I train sales people for a living and in every group (I do about 12 a month), there is always one or two people who think it’s totally acceptable to simply send emails to begin the sales process rather than making a phone call or an in person contact.

I realize how important technology is to the sales process, and believe me we utilize technology in very meaningful and productive ways.

This letter and your comments made me laugh outloud, and I plan on using this as an example of “what not to do” in my upcoming courses.

Regards,

Cory Howerton

B.S. You can’t eat gold.

-Ray
http://www.schoolyourpool.com

As others have said that already, the sender is likely to be from outside the country, but I see other signs that have not been pointed out. First, the shift in topic coincides with a decline in correct grammar and punctuation, from which I infer that the writer of that portion — the most egregiously incorrect passage, socially or professionally — is not fluent in English or in US cultural norms.

Second, the daughter passage also differs in style and tone from the rest. The sales pitch sounds like cut and pasted headlines and sentences from multiple sources. Maybe the sender added the daughter portion (plagiarized or not) in a misguided attempt to “connect” with the receiver on a personal level in a wild misinterpretation (or mistranslation) of networking.

Or maybe he hoped you’d want to “meet” his “daughter” and “buy” his “precious metals.”