Vacuum Salesmen
Has anyone been a victim to the TriStar vacuum people. Or any salesman.... I swear those guys never give up. Not that their product isn't good, but I'm not spending close to $3000 for a vacuum. No way! I have had them call me more times than I care to think about. Well last night I finally gave in. I figured if I let them come, give their little demo and then told them "no thank you" that maybe they would leave us alone. So they tell us that someone will come between 7-8pm. Seven rolls around, no one.... 7:30, no one.... Eight, still no one. Ok now this is just getting rude. So at 8:15pm I call them and say that someone was supposed to be coming and didn't show and in no uncertain terms that I'm not happy. The guy politely tells me that the salesman got held up at the last house and should be over shortly. Finally, at 8:45 he shows up. I tell him that it is past my kids bedtime so give me the "short" version. The short version still takes an HOUR. I would have hated to see the long version. Then it gets down to the "so what do you think moment?" Roughly translated into "So are you going to buy one, or do I need to pressure you a bit more?" This guy finally cuts the price down to $1500, but that's still an awful lot. Both Todd and I thought about it, since right now we have a $80 Wal-Mart vacuum, but decided against it. Plus I could buy 15 or more of my Wal-Mart vacuum to equal that price. Thanks, but no thanks TriStar. Finally at around 10pm the guy leaves, and I can get my kid to sleep. There was one positive side to it... the guy gave me a scratch and win card, and I won 2 nights and a resort of my choice (well they give me a list and I can choose). Which is ok... Todd and I think we will use it for our anniversary. Hopefully Brighton will be ok enough to stay at Grandma's for that long.... but only time will tell...
posted by Carlson02 at
1:30 p.m.
3 Comments:
Vaccuum salespeople are the worst. I avoid them calling me by not even listing my address in the phone book. It doesn't get rid of all telemarketers but it does get rid of the ones that work out of the phone book.
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Visichy, At
Fri Jan 06, 06:19:00 p.m.
I also hope that leaving the baby at Grandma's works out .... because she REALLY wants him to stay here. Would it be better if Grandma and Grandpa stayed at your house for those days?
Maybe some good can come out of the exhausting time with the vacuum sales people after all!
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Anonymous, At
Sat Jan 07, 09:41:00 a.m.
Hey good idea Vicky about having an unlisted number. I'm tired of telemarketers calling me about lawn service. I live in a condo complex, my lawns are taken care of already, thanks very much. And every charity with their sob story - like I need a daily guilt trip. Sigh.
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Louisa, At
Mon Jan 09, 11:27:00 a.m.
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