My 95-year old mother won the Publisher's Clearing House

[Jstpssng]

Thanks for the heads up.

I actually do know of a person who won. It went to his head. He is an old buddy's uncle. We call him Uncle Jack. He went from drinking a few cold beers daily with his old farmer buddies at a divy country bar, to eating oysters on the half shell and acting all ritzy. One of the first things he did was go tell all his drinking buddies, that they were all a-holes and to never call him.

They probably are glad that he won, and thankful to be rid of him.

 

[TractorGuy]

I remember years ago there was a give away box in a grocery store for a free home cooked meal if you entered to win. Guess what, everyone won. The guy sold pots and pans and he came to your house, family and friends were invited. He was very good, a polished act. We didn’t buy any but two set of my in-laws did and someone I work with bought a set at another “party” he went to. This guy was one of the best salesman I have ever seen. It was pretty decent stuff but probably double it’s real value. As I recall a set was about $1000.

My wife signed up for a "free" carpet cleaning once. A Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman came to our rented house and cleaned the living room carpet and presented his sales pitch. We had a brand new Montgomery Wards vacuum cleaner we had just bought. He would go over our carpet with our vacuum then put a special small filter in the Kirby and go behind to show how much sand was still there. After he cleaned and shampooed and vacuumed again I put a clean bag in the MW vacuum and picked up another batch of sand. We lived in a sandy area and the carpet was full of it. In the end it was after midnight and the guy wouldn't leave. I asked him to leave several times and he told me he wasn't leaving without a signed contract. I finally threatened him and he decided leaving without a signed contract was in fact an option. After that he started calling my wife every day and harassing her. I had to get in touch with his supervisor to make the guy back off. Got our carpet cleaned but it was anything BUT free.