Got home from work minding by business when the doorbell rang. A young lady with a clipboard was from a company that I won't name - let's just call it Superduperfrozenfoods or SDFF (not a real name - I made it up). She said that this company is seeking new customers and they sell frozen meats, etc. For all non-customers, they would give some free samples as well as a small softsided cooler (one person lunch size). The samples were: a piece of cheesecake, 2 hamburger patties, and one small steak. I looked at her clipboard to see which neighbors had taken the bait, so to speak. Well, I also bit. I happily took the samples and will have them for dinner tomorrow - a review to come. They would like to return for an appt. to show me the prices but would not bother me if I declined. I will get a phone call the night before to confirm (I chose next Tues). Well, I know the prices will be too high for the couponer in me, but hey, free is free, right? Well, within an hour, I got a call to just confirm my info. The caller said I would get another call but they would see me and DH at the scheduled time. Well, no, I said. I never committed DH - he works nights and besides, he chases away all doorbell ringers equally!
The man was trying to be persistent, but I told him no. The couple thing is a BIG red flag. I buy 99.9% of all groceries for the house and DH would not care if I wanted to buy the meat or not. I do not need his approval. I did research the company (I was told that they are listed with BBB) and they were rated a big fat D-!!!!!!!!!! Seems that they are not exactly what I thought they would be. I thought that SDFF would kind of be like Omaha Steaks - order online whatever I need. Seems this company wants one to order a freezer and lots of meat upfront at outrageous prices and commit to monthly purchases. I figured out that the prices would be high, and I already have a secondary freezer. So they wasted their samples with me. Plus, I have a monthly coupon club meeting scheduled for Tuesday night, and if they want to contend with a bunch of couponing ladies, go for it!!!!
Free Food?
April 8th, 2009 at 08:12 pm
April 8th, 2009 at 09:58 pm