue you for what? Sounds more like she's desperate for business, whether shady or not.
utterer of lies Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Hi X, Let's meet up soon. Please call me any time on my cell at (insert #). I like to organize fun outings. I hope to see you soon! So what should I make of this if anything at all? Make it clear you are interested in a meeting, as long as it's not about business.
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