The importance of protecting consumer rights
LETHBRIDGE – A few months ago, a friend of mine was alone at home with her two young kids when a stranger knocked at her door. He was from a company she had never heard of, swore he was not selling anything, claimed to be a government contractor, and told her he needed to do a mandatory inspection of her furnace and hot water tank.
He was lying.
She let him in and led him to the furnace and tank, where he took a quick look and proceeded to tell her that they needed to be replaced. Now he wasn’t selling anything, he claimed, he wanted to give her a free furnace if she would only sign up for to a contract.
Luckily my friend had heard of these predatory practices, and after a few red flags she recognized this as one of them. She asked him to leave her house.