My Good Deed for the Day

[DarthDaddy]

Well

I have been in a mood today after a long weekend and two cranky kids. There is probably not a day that goes by that someone puts 1 or 2 things on my door, mailbox, garage door whatever. Many of the times it is the local take out places with specials, churches saying our god is better or what not.

Well today I got fed up with a specific note...

"GIFT NOTICE"
PLEASE CALL AND SCHEDULE A DELIVERY... CODE 71778 (Whatever)
With Phone Number and notice that a charge may apply! WTF!!!

This was put on every door down the street and looks like a scam.

I called the village and inquired about it. You need a permit to do this and fill out paper work and make sure they are legit. Well after talking to the clerk and the police chief they are now looking for the person... There are a lot of young families and OLDER folks here and a scam like this could be costly... Not to mention the Yellow Stickies all over.

So more then likely the person will be stopped and that will be that for today...

Good Deed Done..

:D

[Cubfan]

Good work Darth, I'm all for neighborhood vigilance. I called the cops on the UPS driver the other day. This guy (or gal?) hauls *ss thru the neighborhood streets. Not sure how fast he's going, but I can tell you it's way more than 25mph!! The clerk who answered the phone at the police dept. knew right away who the UPS driver was, she said he/she pulls out of the department way too fast as well. So that's no longer a problem.

By the way, the flyers you mention are getting ridiculous. However I think it must be a suburban thing. I noticed once we moved out west is when we started being assaulted by them all. Door-to-door folks too. I made the mistake of letting a KIRBY salesman in the house. That was my first and last experience with those clowns. Now someone should call the cops on them!!!

[DarthDaddy]

Kirby Salesman!! LOL

Since a friend actually bought 1 I agreed to let them demo... He got some discount for me just looking at it.

My 50 lb dog to an EXTRA liking to him...

BOOM BOOM BOOM LETS GO BACK TO MY ROOM...

[Cubfan]

The Kirby episode was a nightmare. This guy was relentless and wouldn't take NO for an answer. He started vacuuming with a "brand new" vacuum at $1800, then down to $1600, $1200, $800, and then finally I said "dude I'll give you a hundred bucks for the thing" and he laughed. Anyway, this went on for HOURS. My wife and I were a tag team effort listening to him. Finally I kicked him out by saying "listen pal, it's 8pm, my wife is 9 months pregnant, and she wants to go to bed. You have 10 minutes to get out of my house or I'm calling the police".

Then I called a neighbor friend of mine to see if she wanted to take the kids to the park, but she couldn't because she had a "vacuum salesman over". So I rushed over to her house and gave her the 411 on these Kirby guys. Eventually I had to kick him out of my friends house too. different salesman.

[pwrandall]

Apparently my wife has dreamed of a Kirby for years and last year she bought one :oops: It cost more than my first car in high school...but it is a good vacuum. Wish I had been home the day the salesman came by though.

[Don-Dad]

The rainbow vacuum guys are the same way. I did a demo as a favor to a friend and he was the sales guy so he did not pressure us, he just needed to do so many demos to get a bonus but he really put on the sales pitch thick and they try to scare you into getting one, vacuums all the dead skin in your bed, yada, yada, yada, yuck, hahaha. Those guys can make a lot of money if they sell a few vacuums a week.

[Indy]

Every time one of them shows up to my house, I just point to the laminated flooring and tell them I don't need one.

My grandfather had a job going door-to-door selling vacuums and he'd follow the Kirby guy around, showing how his vacuum would clean up stuff the Kirby left behind. Of course, no vacuum can possibly get up all the dirt...

[tt3]

They all just suck.
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My brother was an Electrolux salesman for some time, used to tease him constantly.

[Weston]

Oh man, ditto about the vacuum vultures.

Also we have recently been getting a lot of door-to-door meat salesman (WTH?!?). Omaha meats I think.... "Sir, we have a deal on steaks... plus, buy so many pounds of steaks and get some free chicken"

Yuck. No thanks. :lol:

[tulsadad]

They all just suck.

LOL :D

[Don-Dad]

Omaha Steaks are OK but waaayyyyy over priced :) I bought some online once.

My home at the time of the rainbow vacuum was 90% laminate and they still have a deal for you, hahahaha! Do it for the childrena, man, do it for the children, hahahahaha!

[Cubfan]

Well I certainly learned my lesson, never let anyone in the house! Period!

By the way, it's not that Omaha steaks are overpriced, it's that they are not very good. I found what I think is the best steak for the everyday consumer, they supply all the top Chicago steak houses with their steaks but make them available for the average Joe too. They are SUPER expensive though - the restaurants must get a huge break in price in order to clear a profit. The only catch is to buying these is - dont f*ck them up! They are definitely a special occasion purchase.

Before my wedding, instead of buying the groomsmen and ushers yet another useless engraved trinket, I bought these steaks and hosted a card game, made them all a steak dinner, with all the fixin's, cheesecake dessert, wine, beer, and poker. It was an expensive night for me, but we still talk about it all the time. A lot of my guys have never had a real steak outside of your chain restaurants. So it was worth every penny to me.

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[Jackson's Dad]

Never got the idea of buying appliances via a door-to-door salesman. Actually, the only thing I've ever bought from a door-to-door salesman was a painting -- a local artist was raising money for school, and was going door to door. Nice stuff, nice kid.

[Indy]

Yeah, it seems like we've been getting more door-whores lately. My favorites:

The magazine salesman that needs "5 more sales" to win the big prize.

The home security guy that is looking for homes to "showcase" their system in.

The book salesman who needs "5 more sales" to win the big prize.

The Vacu-Suck guy who wants to give me a free gift (one time it was a roll of paper towels) for "5 minutes of my time".

On a sidenote, the best way to get fend off an Amway pitch is to tell them you're already a member. Amway rules prohibit them from poaching you away from another upline. When they ask who your diamond or your upline is, just give them a random name.

[chopperglide]

hahaha....that is funny about the steak guy....when hurricane Katrina hit...i had 13 people not including my five living with me and this guy came by with a freezer thing on the back of his truck...well, my bro, dad, uncle and father in law all came out with me to meet him....we told him about how they all lost their home....his wife started crying and we got 64 various steaks, 30 hamburgers and 24 chicken breasts for 100 bucks....lol....and they turned out to be very good steaks...i am kinda hoping he comes back...i am betting he lost his job :)