Do you think you can tell how much money someone has by their look?

a good salesman learns to never pre-judge

 

Funny you mention that. I always dress sloppy and careless and salespeople usually ignore me, whilst in reality I probably have more to spend than the person crying for attention with their impeccable hair and pukeworthy shiny shoes.

 

Absolutely not! Lol.


I know PLENTY of people who have less than zero dollars, insurmountable debt, and wear the most expensive clothing and accessories.

I also know plentyyyyyy of understated looking people that have millions in the bank. My ex is a video producer, he does after effects (really awesome and he's really good at it). He makes a lot of money, in the range of 20k per month. He's a surfer with long hair, sometimes doesn't shower for a couple days (hey you can't stop the creative flow right?). He loved spoiling me and when we would go places he was always overlooked by salespeople but he could/would drop way more than they earned in a month on me if he wanted.

 

I found in work, that the wealthiest people often don't give a toss about appearances and stuff. They've done it all, and the materialism novelty has worn off. They feel its beneath them to try and "prove themselves" like that. Because the validation they can offer is a different, I suppose more indisputable type.

Staff in posh shops often target people who are dolled up to the nines, because that means they're "into fashion" ie buy as a habit. It doesn't mean the casual/scruffy person isn't richer tho.

 

I think their attitude gives it away. There is a sort of impartial carelessness towards lesser makers.

I have very immature views on the matter. I smile at people who have fancy clothes/jewelry and they don't smile back. I take it crazy personal and see the permanent scowl on their faces as a "Yeah you're obviously poor, i don't trade smiles with people who have less money. Why don't you apply yourself more and you can scowl at poor people too".

Insane i know. Richer people to me are pricks until they prove themselves to be better.

 

Same here pretty much. I usually look like I've been working because I have been. But I'll dress nicer when going out, etc. My work car is an older Honda. It has some rust but gets great mileage. I don't care if anyone sees me and doesn't like it. They can judge me if they want to but I have no credit card debt, no medical debt, no past-due bills, etc. I live below my means. I don't take out loans for anything except company equipment (super expensive but I have to have it). If I want to buy something, I will save my money up and buy it. If I can't do that then I probably need to reevaluate how much I want or need that item and if I can really afford it. I'm not saying everyone should do that. That's just what I do.

 

Agreed. Years ago I met an old guy who ran a stump grinding service. We had this guy on our job sites for nearly 6 months before I realized he was actually the CEO and majority stock holder of a large, multi-state chain of grocery stores. He is very, very wealthy. I still know him and you would just never guess that. I've learned so much by watching him and listening to what he has to say. He gave me the heads up a year or two before the financial collapse. He told me exactly what I needed to do to get my business through it and he was right about it all. I tried to warn other and they thought I was crazy.

 

I put a roof on the house a hippie looking girl back some years. I knew her from playing casual volleyball and other hippy gatherings, in the winter on the Oregon coast. Hippies came out of the woods in the winter looking for ANYTHING to do. later I found out she was worth 150 million bucks because of a part used on ALL -------- worldwide. (not identifying it). She lived in a little 6 hundred square foot house and dressed waaaayy down. And really a nice person. Pays not to pre-judge, I guess.

 

Another thing about that old guy. He also does other things that generate money...one of which being selling firewood. I don't mean he drops off some wood at your house. We and other tree companies all drop our wood off at this lot. There are huge piles of logs. He has people who just process firewood into those small bundles sold at gas stations, etc. All of his wood is sold in his stores...hauled out by the semi-truck load. He tossed out some production numbers to me once and with them I was able to estimate about how much he was generating in just wood sales. It was a very substantial number. We're talking seven figures here. The guy has more money than god so one day it was just him and I and I asked him why he worked so hard on all this stuff. We both knew he didn't have to. He smiled and said "I guess a guy just can't get by on Social Security alone these days." I knew that conversation was over. I later found out from someone who does accounting in his corporate office that he runs those small businesses and gives every single dime of it away to charity. I was pretty floored. I guess he does it to stay busy because he could easily cut a check for that amount every year and not even notice it's gone....and you know....running 120 large grocery stores must not take up enough of his time.