So today I got a computer generated "Birthday Card" in the mail.
I opened it up and it says "Happy Birthday and Congratulations you've been selected to receive a netbook computer and 2 round trip airline tickets, absolutely FREE....please call 1-877------"
I call the number and talk to a nice customer service rep who tells me how to go about getting my FREE computer. "All you need to do is listen to a 90 minute presentation from our Travel Company. NO obligations, NO forms, NO other requirements" ....really? There's no catch, no hidden fees, NO B.S.!!?? "Nope, if you decide not to participate, you'll at least walk out with a brand new, in the box, netbook computer AND 2 airline tickets to anywhere in the continental US."
Needless to say, I grab the wife and off we go. Meeting is at 6pm, home by 8...new computer in hand, airline tickets in the back pocket.........NOT SO FAST:shrug:.
The meeting took 2hrs, then have to talk with a travel consultant for 45 minutes, then get 2 VOUCHERS for my FREE items......VOUCHERS:censure:. The travel programs start out at $6900 and go up to $12,900.
The computer is, as far as I can tell, really free. I just have to send in the voucher and wait "a few weeks for processing". The tickets, not so much, gotta send in $65 per ticket (for service and handling fees) by certified mail ONLY, and this is just to get a reservation card, then I have to pick out 3 dates (none guarnteed) that I want to travel, and must be used within 1 year.
So I pretty much wasted a perfectly good evening listening to some lady in high heels talk about how cheap it is going to be to travel the world.
Anybody else ever get sucked into one of these SCAMS?
I opened it up and it says "Happy Birthday and Congratulations you've been selected to receive a netbook computer and 2 round trip airline tickets, absolutely FREE....please call 1-877------"
I call the number and talk to a nice customer service rep who tells me how to go about getting my FREE computer. "All you need to do is listen to a 90 minute presentation from our Travel Company. NO obligations, NO forms, NO other requirements" ....really? There's no catch, no hidden fees, NO B.S.!!?? "Nope, if you decide not to participate, you'll at least walk out with a brand new, in the box, netbook computer AND 2 airline tickets to anywhere in the continental US."
Needless to say, I grab the wife and off we go. Meeting is at 6pm, home by 8...new computer in hand, airline tickets in the back pocket.........NOT SO FAST:shrug:.
The meeting took 2hrs, then have to talk with a travel consultant for 45 minutes, then get 2 VOUCHERS for my FREE items......VOUCHERS:censure:. The travel programs start out at $6900 and go up to $12,900.
The computer is, as far as I can tell, really free. I just have to send in the voucher and wait "a few weeks for processing". The tickets, not so much, gotta send in $65 per ticket (for service and handling fees) by certified mail ONLY, and this is just to get a reservation card, then I have to pick out 3 dates (none guarnteed) that I want to travel, and must be used within 1 year.
So I pretty much wasted a perfectly good evening listening to some lady in high heels talk about how cheap it is going to be to travel the world.
Anybody else ever get sucked into one of these SCAMS?
