B.W. Hewes & Associates

THREE WEEKS AGO, [redacted], OF THE HEWES CO. CALLED ME WITH AN [redacted]. IT WAS MOSTLY DEMOGRAPHICS, AND SHE SAID MY NAME WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN UPCOMING DRAWING. SHE CALLED ON 2/11/14 AND AGAIN IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS HEWES CO. SHE SAID MY NAME HAD BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE A FREE ONE ROOM AIR CLEANER. MY NAME WOULD ALSO BE ENTERED INTO THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING. A WORKER FROM HER COMPANY WOULD BE IN MY AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 P.M. TO DELIVER THE AIR CLEANER IF THAT WAS OK. I SAID IT WAS. SHE THEN SAID THE WORKER WOULD BE THERE 10-15 MINUTES TO TELL ME ABOUT THE COMPANY. WHEN I ASKED WHAT THEY SOLD, SHE SAID [redacted] VACUUM CLEANERS. I ALREADY OWN ONE AND HAD NO INTENTION OF BUYING ANOTHER. AT 6:40, THE WORKER, HER HUSBAND, ARRIVED WITH THE AIR CLEANER, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS [redacted], SHOWED US HIS [redacted] PIN AND AN AD ON HIS PHONE THAT HE WAS AAA RATED. HE THEN BEGAN TALKING ABOUT OUR HOME (A MODULAR), AND HOW BAD THE AIR QUALITY WAS, THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY OWNED ONE AND DIDN'T LIKE IT, ETC. HE SHOWED US THE SCENTS TO USE IN THE AIR CLEANER, AND I SAID I ALREADY HAD SOME. HE ASKED IF I OWNED A [redacted] VAC, AND I SAID YES. HE LOOKED AT IT, DETERMINED IT WAS 12+ YEARS OLD, DESCRIBED THE NEWER MODELS, AND TRIED HARD TO WORK OUT A TRADE FOR OUR MODEL. HE STARTED AT $800, THEN DROPPED TO $700 WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS AN OLDER MODEL. WE DID NOT BUY OR TRADE, BUT HE TOOK THE AIR CLEANER WITH HIM BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT LOOK AT ONE OF HIS VACUUM CLEANERS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY DECEPTIVE, CALLED THE NUMBER HE HAD LEFT ON MY VAC, GOT HIM, AND ASKED FOR HIS HOME NUMBER, WHICH HE GAVE ME. WHEN I TALKED WITH HIS WIFE, SHE SAID SHE HAD TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT HIS PRODUCT (SHE DID NOT) IN ORDER TO GET THE AIR CLEANER. I REALLY DON'T NEED OR WANT THE CLEANER, BUT FIND THEIR TACTICS VERY DECEPTIVE AND CERTAINLY NOT UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE [redacted]. I THINK THIS IS WORTHY OF YOUR TIME TO CONTACT THEM RE. THEIR TACTICS AS WELL AS HIS CLAIM OF BEING A MEMBER.