Jen1977ni

Hi everyone, well as most of you know I'm a teacher by 'trade' but until my Teacher Registration comes through from QCT I want to do something else, on a casual basis, then once I start doing 'relief' teaching I'd like to continue the other job as and when it suited. Today a bloke I met a few weeks ago, who sells Austar in the local shopping malls and also door to door, said he'd like me to join his team as he felt I had a bit of charisma, or something?! Anyhoo, has anyone else had any experiences of working for Austar in this capacity, and if so, were your experiences negative or positive? Feel free to PM me if you'd rather not post your response on a public forum....

Over and out,

Jen xo

(PS I'm aware it's totally commission based so am not blind to that fact, but I've a big gob/gub and hope I'd be able to make a few sales a day using my 'Irish Charm' aka 'the gift of the gab!' lol)

Australia_bound?

Think you'll find a lot who will struggle to understand you

BAY

What's Austar ?

Hutch

Like Foxtel, but for people who don't live in cities.

irishbloo

Did you think it was something like Pop Idol.

Wol

There's certainly quite an opportunity - the churn rate is pretty high with people getting fed up with the same repeats day after day and as many ads as the free-to-air channels.

Jen1977ni

I've been perfectly understood up til now thanks...

Jen1977ni

We live in a city, the biggest inland city in Qld at that!

Red_V_Roger

The Adult Channels should so down well - judging on what I heard about the Toowoomba Swingers Clubs

Jen1977ni

You're obsessed! lol

GarryP

Assuming they have the same model as Sky in the UK (and since they are a carbon copy I'd guess they do) then its a hell of a lot of work for very little reward. Most people who want it, have it, and the number of sales basically doesn't cover the shoe leather (1 a day if you're lucky).

You're a teacher, so I'd look at putting together a 1 day course for business, something like "Understanding Business in the UK", or "The EU and You" or something, and see if you can sell it to local businesses, to be held onsite. You can easily clear $1000 a course, maybe more, and for someone with your training its not that difficult.

Burbage

Time for my selling Austar skit again:

Austar is the Australian Satellite TV service. They employ witless students (sorry Jen) in shopping centres to try and flog this service to an unsuspecting public. This is what would happen if they tried selling it to Burbage.

Austar Seller: Excuse me sir, but do you live near here?
Burbage: Yes, why?
AS: I’d like to know if you’re interested in upgrading your TV to Austar?
Burbage: Hmm… How much will you pay me?
AS: I’m sorry?
Burbage: Well, you want to place advertising in my home, exposing my carefully selected and influential householders and guests to companies that pay you money to advertise on your channels, correct?
AS: Yes, but you get all these television programmes.
Burbage: Oh, I see. I get television programmes in return for your advertisers’ access to my audience. All right then.
AS: Yes that’s it.
Burbage: For free?
AS: Yes no*. You get the basic package for 30$ and then you can add other packages.
Burbage: 30$ a year?
AS: No 30$ a month.
Burbage: Let me get this right. You want to fill my house with advertising and you want me to pay over 300$ a year for the privilege. Is this legal?
AS: Well you have to sign a contract.
Burbage: That’s what you think sonny.
AS: But you get all the sport and movies.
Burbage: Included in the 30$?
AS: Yes no well that actually would push the price up to about 100$.
Burbage: I can buy 10 DVDs for that. A month.
AS: Yes but you get the sport.
Burbage: What sport?
AS: Well, all the football from Europe!
Burbage: Why the **** do you think I emigrated?
AS: I’m sorry?
Burbage: It’s all right lad, not your fault.
AS: So, are you interested?
Burbage: You want to fill my house with advertising and badly made American Sitcoms?
AS: Er… Yes.
Burbage: And if I pay three times that amount you’ll throw in a lot of European football and the two or three good movies that actually come out in a year?
AS: ER… Yes.
Burbage: And you want me to pay for it?
AS: Er… yes, that’s how it works.
Burbage: Why don’t you come right out and say it?
AS: Say what?
Burbage: Well you obviously think I’m an idiot, why don’t you just say it and get it over with.
AS: But loads of people have Austar?
Burbage: Loads of people have herpes, doesn’t mean I have to have it, does it?
AS: No.
Burbage: Well that’s no argument then.
AS: So you don’t want it?
Burbage: Who said I didn’t want it?
AS: You did?
Burbage: Did I?
AS: Didn’t you?
Burbage: No.
AS: What did you say then?
Burbage: I said that Austar is a fine company and wouldn’t ever think of ripping anyone off ever.
AS: No you didn’t.
Burbage: No. I didn’t. Anyway, must dash, got to see a Nigerian about a money transfer. Best of luck.



*Australians have a habit of saying “yes no” if you ask them a difficult question.

Jen1977ni

Effin brilliant, made me giggle out loud, but my computer's still broken, ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH lol :curse: lol

Australia_bound?

Pardon? Sorry didn't quite catch that

Hows the broken puter?

bluekipper

BRILLIANT

Bluekipper