Alright I am a SUCKER!
Last November on a cold and rainy day (big surprise!) this man came to my door. He was selling magazine subscriptions door to door with one of those point system companies. The kind of company that helps him learn skills to better himself. Don't ask me why I fell for it, I just did. I will NOT any more. I ordered three subscriptions to magazines that I was interested in receiving. Now I know I could have gotten a better deal by buying the magazine off the rack then applying for a subscription or going to the magazine's website. But I was 'helping' this guy out if I ordered from him. So I did. DUMB me!! He showed me all the proper identification and I'm pretty sure he showed me a business license for the City of Tualatin. Which they are suppose to have to sale door to door. I paid by check and kept my receipt.
The receipt says to call if your subscriptions have not arrived in 90-120 business days. I gave it the full 120 business days before calling the company due to the holidays. When I called the number I got the "this number is no longer in service" message. Starting to feel a little had at this moment. Then I did my searching on the internet. I'm pretty good at searching for business' or people on the net. Well when I googled the address for the business I see an empty lot with an old GMC passenger van parked between two run down houses. Feeling really had now.
Called my bank and asked what I could do. They said to call the city and ask about the business license on file. So I did. They didn't have one. I was not surprised. The lady I spoke with told me to find out more information and she'd talk with some colleagues to see what can be done from this point.
I am
embarrassed
that I let my desire to help overrule my intuition to say no. Should have sent that man on his way the moment I opened the door, but I didn't. My mistake. New rule, if you are not a kid I know or know lives in my neighborhood and are not selling something for school, church group or girl/boy scouts I'm not interested. I may not even be interested in that. It's sad that you can't trust anyone anymore. I remember when I was a kid going door to door with my Mom for the fundraisers at school and girl scouts. Now because of deceptive crooks that is not even possible for kids to do. Nor is it safe. How sad....
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