Rainbow Vacuum cleaner company wants

[DawnM]

Ok, I am really wanting to cancel. They didn't leave any number to call them back! Will they call to confirm?

Otherwise I may be gone when they get here. I don't want to pay a booking fee and honestly, any time I have sat through a time share I have left feeling like I needed a long shower.....I HATE sales people.

How do I cancel with no phone number?

Dawn

 

[Nancyg56]

Ok, I am really wanting to cancel. They didn't leave any number to call them back! Will they call to confirm?

Otherwise I may be gone when they get here. I don't want to pay a booking fee and honestly, any time I have sat through a time share I have left feeling like I needed a long shower.....I HATE sales people.

How do I cancel with no phone number?

Dawn

If there is no contact info on your paperwork there is really nothing that you can do unless there is a name of the business somewhere that you can try to contact. Honestly, if you really are not interested don't let them in. I remember vacuum sales being hard sales and I would not put myself through it. I would hate to do that but the salesperson left that info out to back you into a corner.

I never buy from door to door people. If I want a product I find a business that I can negotiate a price and know I can bring my product back if I have issues.

 

[DawnM]

There is no paperwork. It was simply a phone call. I am assuming they will call to confirm, but the phone call ID said, "Unknown" as the return caller.

When they call to confirm I will cancel. If they call and leave a message, they will either need to leave a number to call back or will have to not be upset that I will not be home when they get here!

I was taken a bit off-guard when they said they needed to come in person to bring my "prize." I should have cut it off right then, but the woman continued on about how they just want my opinion on their product and they would get paid the same if I bought or not and they had no intention of selling me anything, it was just to deliver my prize.

Now I am actually angry at their tactics and angry at my stupidity. That alone has turned me off of their product!

In my 16 years of marriage I have had 2 sales people come to the house. Both times the person left in a huge huff telling us what complete morons we were for wasting their time and not buying their overpriced items. Both times I had to tell them to GET OUT of my house after their little rants.

Dawn

If there is no contact info on your paperwork there is really nothing that you can do unless there is a name of the business somewhere that you can try to contact. Honestly, if you really are not interested don't let them in. I remember vacuum sales being hard sales and I would not put myself through it. I would hate to do that but the salesperson left that info out to back you into a corner.

I never buy from door to door people. If I want a product I find a business that I can negotiate a price and know I can bring my product back if I have issues.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

There is no paperwork. It was simply a phone call. I am assuming they will call to confirm, but the phone call ID said, "Unknown" as the return caller.

When they call to confirm I will cancel. If they call and leave a message, they will either need to leave a number to call back or will have to not be upset that I will not be home when they get here!

I was taken a bit off-guard when they said they needed to come in person to bring my "prize." I should have cut it off right then, but the woman continued on about how they just want my opinion on their product and they would get paid the same if I bought or not and they had no intention of selling me anything, it was just to deliver my prize.

Now I am actually angry at their tactics and angry at my stupidity. That alone has turned me off of their product!

In my 16 years of marriage I have had 2 sales people come to the house. Both times the person left in a huge huff telling us what complete morons we were for wasting their time and not buying their overpriced items. Both times I had to tell them to GET OUT of my house after their little rants.

Dawn

don't blame yourself. they have been using those tactics for years (I recall being contacted in the 70's by them, trying to sell me one)

when they show up, ask for your prize up front.

they only want your opinion? tell them that after research, your opinion is that they are selling nothing more than an overpriced humidifier that is attached to a vaccume cleaner.

 

[tar heel]

I have no doubt that it works well, but I'm not going to pay that much for a vacuum cleaner period. I had a demo back when I was single and had a cat. The salesman said the water contained "half my cat." "My" vacuum at the time was a hand-me-down Hoover that had seen it's better days, but I didn't have the money for the Rainbow and would have spent it on something else if I had. I had enough sense to know that a vacuum is not something you make payments on.

 

[DawnM]

I won't make payments on ANYTHING but a house, period!

Dawn

I have no doubt that it works well, but I'm not going to pay that much for a vacuum cleaner period. I had a demo back when I was single and had a cat. The salesman said the water contained "half my cat." "My" vacuum at the time was a hand-me-down Hoover that had seen it's better days, but I didn't have the money for the Rainbow and would have spent it on something else if I had. I had enough sense to know that a vacuum is not something you make payments on.

 

[rapriebe]

I have owned 2 rainbows and I swear by them (not at them). Our first one was almost 20 years old when we replaced it. They gave us an awesome credit for the old one and it wasn't that expensive for the new one. If I ever have a problem with this one, I'll purchase another one. It's great to vacuum and not have the dusty smell in the house. And the water is just disgusting when you throw it out

But if you are definitely not interested in one, let's hope they call to confirm before they come out. If they do come out, just make sure you are firm at the beginning that you are not interested. No point in wasting your time and theirs.

 

[DawnM]

UPDATE: I did let him in. He stayed for 2.5 HOURS! Very nice guy and I did get my weekend get away but did NOT buy the vacuum. I do like it a lot, but there is no way I am spending $2000 plus $170 in tax on a vacuum cleaner!

The only thing that was shady (IMO) was that he asked me to refer 8 of my friends. I told him no but then he said he won't get credit for the demo or get paid for it if I didn't submit names and then he promised me he would NOT call them unless I called him first to say it was ok after talking to my friends.

I don't believe him and expect my friends to get calls. I have already sent out emails warning them in advance.

Also, he didn't tell me they had to be local, and I didn't even think about it until after he was gone, but all the numbers I gave him were of folks who don't live locally.

BTW: I see them listed on CL for $400-$500 for the older models and $800-$900 for the new models. The new models I guess just came out this past year, so they would be pretty new.

Dawn

 

[luvthatdisney]

My DS sold Rainbows for a while this past summer. The first part of his sales pitch was to get the customer to "recommend" 10 friends that they could contact for possible showings - 3 had to agree to a showing before he could get the "green light" to proceed with the showing. Very scripted and he did not like that.

He had to attend "sales meetings" each week, but it was just really time for him to call and set up his own showings. If his customers could not get them for him he had to come up with his own. He hated calling people, so he quit. I would say for about 5 weeks of working with him he made $500. You have to get people to join under you, like a pyramid scheme. I was glad he quit.

The vacuum really seem to clean well, but there are some videos on youtube that show all of the dust and other things vacuumed up do not stay in the water. I was shocked. Watch for yourself before you buy one.

Oh, I wanted to mention they could not set up a showing unless the house they would be showing at had at least 3 rooms of carpet.

 

[DawnM]

Well, I think they have changed that carpet requirement because I TOLD them we had hardwood floors throughout! He came anyway!


I hate sales, just hate it. I wouldn't do it!

Dawn

My DS sold Rainbows for a while this past summer. The first part of his sales pitch was to get the customer to "recommend" 10 friends that they could contact for possible showings - 3 had to agree to a showing before he could get the "green light" to proceed with the showing. Very scripted and he did not like that.

He had to attend "sales meetings" each week, but it was just really time for him to call and set up his own showings. If his customers could not get them for him he had to come up with his own. He hated calling people, so he quit. I would say for about 5 weeks of working with him he made $500. You have to get people to join under you, like a pyramid scheme. I was glad he quit.

The vacuum really seem to clean well, but there are some videos on youtube that show all of the dust and other things vacuumed up do not stay in the water. I was shocked. Watch for yourself before you buy one.

Oh, I wanted to mention they could not set up a showing unless the house they would be showing at had at least 3 rooms of carpet.

 

[Toni Eder]

I have no doubt that it works well, but I'm not going to pay that much for a vacuum cleaner period. I had a demo back when I was single and had a cat. The salesman said the water contained "half my cat." "My" vacuum at the time was a hand-me-down Hoover that had seen it's better days, but I didn't have the money for the Rainbow and would have spent it on something else if I had. I had enough sense to know that a vacuum is not something you make payments on.

Sooo you think it’s much better to pay for a dry vacuum that blows dust and allergens back in your house, stores germs, then blows them back in your house, then buy them over and over again and still have a dirty house. You have zero idea how good your cheap vacuum is until you compare it with something that is good. Quality always costs more. Because your clean standards and needs are different doesn’t mean you are the supreme judge.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sooo you think it’s much better to pay for a dry vacuum that blows dust and allergens back in your house, stores germs, then blows them back in your house, then buy them over and over again and still have a dirty house. You have zero idea how good your cheap vacuum is until you compare it with something that is good. Quality always costs more. Because your clean standards and needs are different doesn’t mean you are the supreme judge.

Welcome to the dis, Toni.

I always enjoy these super old threads, nice (but sad also) seeing all the names of posters from the past.