Yesterday, I made the mistake of answering my door. I know. It was a silly thing to do, right? I don't know what came over me, but I did it. Anyway, at the door were two guys selling Kerby vacuum cleaners. Their pitch was that they were offering a free carpet cleaning, and they made it sound like it was some new type of "dry foam" that they were advertising and selling. They didn't mention anything about a vacuum cleaner at all! So I figured this would take about half an hour, and at the end of their little sales pitch, I would have gotten a free carpet cleaning for my trouble.
Turns out they were selling a vacuum cleaner that costs $2,495! I have never heard of such a thing. I could get a whole team of maids to vacuum my home for a year for less than that! Still, I let the kid go through his demonstration, thinking it could not take all that long, and at the end I would end up with nice clean carpets in my living room.
2 hours, and 3 different guys putting pressure on me, later, they finally finished packing up their ridiculously expensive vacuum and left.
The lesson to be learned here, I think, is that even if you feel bad when you just turn salespeople away at the door, it's still better than letting them in the door. Lesson learned.
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