Vacuum Salesmen

So how many of you have had one of these Vac Salesmen come to your door? I think 6 or 7 months ago The Kirby guys were working the area. They find ways to get in the door, you know their tricks! You'll be entered to win something if they can just take a few minutes of your time and show ya their vac. So they came when we were getting ready for dinner I brushed them off. They came back and the kids let the salesmen in! I was frustrated! I couldn't convince the guy to leave! Finally Troy came home and he got the point that we were not buying. We had recently purchased a Oreck. We are happy with our Oreck. It's light weight unlike the Kirby.

Well, round here we have something called GATE {Glendive Agri-Trade Exposition}, it is mostly an agriculture show with booths and such. The booths all have sign-ups to win this or that. So we went to GATE a few weeks ago and signed up for all sorts of stuff -- I mean who doesn't want to win, right. The other night a guy calls and says that my husband was selected for a prize, we just had to listen to a short demonstration for their air cleaner. OK whatever, so I say the guy can come by. It's the Rainbow Vac salesman. He gives us his "short" 1 1/2 hour demonstration and we do our best to convince him that we are not willing to buy a $2,300 vacuum right then. He of course calls his boss and works out a "one time only deal" we still tell the guy it's just not something we can fit into our limited budget. We were impressed with the vac, but come on! Even $1,900 is not something I can just come up with ... but there are, of course, payment plans for $190 down and only $54 a month for the next 3 years! If it was a car, then OK, but a vac! We told the guy that it would be something to consider when we have our debt payed off and we have saved the money. People don't like it when you would prefer to save up and pay cash! makes them grumpy. During the presentation, he filters the dust and traps it so he can show us how wonderfully the Rainbow picks up the dirt and dust out of the carpet or couch. He sets these nasty things on the floor -ya know for visual reminders. At one point, he does the vac comparison {remember we have an Oreck}, where you go get your vac and he shows you why yours sucks, well it sorta backfired on him as he went to show us how much dust gets back out into the air just by turning it on. The guy opened the outer cover to expose the bag and then turned it on, grabbed his spotlight so we could see all the dust flying around. Guess what? We saw maybe 2 or 3 particles fly! So he runs the edge of his light up the bag, to no avail! He then asks if there is even dirt in the bag! Yup, half full! Still nothing. The salesman then turns off our vac and sets it aside. Finally the guy gets it that we are not going to buy, and he starts to pack it up. We get the impression that he's a bit miffed. His nice demeanor left and he left all of his trash you know, the dirt samples on the floor and his paper towels from cleaning off and drying out the vac on my floor! Scott came to get me and said, "that man, he left all the nasty stuff on the floor! Yeah, he did!" We got his business card and plan to make a little call to his boss and let them know just how we felt about his attitude. He also gave me a lovely headache with his air cleaner thing. You can scent the air, which is cool, but not if you put three different scents {first vanilla, then lemon and finally eucalyptus!} in it and leave it on for 1 1/2 hours! My head is still aching! We did get our free gift for listening a set of cheap-o steak knives.
That's my rant for the night!