DH only tells me, "No" but he's a patsy for those door to door peddlers. We were stuck with a freezer full of gourmet meat - if you want to call it that. It was already seasoned and I couldn't stomach it. Let's just say, it was not to my taste. He couldn't find anything wrong with it, but after a few months, he let me give it away to gain some freezer space. I figured it out - about $10 a pound! Every time I see one of those pick-up trucks, with a freezer in the back pull in, I'm out the door waiting for him.
Well, this sneaky bugger came on the weekend when DH was home. He signed a contract (which, btw, we did not get a copy of. Not until it was paid for and he was trying to sell me the seal coating at a bargain price) I said no, DH is not home today. The contract states if you cancel, you have to pay 25% of the cost - yes, DH waived cancellation. Der.
So, I have a brand new asphalt driveway that only goes to the ramp. It looks funny, should have gone to the other end of the garage. I looked up the cost of sealing it. Two articles say to wait up to 3 months for the asphalt to cure before sealing! Also not to do it before rain ... Irma's on her way ...
SIGH ...
Both my hubby and I can say "NO" in a second. We aren't mean and we aren't impolite people but I always tell whoever knocks at our door..."if we need or want something we know how to use the phone and where the stores are. We also know how to check credentials! Just because we may look old and senile to you...we aren't! Have a nice day." If they still seem persistent we let our 90 lb. Pit Bull come to the door. He doesn't have to say anything :)
ReplyDeleteI believe DH has to get burned real bad before that happens. We'll just have to see how that driveway holds up. It just might be the ticket! ,-)
DeleteThese door to door sales men are very good at their jobs. So I kinda feel sorry for your hubby. I always say. Don't even enter into a conversation with them. Just say no thank you and shut the door, or hang up the phone. But nooooo we can't be rude. I can!
ReplyDeleteI pretty much tell them been there, done than and shut the door.
DeleteI don't like saying "No" but I always consider it part of life. My dad always had trouble saying "No" to door peddlers. He would make up some excuse that they would have to come back and tell with my mother who had a back bone of steel...So she ended up being the heavy and telling the peddlers "No, we're not interested" Until she got tired of it...And send my dad to face the music of peddler...Coffee is on
ReplyDeleteIt's always better if you have a 'heavy' around, I wish I had one. I had to learn how to do it.
DeleteMy husband is ok unless it's a kid peddling something, then he buys. Thanks for your comments on my posts, Irma is gone, the river is receding from our front yard and the lagoon is almost gone from our backyard, we're fine.
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear that! I was worried about you when I saw it veer.
DeleteOh, yeah, I generally give to kids, but would rather have them do a car wash or the like.
I am usually good to steer away from con artists but my greatest fear is that I will become so confused one day that I will get caught up with fraud. Many of my friends have been taken in lately and lost lots of money.
ReplyDeleteI told him and I told him - but he knew better and signed the agreement anyway. Sigh ...
DeleteOh my gosh, your husband fell to two of the biggest scam/sales around. Asphalt, especially, can be watered down so thin it won't hold up for very long at all. My husband used to do seal coating and finally quit the business because he couldn't compete with people not following the company instructions about not thinning it down. As for meat, I'd worry about there being something wrong with it, that it couldn't pass inspection and be sold through normal wholesale channels.
ReplyDeleteIt does look good right now. That doesn't mean it isn't going to wash down the driveway in the rain tonight. I'll be so surprised if it holds up. That would be so nice, but I'm afraid "I told you so" will make a bitter taste in my mouth.
DeleteI don't open the door for those door to door peddlars. I just shout through the door "No thank you". Then I turn and walk away. They can stand there all day if they want to. I just go about my business.
ReplyDeleteNope, it's just not a good idea.
DeleteOh my gosh....its always something. Yep, when I was married I was the NO person! Men just don't get it. Rain and wind were suppose to start here around 7....and the rain started. Nothing more than just a steady rain right now. Stay safe
ReplyDeleteRainy and kinda windy here, no biggy though. Think it's the same as you. Glad it will be out of the neighborhood in a day or so. ;-)
DeleteI'm afraid to buy meat from those trucks. Most around here seem to be fish. I don't know why some people have so much trouble saying no. It doesn't bother me.
ReplyDeleteSomebody once told me the meat was sooo good, they were sooo wrong!
DeleteOh dear, I hope that asphalt is okay and doesn't get ripped up by Irma. Is she coming close to you? Now I'm worried.
ReplyDeleteI remember buying frozen meat packages, but they had a list where you could fill out what you wanted for each month and that's what you got. I didn't renew once the contract ran out because it really was too much meat and we always had a fair amount left over each month. K would take it to work and they'd have a barbecue lunch for the whole office.
I don't think Irma will ruin the driveway, unless that asphalt is really bad. (It might be okay, who knows yet?)
DeleteMeat by the month? Unusual.
The deal had frozen fruits and vegetables as well, pick what you want and it's delivered along with the meat. It was handy at a time when I had three kids with the oldest being just turned four and K wasn't always home to help with shopping. Being in the Army, he was away on manouvres a lot.
DeleteHow frustrating! Our town doesn't allow door to door salesmen, and we let our answering machine handle all the telemarketers. We only pick up when we hear the voice of someone we know.
ReplyDeleteWish it was that way here - but I live out in the country and the peddlers run free.
DeleteDoor to door selling is avoided like the plague here. Most that come knocking are scoundrels thinking to deprive us of our worldly wealth. What they sell is rubbish, anyway, so I can't imagine anyone buying from them. Hope your asphalt survives the weather.
ReplyDeleteI hope my asphalt survives too, that was a heavy chunk of change!
DeleteThere are always guys stopping by with "leftover asphalt" from another job, and it's never a bargain as far as I'm concerned.
ReplyDeleteThis wasn't leftover, one of the guys delivered it hot after they had prepared the driveway. The whole thing just felt 'off' though. I don't know.
DeleteTom is like this with cold callers on the phone, I keep telling him to just put the phone down but he's such a gentleman and doesn't like being rude. Unlike myself. lol
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I really wonder if there isn't some lists out there for potentially gullible older folks. It seems as if we are targeted.
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