This is sarcastic right?
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Diller <dill...@dillernet.com> To: Karen Heenan <karen6...@msn.com> Cc: lml3new <lml3...@gmail.com>; Ucneighbors List <u...@ucneighbors.org>; pfsni <pf...@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>; purple <univcity@list.purple.com>; ClarkPark Totlot <clarkparktot...@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 16, 2016 3:57 pm Subject: Re: [UC] Re: [UCNeighbors] Scammers at your door.... Verizon has spent months deploying fiber all over our block and all over west philly. I'm not surprised they are walking around trying to sign up people! Their truck has been on our block for weeks. But please refuse, Verizon Fios is a total scam and waste of your money. Use Comcast, it's the best! Comcast is a local employer and offers much better service for the money. -andy ------------------------------ Andrew Diller On Feb 16, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Karen Heenan <karen6...@msn.com> wrote: Linda, I did actually contact Joe Murray at the PPD about this guy. He hasn't gotten back to me, but he said there was a similar occurrence last year with contractors hired by a utility to knock on doors. So these guys may well be legit, but they still have no customer relations skills. The guy who came to my house was young, probably early twenties, African-American, wearing a Verizon jacket but no other ID, a clipboard and some brochures and that was it. He wasn't good at taking no for an answer, and actually came back a second time. The main reason I decided he was legit, instead of a scam, or that he didn't take his earbuds out the entire time he was trying to sell me something. That strikes me totally as a bored independent contractor just doing what he's paid to do. Linda Lee <lml3...@gmail.com> wrote: Kyle, Karen, any description of the guy from yesterday? A guy just worked our block (on 43rd), claiming (to me, at least) to be with PECO, saying I was in violation of something -- I'm not -- that I hadn't dealt with. He too was persistent when I said I couldn't talk with him. Told him it was bs and he scribbled in his tiny notebook and said that was going on my record. I asked him his name and for his ID and he mumbled and went to my neighbor's porch. I went outside to watch him go up the rest of the block. He knocked on all the doors, and just one other person answered and sent him away. He was dark-skinned AfAm, maybe 30s/older, a little stocky, maybe 5'10", no uniform or badge, black (nylon?) jacket, black cap, dark slacks, little spiral notebook. If someone says they represent a utility or known company and won't produce an ID (real or fake), there's no way they are legit. Shouldn't we be reporting these 'occurrences' to the authorities? 911/other ? Has anyone made such reports? Please alert your neighbors, especially seniors, students, and those whose first language is not English, to be wary and not give any info or bill statements to such persons, and by no means do not let them in your house. These people can be very pushy and intimidating, which could scare some folks into giving them what they want... :( L From: Karen Heenan <karen6...@msn.com> Date: February 14, 2016 9:30:53 PM EST Cc: Ucneighbors List <u...@ucneighbors.org> Same guy (or guy with same attitude) was on 45th St last week. Stopped by twice, got the door both times. kyle cassidy <k...@kylecassidy.com> wrote: So ... some dude from Verizon stopped by with a clip board & offered me FiOs. I said I'd love some information on it. He didn't have anything he could leave but wanted to sign me up right now. I said I'd look on line and he said "well, how about I sign you up for an install date and you can look at things on line and if you don't like FiOs you can cancel the install" -- I said no -- my father having once told me that if someone wants you to buy something right now & won't let you think about it they're probably up to no good -- but he was very reluctant to take no for an answer. Eventually I had to just shut the door on him, Fuller Brush salesman style. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UCNeighbors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email toucneighbors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
