Kirby, Hawkeye QCK,Davenport is a total scam !
- by amcmine Jun 08, 2011
- Review #: 242164
Kirby
Consumer Relations Department
44102
Cleveland OH
http://www.kirby.com/
1-800-494-8586
| Company | Kirby |
| Product / Service | Kirby Vacuum Cleaners |
| Location | Grand Mound, Iowa |
| Category | Appliances and Electronics |
| Views | 99 |
What a crock! three girls came to my door and told me they were doing a promo for a new "CARPET CLEANING BUSINESS" in the area and they would shampoo any room of my house as advertisement hoping I would in return be satisfied and tell others...
Since we were looking to have our carpets professionally cleaned anyway, I figured this was a perfect way to see if I like their product. I told them I would hire them back to do the other rooms if all went well - they told me that's what they were hoping for, 'future business'
They said, they "would move all my furniture and shampoo my carpets free of charge, I did not have to do anything"... well, as they were out getting their 'equipment', I moved all the furniture. two of the girls left, and the third came in w a vacuum cleaner - a Kirby... I own a Kirby, I hate the attachment hassle so it stays in my closet and I use my Dyson, which I love!
She vacuumed a 3x3 area to show me how well it worked... I didn't care, my vacuum works awesome, its just that the room she was in, was the walkway between the garage and the main house w a TV and couches,pretty much an extension of the garage for the guys and their muddy boots.
Long, frustrating story short... she was there over an hour and had only been messing around w the attachments. Then she sprayed the same area w shampoo and vacuumed it up, I saw no change.
I had to leave,I told them from the beginning that I only had about 90 minutes - of course, they said," no problem". She was their w no car and kept telling me that her boss was on his way and he wanted to talk to me...
I explained that I was totally mislead, I had no idea that it was a promo for a Kirby or I never would have agreed. So, I left, told her thanks, if I liked the way the carpets turned out, I would contact them. She acted like that was fine.
So, when I came home - my room had piles of dirt as if they emptied out the bag throughout the room and left about 12 filters laying around! Nothing was even vacuumed except the initial 3x3 area. PLUS, they left the outside door wide open so every fly in the county came in...
I'm ticked, this was a con and a wast of my time not to mention I moved all my furniture and now have a room filled w flies! Can I file a complaint ? Is there anything I can do to prevent others from this con ? 387dd20
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Aron
May 30, 2012
In 4 days I work over 60 hours, thats over 12 hours a day and i did not get paid one cent. It a commission based job and they will say you will get paid 1650 or 2150 a month base pay but they don't tell you is that there is a goal you have to reach before you get paid. 55 demostrations for $1650 and 65 demostration for 2150 and if you only do 54 demostration you get paid ZERO dollars.
URGH!!
Apr 09, 2012
JamesR
Mar 14, 2012
Don't fall for the line that the new guy gets a trip to the Dells if he makes this one sale. And don't buy the story that he/she was in an accident and needs the money so bad they are working when they should be in bed. The two guys got their stories switched--the "hurt" guy said he had been rear-ended. His partner who was not in the room at the time began explaining to me that he had bumped his head going over railroad tracks.
They are dishonest con men--you have been warned.
Previous Employee
Mar 05, 2012
HAH
Feb 08, 2012
regional manager for a fortune 500 company says "falt" and "deffinately?" LOLPLEASE. quit lying to people. your company makes me sick.
I am happy and i have a job
Jan 09, 2012
Dont Apply There
Dec 06, 2011
Been There Done That
Nov 22, 2011
Kirby for the most part is not a scam. GREAT product(if used properly). But the sales people do not leave under any circumstance because the people in the van DO NOT COME BACK untill either a) the cops are called b) the demo is over or c) untill they feel like it.
Yes the people who come into your home more then likely hate what they are doing(i know i did)Travelling hours away from home, leaving state occasionally, working 16-18 hour days 6 days a week. They ARE taught to lie to you. you tell them do this little spot, i only have 5 minutes, they are taught to insist to do the whole floor. if you tell the people at the door you only got 5 min, they dont come back for at least an hour even if the demonstrater calls them numerous time, upun this happening the demonstrator will be "talked to" because they didnt do their job right.
I was fired from Kirby because i was in a house doing a demo and the lady said she had to leave, so i made the call. half hour late i called again and agian telling them she had to go. eventually the lady couldnt wait any longer, so she left. I was stuck outside in mid-january in at least two feet of snow for over two hours before they decided to come get me. I was only wearing a tee-shirt dress slacks and open toed shoes. I asked to go back to the office to warm up for a bit, they said no... Show more
LinLohLan
Sep 26, 2011
fireflydarkness
Aug 02, 2011
Anyway, the point is, don't knock this person down because pushy Kirby people lied to get into the house and then wouldn't leave. NO ONE deserves to get treated like that. As far as the writer of this article leaving while they're... Show more
steven sense
Jul 28, 2011
Wait, what?
Jul 20, 2011
Not a dumb person
Jun 26, 2011
Not a dumb person
Jun 26, 2011
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