Best Salesman in the World

Joe Ades, the Union Square vegetable peeler salesman died on Sunday February 1, 2009. RIP. :(
NYT article
www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/nyr...
2006 Vanity Fair article
www.vanityfair.com/culture/fea...

[@abdou7926]

This guy can sell a mirror to the blind

[@trulyinfamous]

Now this is how you sell a product, get the audience interested, demonstrate the capabilities, then tell them about it. This man knows how to sell to an audience for sure.

[@jamesmcload1137]

Just take my money, old man. I don't even need the peeler.

[@MP708]

I got my peeler from him 15+ yrs ago for $5, still sharp as the day I got it after regular use. RIP dude.

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

I have seen this man in NYC for years , he was a great guy , nice person. I watched him sell this product for years on NYC corners , he always had on a smile and a customer with cash in his hand waiting to buy . RIP , NYC hero .

[@Sara10497]

He deserves respect. A hard working honest guy not giving up even at this age.

[@LeakCentral]

Man could sell electricity to a power company

[@johnprendergast1338]

I saw in him NY long time ago and bought the peeler because I liked him...good guy

[@sanansa4567]

this guy was amazing. I used to see him near my office in Manhattan. One day he would sell vegetable peelers, the next day it would be children's books. It was always the same reaction. he would draw a huge crowd and then people would just start buying. I saw a short news story about his life on CBS. He was actually quite well off financially, living in a beautiful place near Park Ave (and help paying for his children / grand children's college educations). He always worked for himself selling items on the street, for decades.

[@saywhat6453]

God bless him...honest man working for a living...respect for him...

[@commonsenselegit]

Man could sell Netflix's new overpriced monthly subscription to Netflix.

[@palfeb31987]

I really love the older generation of people how honest, diligent and hard working they were. Real role models. Never dependent on anyone for their livelihood, not even their kids.

[@shduduwuhsdhi1951]

All I can hear is:Greetings traveller welcome to my humble shop

[@MakeSushi1]

this guy is great!

[@ChubbyGames]

This guy is so good he would sell a fridge to an eskimo :)

[@valmarsiglia]

I miss this guy. Can't believe he died in 2009, how time flies...

[@bruce4551]

One of the kindest man i have ever seen in the world RIP... he looked like an actor from a movie of fairy tale...:/

[@oldgoblin7312]

Man could sell a bucket of water to a drowning man.

[@ezraboren2069]

Me: I wanna go see this guy

[@anitasalazar5853]

After watching dudut this brings me here