Be careful.........just an FYI

Buying Furniture off the Back of a Truck
This past Sunday I heard a knock at the door and opened it to find a guy who gave me a quick pitch about how he was in town from North Carolina with a tractor trailer loaded with furniture that they were liquidating as part of the “summer markdown.” He went on to say that they were selling it for $0.30 on the dollar and invited me to see what they had in the truck. It turns out that they were going up and down the street trying to get people to come out to see their wares. We don’t need any furniture, and there’s no way I’m going to buy it off the back of a truck from a guy who cold called at my front door but, curious guy that I am, I went out to see what was up.
When I got out to the street, I noticed that the door of the truck said something about Thomasville Distributing Co. (or something like that) out of High Point, NC. While I’m familiar with the Thomasville brand of furniture, I somehow doubt that these guys were official representatives of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc. It seems more likely that they slapped some letters on a truck that made them sound official and then went out looking for some scammable souls.
Anyway, when I got to the truck, it was chock full of apparently new furniture, ranging from a grandfather clock to living room and bedroom sets. They had some slick brochures and official looking price lists, but it was unclear exactly what brand the furniture was. And what about those low, low bargain prices? Most of the full sets were ‘marked down’ down from ~$10k to ~$3k, which got me wondering… How often do these guys stumble upon someone that’s willing to shell out three grand for furniture off the back of a truck from a total stranger that happened to knock on their door on a Sunday afternoon? It must work at least occasionally, otherwise they wouldn’t be doing it. Beyond this, I’m really curious as to what the underlying scam is — again, I’m assuming here that people with legitimate truckloads of Thomasville furniture don’t make a living by pulling into subdivisions and trying to unload their wares in the middle of the street. I’ve Googled around a bit looking for an answer, but I haven’t run across anything related to this.
Was this really Thomasville furniture, or some sort of knockoff? Were the pieces factory seconds, or perhaps otherwise damaged? Or maybe they were stolen? Then again, maybe it’s perfectly normal for roving furniture salesman to go door-to-door trying to offload a truckload of home furnishings on a Sunday afternoon.

Beware of teens selling magazines!

In case anyone out there doesn't know this yet, do not buy magazines from the kids who come door-to-door selling subscriptions. They'll get into this whole very charming spiel about how they're earning "points" to buy books for college, and they're there to learn better communication skills and be inspired by people in the community.
But they're there to sell magazine subscriptions (that may or may not ever arrive) at inflated prices, NOT for any charity or college fund, but as a for-profit venture in an extremely seedy industry.You are not helping these "sweet" kids by buying into their lies.
You're perpetuating the problem. So don't feel at all guilty about saying no, closing the door, and calling the police to ask if the crew has a permit to solicit in the area.
The kids who just came to my door (all adorable wide-eyed smiles when trying to hook me, and abusive and cursing when I politely turned them down) were from American Community Services, Inc., but there are many such organizations that function like gangs and ensnare kids into a truly horrible lifestyle.Some links:
http://www.travelingsalescrews.info/
www.parentwatch.org/
http://www.magcrew.com/

Southwest Elementary School Fall Festival

FALL FESTIVAL!

October 10th, 2008 Very 1st annual Southwest Elementary Fall Festival!!!

Plans are underway for a very special fund raising event.

If you would like to donate your talents or resources please let us know ASAP.
Email or contact Sharron Vogler at sharron.vogler@trcstaffing.com or 255-3775.

***We are going to need:
Manpower - VOLUNTEERS
MONEY (sponsorships available)
Contacts – Do you know people who will donate items?
STUFF: BBQ, hotdogs, pumpkins, pony rides, inflatable bounce houses, rock climbing
wall, large auction items (grills, playground equipment, lawnmowers), games, entertainment.

We hope this event will be the only fundraising event for the year.
BBQ Dinner
Raffles
Games
Entertainment
Pumpkins decorating contest
Maybe even a 5K!!! Start training this summer!!!
Get ready for a FUN event for the entire family!

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