råsalg

English translation: aggressive sales techniques/incentives

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Norwegian term or phrase:råsalg
English translation:aggressive sales techniques/incentives
Entered by: Carole Hognestad

11:20 Mar 11, 2012
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities
Norwegian term or phrase: råsalg
Det er naturlig å forklare de dårlige norske resultatene med skandalene som fulgte råsalget av lånefinansierte, strukturerte spareprodukter og råsalget av eiendomsinvesteringer i det forrige tiåret.
Carole Hognestad
Local time: 12:50
aggressive sales techniques/incentives
Explanation:
There have been a number of news stories coming out of Norway in the last decade involving these types of pushy sales techniques; selling 80 year old people 20 year CDs or selling investments that include investing borrowed money in addition to the investor's own money.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-03-11 15:39:49 GMT)
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"aggressive sales tactics" could also work, although it gets 1/2 the number of g-hits.
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Hans Wang
Local time: 06:50
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aggressive sales techniques/incentives


Explanation:
There have been a number of news stories coming out of Norway in the last decade involving these types of pushy sales techniques; selling 80 year old people 20 year CDs or selling investments that include investing borrowed money in addition to the investor's own money.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-03-11 15:39:49 GMT)
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"aggressive sales tactics" could also work, although it gets 1/2 the number of g-hits.


    Reference: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/regulation/aggressive-banks-...
Hans Wang
Local time: 06:50
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: I like "aggressive sales tactics"-see http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/bld/kampanjer/familia/famil... and http://e24.no/boers-og-finans/banksjef-trekker-seg-etter-raa...
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Charles!

agree  Leif Henriksen: But skip the 'incentives'-part. This may lead to råselling, but is not in itself part of it. Or simplify it all the way to 'aggressive selling'.
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Leif!

agree  Charlesp
22 hrs
  -> Thank you Charles!
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