Scam, scam, scam.  Simple test...is there such a thing as a "free lunch".  Hell no!  There ain't no free lunch...Econ 101.

Simply an illegal marketing scam.

The only thing it costs is the clients time. And for most people, time is money. I'm a very skeptical person myself, that's why i require all our reps to give the gifts upfront.  We are a legit company.  To be successful, you have to do some form of advertising.  Our choice is to spend money on gifts cards for new home owners.

That's true Colin.  At that point, we didn't have anybody available in La Quinta, but we do now.

It's a water filtration company.  They do these free tests at your tap water and leave you some information hoping you will buy a filter from them.  I didn't buy it but they did leave me a Red Lobster gift card. Their marketing might be questionable but it's a legit company.

They can't be legit if they are calling numbers on the Do Not Call list under the guise of a "gift". The sole purpose of the call is to entice you into agreeing to a sales presentation for their water filtration systems. The FTC has ruled and the courts have agreed that their actions fit the definition of a sales call in the Telephone Sales Rules and therefore the caller is required to screen against the DNC list before calling.