A breakdown of how I was talked out of $100
Reading this and the subsequent comments, I have to ask: am I the only one immune to the this sort of thing?  I get approached by these kiosk workers all the time while shopping, and I simply wave and keep walking (possibly reinforcing with a "No, thank you" if they follow me down the path, as they sometimes do).  I know it's a high pressure tactic.  I know they're selling something that no one actually needs.  I know if I give them an inch of attention they'll try to take a mile.  It's a well known sales tactic, so I'm puzzled why people continue to get sucked into it.I'm actually kind of confused why this warrants a post-mortem given that I would hope that no one ever duplicates this sort of tactic in a legitimate business.  Let the product sell itself, don't "become the customer's friend" in order to push it on them.