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I've heard about stuff like this and I've heard it's a bunch of crap...that they do try to sell you on memberships for things, timeshares, shopping centres that require an annual fee, things lik ethat. It makes me weary, I won't go to anything like that.
I went to a similar one (maybe the same company). They did a demonstration and then proceded to give us the opportunity to purchase some of their products if we wanted to. They didn't pressure sales us at all. I actually ended up buying something because I liked it...
There's no harm in going. If they're like the one I went to, they're probably offering you some kind of free gift. Beware, if you hear the phrase "time share," beat it out of there though. :D
It's basically a huge sales pitch - no harm in going if you're interested - I had a friend who went to one of those and ended up buying some cookware that she is super excited about.
thanks girls... to be honest i do will like some awesome cookware because i love to cook but believe me that if they say timeshare i will run out of there like flash
I got a call for something similar, where they also said I would get some kind of "free" vacation if I went. I think the people who called me were called Pink Apron, or something like that. It sounded very scammy to me, so I didn't go. Not sure if it really was a scam, or if its the same people who called you, but the notice that I'd "won" a vacation I never entered a contest to win seemed dubious to me.
I would tend to agree with jenbrander- it sounds more like a cookware demonstration to me. There's no harm in it- some of us like that stuff- but just remember: there's no such thing as a free lunch!!
I've received a call similar to yours a couple of months ago saying I won a free honeymoon after entering in a drawing at the expo. As any bride would be, I was excited! They said all I had to do was bring my Fiance with me to the hotel that they were having a seminar at and complete a survey after they show'd us a demonstration of cookware.
I ended up not going because I googled their website along with the word scam, and sure enough, it was a scam.
What a way to get my hopes up, but I'm so glad I checked before I went.
@mzjrmz they never game the name of the company! should i be worry
There's been a lot of posts about these kinds of offers on the boards lately. Try searching for the company on Weddingbee and see if one of the old threads comes up. That may give you an idea.
we have been to a thing like that. What's the name of the products? If its what we're thinking, they ARE AMAZING!! and I really wish we could have gotten some. But its a really cool thing to go to!
I'd be very wary. I wouldn't want to sit at a hotel for 2.5 hours watching someone demonstrate their product to you--that sounds really tedious to me! If you want nice cookware, it would be much easier to just research the good brands online or at the store and pick the ones you want. What's probably going to happen is the people selling the cookware are going to make you feel very pressured to buy, either because you feel sorry for them that they went through all the effort of doing the presentation, or because you feel obligated since there aren't that many other people there. They might even have a "fake" couple there oohing and ahhing over the products and buying them to encourage you to buy.
Now I could be wrong about all this, but I guess I just don't see how you're likely to get much good out of it.
I also had scammy type people call me after I went to a bridal expo, telling me I had won a free honeymoon and I just had to sit through a demonstration. After googling, I figured out it was a total scam. Beware!
i just called the hotel where they have the presentation and the lady told me that the company is called Celebrity Cookware. have any of you heard about this?
@ Magenta
This is what I googled. It's very similar to the offer I received. The company who contacted me was Royal Prestige/Gateway Bridal
http://www.yelp.com/biz/celebrity-china-and-cookware-salt-lake-city
I saw the same Yelp write-up....doesn't look good.
There's also this:
http://thedoorlessstall.tripod.com/whatswrongwithpeople/celebrity.html
Not the best written article, but you get the idea. :(
If you google it, you won't find anything good about it...
for example: http://thedoorlessstall.tripod.com/whatswrongwithpeople/celebrity.html
there's a bunch of companies that run these demonstrations. they pressure you to buy overpriced cookware. I would say at best this is a waste of time.
thank you girls... i found the same thing online... yeap, im not going then...
It's scary how they got all these scams going on out there. When I googled the company who called me, this is what I found. They'll have you sit through a demonstration of their products convincing you to buy (but whether or not you decide to purchase, they will still give you the honeymoon-which was them paying for a 3 day hotel stay/not flight), and if you decide not to buy they'll still send you the products along with a $2,000+ bill. Which isn't something anyone would want to deal with on top of the wedding stresses.
I too was invited to one thru a bridal fair sign up. It was for a set of really expensive pots, i made note of any names the presenter mentioned went home and gooogled it and found the same pots for 150 dollars less. It's not a necc. a scam but i thought it was a waste of time.
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ok ladies i was invited to a cooking demonstration in a hotel. a nice guy call me because he got my phone number from the bridal expo i went. he told me about his fi and the business. they sell cookware and china. he said that they will be doing a demonstration in a hotel. that is not a sale pitch and that i can leave everything at home.
this is how it work. the demonstration is free. only for couples. there will be no sale that day. and is only for ten couples. it sounds interesting because i love to cook. they said the demonstration will 2 hours and half long.
do you think this is a scam? have you ever been in anything like this??