Kirby Vacuum
Home invasion to try to sell a vacuum ripoff

My husband and I were enjoying an afternoon at home when we were invaded by a Kirby salesman. He approached our house with a bottle of window cleaner and asked if we had received one of these yet. When we replied in the negative he told us to wait a moment and he would be back.

The next thing we know, he is returning with a bunch of boxes and starts setting up to do his demo of this vacuum cleaner. I left my husband to deal with the guy and went to another room to work on something else and to "listen in" on this demo.

He convinced my husband to let him do the demo by saying that he was getting $50 towards college for selling these vacuums. My husband agreed believing he was giving this guy a helping hand to complete his schooling.
As he gave the demo, my husband started to notice several odd things. First, the guy's buddy who was driving left him. Yep, even if we wanted him to leave after 5 minutes we were stuck with him until he could call and get picked up.

Next, to show "the amazing quality" of the Kirby and the ineffectiveness of our vacuum, he dumped salt on the floor and used our vacuum to clean it up.instead of vacuuming the same area with the Kirby, he vacuumed slightly to the side of it where there was still salt, claiming that the Kirby was doing a much better job and see how much our vacuum missed.

After that demo he had to go searching for dirt on our tile floors to show how well the Kirby works on solid surfaces.By searching I mean that he had to go behind and under things to vacuum that normally don't get vacuumed regularly anyway. I guess my broom, mop, and bucket proved just as effective as that vacuum.

Finally, my husband put an end to this guy's demo. After waiting about 10 minutes for his ride, an entirely different person showed up to get him! After much ooohing and aaaahing over how nice a home we have, this woman tries some more to sell my husband on the vacuum. She claims that really both husband and wife need to be present and they should come back another time. At this time the salesman jumps in to agree with her and tries to arrange a time when he can come back to speak with the wife.

I guess he was way too focused on his demo to remember that just 20 minutes ago he not only spoke to me but shook my hand as well. My husband just sent them on their way.

We both got a very bad vibe about this from the start. I felt that they may have been using this to gain entrance into the house to case the place. I'm very thankful my husband was home and I wasn't alone and that I could leave the room to just listen.

We just wanted to give a heads up to those who may potentially be put in the same situation. My husband is a cop so we may have read more into the situation than what there really was; but after reading some of the complaints on line, I'm glad we followed our guts and did not purchase this vacuum.

Company: Kirby Vacuum
Country: USA
State: Virginia
City: Alexandria
Site: kirby.com

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