I should have known better. This guy shows up on my doorstep, peddling magazines so he can win a competition (a trip, I think). It sounded odd and I really wasn't interested in buyng anything but he was very persistent. So I caved. I wound up ordering a 2 year subscription to Reader's Digest. This ...
I was approached by a woman & guy, college aged, in a local Walmart Supercenter back in April. Total purchased amount was $111 for children books. The female was insistent I paid cash & fortunately I had very little on me. So I paid $11 cash & the rest via check. I put the receipt in my ...
An 84 year old woman that I take care of took pity on a kid selling magazines for school to win a prize. She wrote him a check for 14 issues of Taste Of Home. She never received any magazines, not any response when we asked for a refund. Elderly people have a hard enough time surviving without some ...
Two young men with tattoos knocked on my door one night. They told me that they were in a public speaking class having a contest, boys against girls, on who could sell the most magazines. They got points for selling magazines, some worth more points than others, and if they sold to certain types of ...
A young woman came to my door selling magazine subscriptions. She was good, I originally said no. I ordered a magazine for a Christmas gift for my sis. The magazines never arrived. I called the phone number and a robo voice reported the mail box was full. E-mails were not answered. The woman said ...
A very charming young woman came late in the evening to convince my husband and i, that after a long period of studying she was working her way towards a trip. She was able to convince us she had even the same name as myself, and that she had made several sales in our neighborhood in the prior ...