I just had these guys show up to my door in kitchener. He said the city hired them to do this but couldn't provide any documentation saying so. Very pushy and wanted in to see where my water line is and put a filter on it. I refused to let him in. I looked it up online and it is a scam so beware.
Posted Jan 25, 2016, 10:40 PM UTC
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Came to my door in kitchener around dinner time today, sick baby screaming in the background, my wife answered with a bowl of baby food in her hand and the guy wouldn't take "now isn't a good time" for an answer. I finally had to step in and tell him to bugger off. Someone in r/kitchener said it the other day, if they are selling it at your door you don't need it. The "free meat" scam is going around right now too.
The meat people came to our house the other day in Kitchener. My wife said she was vegetarian and they left. What are they trying to scam? or are they casing houses to later rob?
I guess it's not so much of a scam, but I bit and when they brought me my free sample they went into hard sale mode and tried to sell me a year's worth of meat at an inflated price. They wanted 60 bucks a week (that's the lowest priced package) and made it sound like I was getting a bargain. We worked out after they left and it worked out to about 12 dollars a pound for hamburger and chicken breasts. You get a roast or two in there as well but their calculations on the amount of meat my family would "need" per week was nuts. They throw all the buzz words in there to, free range, hormone free, local bla bla bla. I shop local, this area has the easiest access to local food over any place I've ever lived. If I'm going to pay high prices for local meat it's going to not be frozen.
This is pretty much my exact experience as well. It's not a scam, it's simply inflated pricing. They severely underestimated my "needs" as well, probably trying to meet my indicated "weekly spending" while maintaining their own price per lb.
I got 500g of free meat for agreeing to meet with a second-tier salesperson who tried to sell me on a contract for some kind of delivery grocery service. The first-tier salesperson promised that my meagre grocery needs wouldn't be a problem, but the second-tier one agreed pretty much right out of the gate that their service was overkill for my needs and they didn't provide small enough packages to sign me up. The first-tier salesperson was clearly in error by scheduling me for the follow-up, but the second guy gave me my meat and went on his way.
Damn free meat for listening to a pitch? Was the meat any good? :p
It was ground beef, and frozen. Beyond that I have no comment. :P I'll say that I was glad to have the easy out of eating way too little food to justify using their service.
If you have a family, I would really consider how much the hard sell is worth just over a pound of frozen ground beef.
The meat is pricey and they are very reluctant to give exact values or weights for their products. They sell you packages, from which you pick your cuts of meat, and then they decide how many units to give you based on the type and cut of meat.
I sat down with one of their reps probably two years ago and almost signed up for a package before requesting an exact breakdown of what I was getting. Everything was practically twice the price of the meat I buy at Zehrs or elsewhere, though they do claim it to be higher quality. So be it if the meat is higher quality, but I didn't notice any great difference between the sample of ground beef they left me and any other ground beef I eat so the value was absolutely not there for me.
They were in Ayr not long ago. Absolutely do not let them in. Call the police if they persist
They were in Cambridge and acted like they worked for the City. They also ignored my nonsoliciting sign and would not leave.