They arrived at 8:00pm. They barged through the door as soon as my grandfather opened it and immediately started unpacking the vacuum. Mind you my grandparents don’t even have any carpet in the entire house. It’s all hardwood! They told them it would just be a 15 min demonstration. That they just have to do 1 more demonstration and they win a trip to the Bahamas from their boss. My grandparents kept saying they weren’t interested. It was now 10:30pm and they still were here had junk all over the living room floor! About 30 black and white pads. I was off in another room on a phone call. I started googling them and found a tik tok of another lady who said they told her they were going to win a trip to the Bahamas! So it’s a lie they tell everyone! I also overheard the guy tell my grandfather, “that step stool you have over there, if you were to fall off of it one day the hospital bill would be more expensive than this vacuum!” I was LIVID! I decided I need to step in. I went in there and said “sir, I think it’s time you need to leave. I’ve just read you guys give this line of a trip to the Bahamas to everyone. Please pack up your things and leave, bye bye.!” He said, “No it’s real! Let me call boss to come!” I walk out of the room for a bit. She shows up about 5 mins later and I go back in there and say, “okay yall need to leave. They said they aren’t interested, this is lies you tell people and I have a girl here on tik tok talking about this same Bahamas tactic!” I started playing the tik tok. The boss lady walked over to me, tries to grab my phone out of my hand! And she says, “mama, that person isn’t even talking about us!” I said, “the lady is literally showing a business card with the word Kirby on it!” She tried to then touch the screen on my phone to turn the video off. I said “do not touch my phone! You need to leave or I will be calling the cops! You are trying to take advantage of the elderly right now. Please leave.” The other guy started packing things up and she’s still arguing with me saying they are a real company. I said yes you are, but you’re lying with your sales tactics. I will call the cops if you do not pack your things and leave! She finally walked away but then followed my grandfather into the kitchen asking him to sign paperwork, he declined. She kept trying to get him to. She then said, “do you have some paper towels we can use?” Smh the whole time they were packing up she kept saying, “thanks, I hope you all stay safe.” She said that multiple times. It was very bizarre
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They arrived at 8:00pm. They barged through the door as soon as my grandfather opened it and immediately started unpacking the vacuum. Mind you my grandparents don’t even have any carpet in the entire house. It’s all hardwood! They told them it would just be a 15 min demonstration. That they just have to do 1 more demonstration and they win a trip to the Bahamas from their boss. My grandparents kept saying they weren’t interested. It was now 10:30pm and they still were here had junk all over the living room floor! About 30 black and white pads. I was off in another room on a phone call. I started googling them and found a tik tok of another lady who said they told her they were going to win a trip to the Bahamas! So it’s a lie they tell everyone! I also overheard the guy tell my grandfather, “that step stool you have over there, if you were to fall off of it one day the hospital bill would be more expensive than this vacuum!” I was LIVID! I decided I need to step in. I went in there and said “sir, I think it’s time you need to leave. I’ve just read you guys give this line of a trip to the Bahamas to everyone. Please pack up your things and leave, bye bye.!” He said, “No it’s real! Let me call boss to come!” I walk out of the room for a bit. She shows up about 5 mins later and I go back in there and say, “okay yall need to leave. They said they aren’t interested, this is lies you tell people and I have a girl here on tik tok talking about this same Bahamas tactic!” I started playing the tik tok. The boss lady walked over to me, tries to grab my phone out of my hand! And she says, “mama, that person isn’t even talking about us!” I said, “the lady is literally showing a business card with the word Kirby on it!” She tried to then touch the screen on my phone to turn the video off. I said “do not touch my phone! You need to leave or I will be calling the cops! You are trying to take advantage of the elderly right now. Please leave.” The other guy started packing things up and she’s still arguing with me saying they are a real company. I said yes you are, but you’re lying with your sales tactics. I will call the cops if you do not pack your things and leave! She finally walked away but then followed my grandfather into the kitchen asking him to sign paperwork, he declined. She kept trying to get him to. She then said, “do you have some paper towels we can use?” Smh the whole time they were packing up she kept saying, “thanks, I hope you all stay safe.” She said that multiple times. It was very bizarre
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NTA and definitely report that business via the BBB or your country’s equivalent using the tiktoks you found as proof of their false marketing
They were casing the joint.
I’d still file a report with the police.
NTA. You had the patience of a saint with those wastes of skin.
This sort of thing is why I have two security gates and a twelve gauge.
This is why I don’t open my door. I tell them no thank you thru the window. Then walk away.
It’s ridiculous how they exploit vulnerable people. Good on you for standing up!
Doorbell camera. Tell them to fuck off without even opening the door.
Strangers enter the house uninvited, ignore the request for them to leave, and you are focused on whether they are actually about to win a trip the Bahamas. If they arrived at 8:00, by 8:02 it should be “leave immediately or I will call the police and have you arrested”
Sounds like Kirby hasn’t changed much since I was dumb enough to get sucked into selling for them back in the late 80s.
I never barged into anyone’s house at least.
Worst fucking job in the world. Shitty ass shady company
NTA. I’m glad you were there for your grandparents. There are far too many people out to scam seniors.