winnipeggers get vacuum sales pitch after doing health survey - top quality air purifiers

A company in Winnipeg is trying to attract people by traveling at a discount, asking them first about health issues and then selling them expensive vacuum cleaners.
Paul Panchyshyn said he received a call from "Winnipeg health" before Christmas, "if he took part in a telephone survey on allergies and air quality, the other person gave him a chance to get a $500 travel voucher.
"I think this is a legitimate investigation.
"They never revealed it was a vacuum sales strategy," Panchyshyn said in an interview with CBC News . ".
"You know, I don't think it's an initial pitch.
Two weeks later, Panchyshyn received another call from "Winnipeg Health" saying that a representative had to come to his house to drop the travel voucher.
The calls turned out to be from a telemarketer at Winnipeg health systems, which claims to be a distributor of air purifiers and vacuum cleaners.
When the representative appears, "he is on the roller with a large bag.
So at the time, I knew there would be some sort of sales promotion, "recalls Panchyshyn.
"I keep telling him I don't need to be so high --
He said, 'Oh, it's okay.
"In order to qualify you for a travel voucher, I just need to complete this demo," he added . ". Following a 2½-hour-
In the long demo of a salesman selling thousands of dollars worth of air purifiers and vacuum cleaners, Panchyshyn did not get his travel voucher.
Instead, he got a brochure from another company telling him to pay another $50 and provide credit card information.
"At the end of the day, I think, well, yes, it's a complete waste of my time," Panchyshyn said . ".
At least three other Winnipeg residents told CBC News that they had similar experiences with Winnipeg Health Services, which they initially thought was a health --
According to the name that appears on their phone, the care agency-
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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authorities say they have received six phone calls asking about the behind-the-scenes of the phone investigation.
"We assure callers that we have no contact with the company or the investigation," WRHA spokesman Heidi Graham told CBC News . ".
"We only conduct professional public research.
We do not offer any prizes or rewards for participating in the survey.
"The Better Business Bureau says it has also received several phone calls over the past two weeks about the Winnipeg health system.
On Monday, the bureau received its first written complaint about the company.
"Late last week, we started getting calls from consumers ,[we]
"A little background check was done," said Amaro Silva, executive director of Manitoba and the Northwest Ontario Bureau.
"Of course, our first inspection was within the bureau system ,[we]
Found this company
Or a variant of it. [is]
Operating throughout North America.
A representative of the Winnipeg Health System told CBC News that the company would ensure 100 satisfaction for all customers.
Its Canadian parent company B. C. -
The Winnipeg health system has been in operation for about six months and no complaints have been received so far.
Under the federal competition law, telemarketers must immediately show their identity to the people they call and the companies they represent and what they want to sell.
The Federal Competition Agency will not say whether it is investigating the health system in Winnipeg.
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Television and Telecom Commission (CRTC)
The company said it received its first formal complaint this week.
Silva said the complaints received by the Better Business Bureau about the Winnipeg Health system came from those who generally believed they were misled.
Silva said: "People are led to believe . . . . . . They are talking to the Manitoba health department or the Winnipeg Regional Health Department in some way . ".
"People were told that it was just a questionnaire they participated in and that they would win the prize through the questionnaire," he added . ".
"Of course, that's what humanity is like. people are involved. they think they are talking to a legitimate government agency. they find that they are talking to these people.