I am in Montgomery County, TX, and just dealt with a door-to-door solicitor who asked me 3 questions about air quality, and then wanted my phone number, in exchange for being eligible for a $500 prize. (I refused to give it to him.)
It's a company called Advanced Air Supply Inc. located in Victoria, BC. They use a devious way of obtaining your number by doing door-to-door surveys and collecting your information. Then they call you and say you have "won" a prize, and they want to drop it off at your house. When they show up, they bring along a Majestic Air Filter and try and sell you on it.
DON'T ANSWER THAT NUMBER.
The caller said I'd won a daily draw after answering their survey over the phone a few days ago. I actually regretted giving out my name right after the survey. The caller asked me to select from one of 2 options. After I made my selection she wanted my address for delivery. I asked for the company name, the phone number and the caller's name for verification. The company is Advanced Air Supply at 626 Esquimalt Road, and phone # 250-380-0029. The caller was Kelly. I decided to ask for picking up the gift myself instead of giving out my address for delivery. While talking to the company I had to repeat my request to 3 different persons before they said the gift had to be delivered. So I turned down the gift and refused to give my address.
A young woman came to the door with a 3 question survey and said I was now entered into a draw for $500. Great. Then they called and told me I could have either a steak knife set or a 3 day / 2 night stay in a resort hotel. I said I'll take the hotel stay - thanks. But, he continued, the prize would be delivered to the door and they would like to demo their product. I figured half an hour at most.
A REALLY boring and sketchy guy comes by the house at 8:40PM (he was 10 minutes late), no prize, and begins to do a 2.5 hour infomercial in my living room to sell me a vaccuum cleaner and an air purifier for 5 thousand bucks! I told him to forget it. Then he called his boss from my land line and the BS deals began to flow. I told him exactly what I thought and told him to wrap it up and go. He acted like he was going to cry or something to make me feel sorry for him. I hope he was acting, or else this guy was totally pathetic. HE JUST LEFT. Ugh!
8:30 PM - 11 PM on a Friday night!!
What a bunch of jerks. And I'm an idiot for inviting them into my house. Don't be an idiot too!