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Something to Think About…Be Aware

By Jay Hoover

I thought I was smart enough not to fall for what took place this past week. On the weekend I had a salesperson come to my home to give me a cost on using their product to protect the eavestroughs on our home from debris.

The salesperson came, measured the lengths of eavestroughs we have, and then started his sales pitch. (We have roughly 100 feet of eavestroughs. This I realized later after I went and measured them myself.)

After giving some of the sales pitch he gave me a quoted price of $12,000 plus HST. He said, “what do you think?” I said NO. He then asked me what I thought a reasonable price should be. I said, “way less than half.” So he made a phone call to his boss. The person on the other end of the phone line said, “the best we can do is $5,000 plus HST, what do you think?” That sounded reasonable at that time compared to the $12,000, and I agreed. I should have taken time to really think about this, but I did not.

Over the weekend we gave this a lot of thought. It was going to cost us, in my estimate, $50 a foot for material and installation. There is no way it should cost that. We decided to cancel the contract. On Monday I sent a registered letter to this company's head office to cancel the contract. (Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 a contract can be cancelled within the days allowed under the Act.)

Now I wait to see. I did contact our credit card provider to inform them.

Contents for May, 2022

Our Church Anniversary – 186 Years!
From Darrell's Desk
Summer is Coming
Youth Group Activities
VBS Day Camp 2022
Money Talk
Steve's Trivia Game
Oneida Baptist Camp
Something to Think About…Be Aware
Soup Recipe
Happy Easter
Lessons in Greek
Praying for Sister Churches
Celebrating 100 Years in the Sanctuary
Opportunities for Everyone
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