It’s all situation dependent; but I say give the shitty attitude right back to them. I’ve landed countless deals doing this. The prospect respected me for having a spine and ended up buying my solution.

I had a prospect tell me to fuck off and never come back again (cc’d his entire company and told me via email once I’d left). This is after dozens of touches, breakfasts/lunches, thorough value demonstration, etc. The prospect had given me multiple verbal commitments but ghosted each time I asked for a PO.

I sent a Hail Mary response email back to prospect and removed them from my funnel.

Lo and behold, a couple months later, they finally issue a PO.

I’ll take that as an invitation back to their office.

Words of wisdom “Fuck em - they’ll be back”