Wasted $500 on a sales automation tool that did the opposite of what I needed

Last spring I signed up for this fancy lead scoring platform because the demo made it look like magic. Three months in, my team was spending 10 hours a week fixing bad data it generated, tagging prospects wrong and flooding our CRM with junk. The straw was when it sent a high priority alert on a lead that turned out to be a spam bot from some sketchy IP. Has anyone else burned cash on a tool that just made more work instead of less?

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nancyg149d ago

Ouch, that stings. Been there with tools that promise way more than they deliver.

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karencampbell8d agoMost Upvoted

@harper914, did you at least try to get your money back or did you just toss it in the trash? I'm curious if the company actually stands behind that "lifetime warranty" they all love to slap on the box. Because with my luck, they'd blame the split on me using it in full sunlight or something ridiculous.

harper9148d ago

Bought one of those "heavy duty" garden hoses last spring that was supposed to never kink or leak. First time I used it, the fitting cracked. Second time, the whole thing split right down the middle. Pissed me off enough that I just went back to the cheap rubber one from the hardware store. Works fine, lasts longer, and cost half as much. Learned my lesson about those fancy promises.

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