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NATIONAL GIFTING CENTER?
Sep 06, 2008 by jocjoc | Posted in Personal Finance
Got a phone call today from guy with an indian accent to get a guaranteed prize from National Gifting Center to choose from five prizes - a carribean cruise, tv, $1000, hilton hotel acc., orlando package. He was verifying info about our address, family income and got our names from a ballot we filled up last December 2007 from a department store and mentioned some and told him I can't remember about that and said I could not since it's sometime ago and the prizes were from a promotional deal from Ford. I got skeptical but curios so I just kept him going to find out the end of it.
After verifying some info and it's scary how they got those personal info, he passed the phone to his manager - Sam Anderson with same accent but speaks more clearly than the first guy. He gave me the address to get the prize at TVS Bldg. 216, Chrislea Rd. 2nd Flr, Woodbridge L4L 8S5 - on scheduled sessions - Sunday at 10:30 / 12:00 / 1:30 and I told him we're not available so he gave me weekdays schedule - Tue/Wed/Thurs at 6:45pm and to call him back at 647-477-4150 to make an appointment so he can reserve VIP seats!!!
Right after that phone call I looked it up on the internet and found same related experiences. So, what happens to this people they're still out there free to lure victims for some years now who could stop them?
Legally, these people can't be stopped. They are the cockroaches of the world.
Here, come sit through a high-pressured sales pitch for something you can't afford and you can win a prize. I know people who bragged that they actually would go, sit stone-faced through the sales presentation and then walk away with a $50 tv. (My time for 4 hours is worth more than a $50 tv!)
The problem is, these people have mastered the art of selling. I know people who own not one but two or three timeshares because they went to these things. Many thought they could back out of the deal if they changed their mind after signing (not true!).
Read this article for even more slieght of hand. The couple was told they had 3 days to change their mind, then tricked into waiving the 3 days. It cost them $7500.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/perso nal/07/25/caution.no.free.stuff/index.ht ml
