Along the way, a young girl tried to waylay me for the second time. She begged me to listen to her so that she could meet her quota of people she had approached. Feeling sympathetic for her, I sat down and listened to what she had to say. She then asked her senior to talk to me.
He said I just had to fill out my personal particulars and would be entitled to a free gift. I was most skeptical and reiterated that I was in a hurry. Fine. He tried to make me buy:
a) A safe cooker @ RM 3688 but at a discounted price of @ RM 3288..I declined politely.
b) A 23-piece stainless steel cookware set @ a discounted price of RM1798. Again I declined.
c) An alkaline water purification system @ a reduced price of RM2988. I said I had no need for that product.
d) An air purifier @ a discounted price of RM 2388. I said 'NO'.
e) A convection grill microwave oven RM2988 which I declined.
Then he proceeded to give me a card and asked me to scratch it :-). He explained the options if I got 'A', 'B' 'C' or 'D' and how each would entitle me to a different rate in the discount.
Ok. Scratch...scratch scratch and I saw a dollar sign. So I asked him if that meant I would get a cash prize hahaha!
And he pretended that it was the first time he had seen such a sign. Then he said he had to call his manager.
Fine. I wanted to see how the charade would progress.
Animatedly, he spoke to the Manager...( I suspect he just called his own number) because when he was on the phone, my husband called me...and he stopped talking on the phone to listen to what I was saying to my husband without terminating his call!!! Then he continued to talk to me after I ended my call with my husband. No sane person would waste $$$ that way. I asked him directly if it was a genuine number he was calling and I saw 016 4 *******.
Initially, he said I was ONE of the 20 lucky winners of any product I wanted.
I said, "Ya, and I have to pay more $$$ to get the product."
He said "NO" and his other colleagues congratulated me and he said:
a) I cannot sell the product
b) I have to participate in their company advertisements
c) The warranty will be null and void if I sold the product.
Fine.
So I said, where is the prize and what is it?
RM800 rebate for the product. Then he pretended to give my name to his manager to see if I had won this before *eyes rolling* and the manager said I am a 'first-timer' and was eligble for the prize. Ya right!
I said no thanks.
Then he proceeded to tell me that if I signed up using interest-free payments via my credit card, I would get a vacuum cleaner that costs RM800. Following that, he gave a demonstration of the vacuum cleaner. Ya right. Spend RM1500++ and get a RM 800 vacuum cleaner and a discounted product?
So I said, "Thanks but no thanks. I will discuss with my husband and get back to you if I want to buy your product."
To that, he said, "The offer will no longer be valid! You have to make the purchase NOW."
In response to that, I gave him a 5 minute lecture as to how he should realize that the economy is doing very badly and that he cannot pressure customers to make such rash decisions to purchase such goods which are non-necessities.
Then he said I am the ONLY customer who DID NOT respond to that offer.
GOTCHA!
Earlier, he had said that it was the first time he had seen the dollar sign!!! And he proceeded to call his 'manager' etc and his colleagues congratulated me and shook my hands etc.
After thanking him, I walked off. When I reached home, I looked at the brochure and noticed that he had called his own number! Clever! But I suspected it then!
I wonder how many consumers fell for that gimmick. It is the first and last time I will ever listen to any sales representatives.
Is this a scam? I think so....I wonder how many unsuspecting customers fell prey to this sales gimmick!
donplaypuks This scam, like the Nigerian Con, has been reported many, many times in the MSM. If you had followed him back to his office, end of story!
He would have pressurised you into spending $10-15K!
You should report it to the authorities!
dpp
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