From: Esther Lumsdon (esther@verdix.com) Subject: Re: WARNING: CHAPEL SALES, Inc (magazines) Newsgroups: misc.consumers Date: 1993-01-21 10:08:28 PST
user jrwaters at domain eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:
>In article Chapel Sales Complaint2 user drevik at domain utkvx3.utk.edu (Drevik, Steve) writes:
>>Spread the word about another band of criminals running
>>door to door. This one is called Chapel Sales, Inc.
>>(nice name, eh? inspires trust) and is out of New Jersey.
>>
>I agree that these guys are crooks. The minute the salesman left the
>apartment I knew something was wrong. At that point I took the gamble
>and sent my slips in for cancellation (they had to be there within
>72 hours). This meant that, even if I found the jerks (which I did
>the next day), I couldn't get my money from them. I did let them
>know that I had their license plate number. I got my refund in the mail.
>Something that bothered me about these guys also. I am white. No big deal,
>but it was to these guys. All of these guys and girls were black.
>My salesman, more than once, alluded to the possability that I
>might not buy from him because he was black. Later, when I was upset,
>he said something like "I thought you said you weren't racist . . ."
>These guys were like car salesmen. They were out to play on every
>emotion you could have.
This company went through my apartment complex in Annapolis, MD about 3 years ago. The black salesgirl (no older than 17) told me that this was some sort of scholarship contest for public speaking ability, then gave me the pitch about magazines. I talked to her about a couple of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU is an acronym used by some of the HBCU schools).
I knew more about this category of schools than she did. Much more. She was very surprised, because I am white. I signed up for a couple of magazines, then thought about it and sent in the forms to cancel. It seemed very wierd, because of the "scholarship" angle, and the fact that this girl claimed to be from Atlanta and didn't know the names of any colleges there. I decided that Chapel Sales, Inc. sounded like they were running some wierd sort of scam on their sales force.
I had no problem cancelling my order.
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