Scam?
A few weeks ago I got a call from a company doing a survey. James was napping, and I wasn't doing anything important, so I did the survey. It was pretty long. There were a number of questions about what types of technology we owned, which ones I had heard of, etc. They also asked about what DVDs we owned, and if I knew which ones were on the market. They also asked about what brands of certain household appliances we had. No biggy.
A couple of days ago a woman named "Penny" calls, and tells me she is from that same company. She thanks me for taking the time to do their survey, and she tells me she wants to give me a gift worth $150 to thank me. She tells me they have a rep in the area and he/she will come deliver the gift. It was a bad time for me, so I asked her what the deal was - what kind of strings are attached here, etc. She seemed taken aback, and just said "Well ma'am, it's just a free gift - that's all!". I asked her if the rep could come a different day, at a different time. She agreed.
Yesterday evening "Penny" called again, and asked if 6:00pm was a suitable time for the rep to come down. I asked how long the visit would be, and Penny said it would take about 20-30 minutes as the rep would be showing us the new MG2 vacuum system. (Oh joy.) She said it was important that my husband be home - which he wasn't. I told her when he might be home, and she said they would call back. Okay. So a while later a man calls, and asks if Ryan is home yet. I said no, but that he would be shortly. The man says it is fine, and gets directions to our house, and a description of the house. He then said that he would send the rep to another location, and then to our place - but that he would call again to ensure that Ryan was home. They never called back. No one showed up. Nilch. Nada. AFTER ALL THAT?!
I think it's a scam, and that these people are now aware of almost everything of value in our home. They know where we live, and what our house looks like. I think they are going to rob us! Seriously, this freaks me out! What bugs me most is that I feel like I can't trust anyone - and maybe that is a lesson I needed to learn, but I just always assume the best of people. That's just who I am. In any case, if our house gets robbed I am going to have to track down these E-Excel folks, and sue them. Can't believe I was so dumb... I'm never doing another phone survey - EVER. I suppose this is the thanks I get for just trying to be helpful and nice.
A few weeks ago I got a call from a company doing a survey. James was napping, and I wasn't doing anything important, so I did the survey. It was pretty long. There were a number of questions about what types of technology we owned, which ones I had heard of, etc. They also asked about what DVDs we owned, and if I knew which ones were on the market. They also asked about what brands of certain household appliances we had. No biggy.
A couple of days ago a woman named "Penny" calls, and tells me she is from that same company. She thanks me for taking the time to do their survey, and she tells me she wants to give me a gift worth $150 to thank me. She tells me they have a rep in the area and he/she will come deliver the gift. It was a bad time for me, so I asked her what the deal was - what kind of strings are attached here, etc. She seemed taken aback, and just said "Well ma'am, it's just a free gift - that's all!". I asked her if the rep could come a different day, at a different time. She agreed.
Yesterday evening "Penny" called again, and asked if 6:00pm was a suitable time for the rep to come down. I asked how long the visit would be, and Penny said it would take about 20-30 minutes as the rep would be showing us the new MG2 vacuum system. (Oh joy.) She said it was important that my husband be home - which he wasn't. I told her when he might be home, and she said they would call back. Okay. So a while later a man calls, and asks if Ryan is home yet. I said no, but that he would be shortly. The man says it is fine, and gets directions to our house, and a description of the house. He then said that he would send the rep to another location, and then to our place - but that he would call again to ensure that Ryan was home. They never called back. No one showed up. Nilch. Nada. AFTER ALL THAT?!
I think it's a scam, and that these people are now aware of almost everything of value in our home. They know where we live, and what our house looks like. I think they are going to rob us! Seriously, this freaks me out! What bugs me most is that I feel like I can't trust anyone - and maybe that is a lesson I needed to learn, but I just always assume the best of people. That's just who I am. In any case, if our house gets robbed I am going to have to track down these E-Excel folks, and sue them. Can't believe I was so dumb... I'm never doing another phone survey - EVER. I suppose this is the thanks I get for just trying to be helpful and nice.
I had something similar happen to me once and nobody ever came. I don't know what the deal was - they also had the story about wanting to show me a vacuum (I've heard other people talk about these vacuum sales-people that never show). I don't know why they would call to say they're coming but never come. It doesn't make sense.
Anyway, I hope you don't worry about it too much. I'm so like you in that I'm very trusting of people and usually think the best of them. Erik always warns me that it's going to get me in trouble one of these days... :)
OH MY GOSH!!! 'Penny' called me this morning!!! She was going to send an area rep to our house this morning, but I told her we'd be gone...she's calling me Monday to set up a time to come over! freaky! She seriously called! That is so CRAZY! Anyway...lock your doors! :)
Hello,
I can understand your concern. People are so dishonest. Next time I would ask for a phone number to give them a call back and let them know when they can come by. Just pray about it and let God take care of it. I am so trusting also. I had let these guys see my apartment because one said he was interested in renting one. He was with someone I barely knew. I realized later that I had just let this man know what was in my house! I prayed about it and God never let anything happen.
Be blessed
Hey Heather,
The same thing happend to us last week!! I don't remember the lady's name and a rep was going to come by our house by 9pm the same evening and never showed up??? The only thing different was my call only took 30sec. I never say yes to stuff like this but because it was sooooooo short I said yes! What's going on? I too prayed and was totally upset after the call. Pat said it was probably nothing but still very weird.
Ang K