breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Aug 15, 2014 15:19:39 GMT
I don't know the whole story because DH is so freaked out he won't talk much. Yesterday I was not home and a door to door salesman came to the door. DH answered it, why I don't know. Anyway to get the guy to go away he gave him his email address. After the guy left DH looked up the company and flipped out. Apparently it was some kind of "when you sell your house sell it with us" company and by giving your email address you have agreed to sell your house with them "or else". I can't find the flier DH had (he probably took it to work) but it started with an E. Encore, Enterprise something like that.
DH I guess chased the guy down (he was still on our street) and demanded to be removed from the list, called the company etc (he had to get the phone number from the salesman it was not on their flier or website) and is still convinced he's sold our life away...
So can you be signed into a contract like that with only giving out your email address? Or is DH freaking out over nothing?
I'm still not sure why he answered the door, we have been getting a lot of them lately... We will be plastering the house with no soliciting signs (our old one fell off) as soon as I go out and buy them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 15:20:55 GMT
No that isn't legally possible. Giving an email address does not constitute a binding contract.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 15, 2014 15:25:01 GMT
I've never heard of it, but these scammers will try anything to get money out of people. Obviously giving an email address isn't a contract, because if that were the case people could give out anyone's email address and bind them to some contract. lol. Scammer comes to my door, I'm mad at my neighbor, scammer asks for my email address so I say "myneighbor @ whatever.com" and boom I've gotten back at my neighbor for whatever he/she did to me.  |
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Post by christine58 on Aug 15, 2014 15:34:26 GMT
Big time scam...I'd notify your local town etc. Here people have to have permission to sell etc door to door. Tell your DH to chill
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 15:40:42 GMT
if he is that worried, have him get a new email and close down the one he gave out.
Really, I think he is worrying for nothing.
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Post by ljsmom on Aug 15, 2014 15:51:09 GMT
Just reading this is stressing me out b/c you both seem to be stressing out. Like was said earlier, providing an email address can't be a legally binding agreement to have them list the property at any time in the future. When he starts getting email from them I would hit unsubscribe and carry on with life. In the future work with your husband on communicating a simple "not interested"  |
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Post by JustKim on Aug 15, 2014 15:51:53 GMT
I would contact the local police about this scam..dont want vulnerable people robbed.. the police should know so they can notify the public
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Post by freebird on Aug 15, 2014 15:53:24 GMT
Your husband needs to stop and think about it with logic. Do you REALLY think that just giving an email would be a legal binding contract? think about it, someone could just go to a website and get your email. Real estate has many many laws pertaining to it and just having an email wouldn't even come close to being anything that would pass muster.
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Post by alibama on Aug 15, 2014 15:56:49 GMT
There is no way that is legal. Tell you DH to stop worrying.
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Aug 15, 2014 15:58:08 GMT
I'm not stressed except that DH is stressed. He seems to have calmed down now that he's gotten a cancellation email. He didn't sign anything, used his junk email address, the only other info they have is our address. I'm annoyed another door to door salesperson was here, the last one we had just gotten out of the car after a vacation and she saw us pull up and waited in the driveway. We should have locked ourselves in the car or turned around and drove off  |
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Post by Peamac on Aug 15, 2014 16:04:52 GMT
I would contact the local police about this scam..dont want vulnerable people robbed.. the police should know so they can notify the public  |
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Post by onlywork2scrap on Aug 15, 2014 16:55:00 GMT
Contact the police. I would call a television station too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 16:56:39 GMT
Contact the police. I would call a television station too. Why would you contact a tv station? While I hate door to door salespeople it is legal in most places. |
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Post by ladytrisha on Aug 15, 2014 17:10:18 GMT
no signatures, no contract.
You both need to relax.
And learn to say no and close the door (if you open it).
Standing policy in our house - which I inform all those who ring our bell to sell me crap - is that I never buy anything that is solicited door to door or over the phone.
Bye-bye, close door, release the hounds!
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Aug 15, 2014 17:32:15 GMT
Contact the police. I would call a television station too. Why would you contact a tv station? While I hate door to door salespeople it is legal in most places. If there's a consumer reporter who could report on this type of scam it might help a lot of people who are older and more vulnerable to this kind of thing. I don't think it's an outlandish idea. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 17:34:27 GMT
Why would you contact a tv station? While I hate door to door salespeople it is legal in most places. If there's a consumer reporter who could report on this type of scam it might help a lot of people who are older and more vulnerable to this kind of thing. I don't think it's an outlandish idea. But they don't even know it is a scam. The dh is going off on a wild tangent on something he read on the internet. I don't know. It seems like a huge overreaction. |
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Post by underwatermama on Aug 15, 2014 17:35:48 GMT
I think the way they would try to loop you into their scam is to send you an email at a later date and say you need to pay whatever amount to have them remove you from this list. Or something like that.
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Post by LAM88 on Aug 15, 2014 17:42:37 GMT
I'm not stressed except that DH is stressed. He seems to have calmed down now that he's gotten a cancellation email. He didn't sign anything, used his junk email address, the only other info they have is our address. I'm annoyed another door to door salesperson was here, the last one we had just gotten out of the car after a vacation and she saw us pull up and waited in the driveway. We should have locked ourselves in the car or turned around and drove off Seriously not trying to be snarky, but why is it you have so much trouble dealing with unwanted solicitors? When I get an unwanted solicitation call, I tell them I'm not interested (usually while they are speaking) as I'm hanging up the phone. When I get an unwanted solicitor at my door, I tell them I'm not interested either through the window or as I'm shutting the door. I don't even wait to hear the sales pitch. If someone cornered me in the driveway I would tell them I wasn't interested as I walked into my house shutting the door behind me, even if they're in mid-sentence. If they don't have respect for me telling them I'm not interested then why would I have respect to hear them out? |
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 15, 2014 17:44:49 GMT
Locking yourself in the car to avoid sales people is extreme. You have the power. Tell them to take a hike. Please don't let sales people intimidate you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2014 23:05:47 GMT
No - you're not locked into a lifetime contract. Changing your email address is not a bad idea if you start getting contacted. Notifying the local police, attorney general's office and the local TV station are also all good ideas. You might find they are already "on the radar" of government officials as a scam.
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Post by Zee on Aug 16, 2014 23:11:48 GMT
An email address does not constitute a legally binding contract any more than a phone number would. If he's that worried, he can easily get rid of that email (especially as you said it was his junk email address) and make a new one. Nothing to freak out about.
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Post by chaosisapony on Aug 16, 2014 23:21:13 GMT
There's no way, that makes absolutely no sense.
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Post by tuva42 on Aug 16, 2014 23:21:23 GMT
Really? He thought giving someone his e-mail address was a legally binding contract to sell his house?
This company is obviously scamming him.
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Post by tuva42 on Aug 16, 2014 23:24:11 GMT
Really? He thought giving someone his e-mail address was a legally binding contract to sell his house?
This company is obviously scamming him.
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