Saw the high-pressure TimeShare post and had to share a similar experience.
Long story short, new baby. DW put her email into some mommy form and next thing I know she's telling me how we get something free and that I need to be home on such and such date when they drop it off.
Originally the red flags flew right by me. Then that Sunday came right after dinner, "So you will be home after dinner this person is stopping by".
Shoot, why would I need to be home "No I', not" DW to me:"But they said both parents need to be there"
Oh boy... now the red flag is up.
Feller shows up, offers us some free child safety kit if we donate canned goods, and proceeds to befriend us asking about our roots, high school alum etc, and also pries about insurance. Term, Life, Insurance.
I turn to DW with my surprised-eyed look, in the middle of his napkin numbers game and say, "well typically before I commit to a Term Life Insurance plan I do my diligence which includes diligent research". Trying to elude that I was somewhat surprised by his offering and not ready to commit...in a nice way. Of course he starts rattling off different products and returns and all I can think of is how I bought AAPL at $96/share and how I bought VHT way back at $70...and how I have enough money to cover any possible short term insurance loss...
And I finally interrupt him and his pitch and just blatantly state "Look we have enough, I am adequately insured and my investments more than outweigh my risks". He got the message and left but not before signing us up for "free" $2,000 worth of supplemental life.
That was one of those moments where I didn't even really need to recap with DW what happened, she knew it was a mistake.
Long story short, new baby. DW put her email into some mommy form and next thing I know she's telling me how we get something free and that I need to be home on such and such date when they drop it off.
Originally the red flags flew right by me. Then that Sunday came right after dinner, "So you will be home after dinner this person is stopping by".
Shoot, why would I need to be home "No I', not" DW to me:"But they said both parents need to be there"
Oh boy... now the red flag is up.
Feller shows up, offers us some free child safety kit if we donate canned goods, and proceeds to befriend us asking about our roots, high school alum etc, and also pries about insurance. Term, Life, Insurance.
I turn to DW with my surprised-eyed look, in the middle of his napkin numbers game and say, "well typically before I commit to a Term Life Insurance plan I do my diligence which includes diligent research". Trying to elude that I was somewhat surprised by his offering and not ready to commit...in a nice way. Of course he starts rattling off different products and returns and all I can think of is how I bought AAPL at $96/share and how I bought VHT way back at $70...and how I have enough money to cover any possible short term insurance loss...
And I finally interrupt him and his pitch and just blatantly state "Look we have enough, I am adequately insured and my investments more than outweigh my risks". He got the message and left but not before signing us up for "free" $2,000 worth of supplemental life.
That was one of those moments where I didn't even really need to recap with DW what happened, she knew it was a mistake.