![]() 10/22/2020 at 12:16 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
... and then it happened.... “Bettina” wanted to sell me a new car...
Graphic: Manwich
I wanted to see if I could string her along for a bit... but she wasn’t having it...
Graphic: Manwich
LOL
![]() 10/22/2020 at 12:26 |
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I think Bettina might not be a real person. I have a hunch, don’t ask me how.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 12:44 |
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Yo u’re reading and the chat window opens on its own? Oh, I don’t like that at all. No sir.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 12:52 |
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Proactive chat is the new hotness. Especially when staffed by chat-bots so they don’t actually have to spend money talking to you.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 12:58 |
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That makes me want to turn off my computer and take a looooong vacation in a log cabin somewhere with a trim line phone the only technology in evidence.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 13:26 |
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The dealer I worked for had an automated “helper” like that on our website. I was amazed at how many people didn’t realize it was a robot. Like, a scary amount.
It was funny when people got mad after I told them. Like they felt lied to or something....
![]() 10/22/2020 at 13:30 |
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![]() 10/22/2020 at 13:31 |
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I mean they were lied to right? I presume your bot pretended to be one or more people? There are some some that admit they’re bots but in most cases people seem to prefer to think they are talking to a person.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 13:41 |
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Clearly you haven’t visited a car dealer’s website in the last two years. I believe it’s a state law in Illinois that car dealer websites are required to have pop up chat bots - with bonus points for the chat window taking up more than 25% of the screen, and making it as hard as possible to close the window.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 13:57 |
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Shit. Well this car had better last me until I die then.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 14:31 |
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I got invited to one of those “VIP sales events” at the local Dodge dealer a few years ago. He asked me what vehicles I am interested in. I gave him two vehicles:
Ram ProMaster City passenger wagon
Challenger Scat Pack with a manual in F8 green
The salesman was so confused.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 14:43 |
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Well, you could skip the dealer and go them in person.
Wait no that's even worse
![]() 10/22/2020 at 14:44 |
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You’re funny.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 15:16 |
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I do the same thing to Scarlett. Its funny.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 15:49 |
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“Well this car had better last me until I die then.”
When your car dies, you could always switch to a bicycle.
:-p
![]() 10/22/2020 at 16:26 |
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That’s the next best option, better than automated dealer-bots. :|
![]() 10/22/2020 at 17:09 |
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These proactive chat bots are the bane of both drive.com.au and caradvice.com.au...and the starting line of high volumes of new car stock is an utter crock for most brands.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 17:41 |
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cringe
![]() 10/22/2020 at 17:48 |
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I mean, I guess you could interoperate it that way. Frankly, the bot was so janky, you had to be pretty dull not to notice.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 17:50 |
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Someone who falls for an embarrassingly obvious lie was still lied to.
![]() 10/22/2020 at 18:34 |
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i sis one of those a while back loo king for a Dacia Sandero
funnily enough, never heard from them