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(#16) Finding A Nursing Home
From Redditor /u/conurecrazy:
When finding a home for your elderly parents, set up an appointment but come in a few minutes early and say (don't ask) you will walk around for a quick look. The receptionist likely wont refuse you, and the sales person won't be ready for you. These places like to show you only the stuff they want you to see when being led around by a salesperson.
Chat with a resident or a staff member, they'll be the most honest with you.
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(#14) Dirty Mattress Practice
From Redditor /u/hkgolding:
Mattress stores that have the 'find it anywhere else for cheaper, you get your money back!' deal and a contract with the manufacturer to make the exact same model of bed, but with a model name specific to that store, so nobody can ever cash in on that deal.
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(#4) 'Accidentally' Adding Something To Your Order
From Redditor /u/Kingtycoon:
An older fellow I know had a bodega and he'd put a can of cream corn on the counter by the register. This was some time ago, so the can had a price tag of $.17. He sold that can of cream corn to everyone who bought anything there. If they realized they were paying too much he'd just say he thought that was their can of corn.
Most people didn't notice though, and he sold that same can of cream corn maybe twenty times a day.
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(#6) Companies Track Deed Registrations To Trick New Owners
From Redditor /u/fathqua:
When I was in the process of moving into my current home, I transferred the title of my old home and land to my sister because she was buying it and moving in when I left. Within the next few weeks she started getting all the 'welcome to the neighborhood' coupons and flyers. She didn't even change her address, so I assume companies track title changes with the register of deeds.
The sketchiest was a pest control company claiming to have an existing account on the property and recommending she continue to use their services. They detailed dates and changes; referenced termites. It was all lies. All the dates shown were while I owned the property and I never even heard of this company before she received that letter.
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(#2) Contractors Tried To Get Paid Twice
From Redditor /u/mymusekilleditself:
When my grandmother was in the hospital, her landscaper and handyman both contacted me to tell me she hadn't paid them and they'd been trying to to reach her and on and on. I'd already paid both bills from her account and when I questioned them, they remembered real quick.
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(#10) Stealing Business Through Google
From Redditor /u/surfnsound:
If a Google business listing isn't claimed and controlled by a company, a competing company can weasel their way in and direct people to their business by, say, changing the phone number.
There was an article recently about how drug counselors in the Philadelphia area had it happen to them. Their listing phone number was changed to an 800 number, which directed callers to an inpatient rehab facility in Florida. It was discovered when one of these counselors started noticing his patients suddenly not showing up. He called one of them and found out he was at this facility in Florida.
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