--- title: How to Screw Up the Close [Funny Sales Video] description: "Far too often sales people miss the buying signs and \"oversell\" in an attempt to get the close. 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It basically means, you've made the sale, stop selling.   Sales people have a tendency to over sell. Afraid they haven't secured the deal, the sales person misses the commitment signs and keeps on selling.  This sales video does a great job of demonstrating the "goal line fumble"   Call what you will:  - stop dilling, you struck oil - goal line fumble - don't sell past the sale What ever you do . . . just don't do it.  (This video was provided by [Second City Communications,](http://www.secondcitycommunications.com/videos?vid=385) they makes some funny sales videos, check em out.)  Topics: [sales videos](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-videos), [the close](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/the-close), [closing](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/closing), [Sales Advice](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-advice), [Sales Consulting](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-consulting) ### Subscribe via E-mail ### Increase Sales With [Customer Management](https://info.asalesguyconsulting.com/blog/?Tag=customer+management)  [Sales Process](https://info.asalesguyconsulting.com/blog/?Tag=sales+process) ### Latest Posts ### Stuff I've Talked About - [account management (10)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/account-management) - [b2b selling (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/b2b-selling) - [closing (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/closing) - [connecting with customers (5)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/connecting-with-customers) - [customer management (4)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/customer-management) - [future of sales (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/future-of-sales) - [hiring (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/hiring) - [increase sales (19)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/increase-sales) - [making your number (7)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/making-your-number) - [personal development (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/personal-development) - [Pipeline Review (4)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/pipeline-review) - [Sales Advice (25)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-advice) - [Sales Consulting (8)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-consulting) - [sales executives (6)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-executives) - [sales goals (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-goals) - [sales insight (3)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-insight) - [sales leadership (6)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-leadership) - [sales management (6)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-management) - [sales manager tools (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-manager-tools) - [sales process (5)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-process) - [sales resource (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-resource) - [sales resources (3)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-resources) - [sales strategy (8)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-strategy) - [sales team development (4)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-team-development) - [sales tools (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-tools) - [sales videos (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-videos) - [sales VP (3)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sales-vp) - [selling (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/selling) - [selling insight (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/selling-insight) - [selling skills (13)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/selling-skills) - [selling to the CEO (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/selling-to-the-ceo) - [sincere selling (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/sincere-selling) - [social selling (3)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/social-selling) - [solving customer problems (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/solving-customer-problems) - [starting at the top (1)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/starting-at-the-top) - [the close (2)](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/topic/the-close) ### Follow Me © 2014 - A Sales Guy Consulting - [Home](http://asalesguyconsulting.com/) - [About](http://asalesguyconsulting.com/about/) - [A Sales Guy U](http://asalesguyconsulting.com/a-sales-guy-u/) - [Blog](https://info.asalesguy.com/blog/) - [What We Do](http://asalesguyconsulting.com/what-we-do/) - [Consult](http://asalesguyconsulting.com/consult/)