Angry Owners

by a searcher from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

6 years ago

I got a response today from some cold emailing that I was surprised by. It was just one follow up email The owner responded: "Not interested, never will be. Please stop e mailing. Your persistence is not appreciated."
This got me wondering what other kinds of responses people are getting, again this was just 1 follow up. Other owners have been positive, and those not interested have been courteous. Curious how often you all are getting negative responses, and by negative I mean more than just "not interested".

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searcher from Regis University

Depending on your target, you're potentially offering them millions of dollars. Anyone who can't see that is dull and I wouldn't sweat there response. Now if you are a competitor trying to go for a roll up, some hostility makes sense as opening up their books puts them in a vulnerable position.
The only other perspective to consider is maybe the've been promised the world and burned by a hustler, so try not to sound to good to be true.

5 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher

If you aren't getting responses like that daily you are not doing enough outreach!

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