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SilentKnight · 02-27-2006, 01:38 PM

Our house is 118 years old with a 28-yr-old furnace and a now-defunct 15-yr-old central AC unit.

So we're obviously in the market for replacements for both.

We spotted a full-page ad in a local newspaper by a local heating & AC company that advertises a new high-efficiency furnace and air conditioning installation for $1,400 (plus taxes).

As their ad goes - they'd made a special off-season purchase of 61 units (normally worth over $4,400) and were clearing them out at the special price.

My finely-tuned bullshit detector told me it all sounded too good to be true, but curiosity got the better of us so we called and set up an appointment for this afternoon.

The guy arrives and right from the start says he wants to clear up some ambiguously-worded details in the ad. He'd only been in the door 2 minutes and already the red flag had gone up.

As it turns out, the furnace was free (gasp!), and so was the installation - IF we paid the full retail for the central air conditioner. We found out the central air was "only" $4,700.

But I pointed out to the guy how the ad made it sound as though the furnace and AC were $1,400 installed total. He agreed that's how it initially sounded 'on the surface', and that's what he wanted to clear up with us.

So I verbally ripped the guy a new one, explained that his company had wasted our entire day...and promptly showed him the door.

I really fuckin' hate companies that intentionally misrepresent themselves with ambiguous and misleading wording in their ads just to get their foot in the door to deliver their high-pressure sales pitch.

Fuckers...

02-27-2006, 01:38 PM
SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	Companies that misrepresent themselves... Our house is 118 years old with a 28-yr-old furnace and a now-defunct 15-yr-old central AC unit. So we're obviously in the market for replacements for both. We spotted a full-page ad in a local newspaper by a local heating & AC company that advertises a new high-efficiency furnace and air conditioning installation for $1,400 (plus taxes). As their ad goes - they'd made a special off-season purchase of 61 units (normally worth over $4,400) and were clearing them out at the special price. My finely-tuned bullshit detector told me it all sounded too good to be true, but curiosity got the better of us so we called and set up an appointment for this afternoon. The guy arrives and right from the start says he wants to clear up some ambiguously-worded details in the ad. He'd only been in the door 2 minutes and already the red flag had gone up. As it turns out, the furnace was free (gasp!), and so was the installation - IF we paid the full retail for the central air conditioner. We found out the central air was "only" $4,700. But I pointed out to the guy how the ad made it sound as though the furnace and AC were $1,400 installed total. He agreed that's how it initially sounded 'on the surface', and that's what he wanted to clear up with us. So I verbally ripped the guy a new one, explained that his company had wasted our entire day...and promptly showed him the door. I really fuckin' hate companies that intentionally misrepresent themselves with ambiguous and misleading wording in their ads just to get their foot in the door to deliver their high-pressure sales pitch. Fuckers...