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high pressure selling


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An unethical and unsophisticated selling technique (also known as ‘hard selling’) in which the salesperson exerts relentless and persistent pressure upon the customer, using inducements and psychological pressure to gain a fast sale. Typically this type of activity is driven by sales people who have targets and commissions. See also hard sell; selling.


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