Targeting Seniors and the Disabled
If you get a phone call from a mature aged female asking you to undertake a survey about the health of people in your household, tell her politely to get stuffed!!!!! Unfortunately, I did not and three months later the same lady rings me back and says she has a consultant in my area and would like to know if the consultant can come to meet with me to discuss my health compared to what it was when I did the survey. Again, if you have got to this stage, PLEASE say NO! Again unfortunately, I did not. The consultant arrived and was so assertive and overbearing. I was weeks away from the first anniversary of losing my husband and was very vulnerable. She was aware of this but was relentless. She left without discussing my health and $2,000.00 of my money and a debt of $50.00 per fortnight for two years and the biggest problem I have ever purchased. The first chair was so small, and I am a big lady, which the salesperson saw, and it blew its motor in 4 days. They then sent a much larger chair and the litany of problems continued. Finally, one night I fell asleep and was woken by my carer at 6.15pm and as soon as she opened the door, I asked her to look at my back as it was suddenly so painful. She looked and got me to go straight into my bathroom where she applied first aide. The heating pad had malfunctioned and burnt me. My doctor confirmed the next morning that it was indeed a burn in an almost perfect square, just like the heating pad. The company refuses to accept any liability and one of the "no win no fee" solicitors that advertise currently decided if there was no ongoing damage, they could not take the case, and the anxiety and emotional and physical pain I have undergone - well who cares? I just want you to tell as many people as possible that if you get that first phone call - please hang up.