American Fire Safety

We were called after entering our information in a drawing for a gift card at an Auto show. A month and a half after the show we get a voicemail saying they drew our name for a $40 gift card to Toys R Us or Texas Roadhouse. When I called back they said someone would come to our house to present the gift card and do a presentation on fire safety. They stated they would only discuss fire safety education. We were not told how long this would be so I figured about an hour. My husband doesn't get home until 7-7:15pm so I scheduled for 7:30 thinking we would be done in time for my 3.5 year old sons bath time. I also have a 6 week old daughter so schedules and bedtimes are very important. First thing the guy does is say it will take an hour. I said that we weren't told how long it would take and could it only be half an hour. He says it really takes an hour and there's a 12 minute DVD included. But he says he will try and be quick but he gets long winded. I never would have scheduled for that time if I had know how long it would take. He then proceeds to tell us he works for American Fire Safety and they sell DeTech fire protection systems but he wouldn't discuss that at this appointment. Well you just did and then proceeded to follow it up with a 10 minute talk about how we can work part time at your company!!! I work for the government and my husband teaches at a local community college, we don't need to be door to door salesmen and certainly not with two kids at home. We even stated this yet he continued to sell us on working for their company. The presentation consisted of scare tactics to convince you that the fire safety equipment you currently have is not sufficient to protect your family. Yes I know smoke rises, yes I know about the importance of an escape plan with practice. The guy was there for an hour and a half!!! And didn't leave until 9pm. This is not ok and I felt tricked into letting a scam artist into my house. He took an entire evening to tell me what I already knew about fires. He told me his company was A+ in the BBB and had great ratings on Angies list. I checked the BBB and the Bettendorf office isn't even there!!! They are on Angies list but there isn't a single review. I also checked out their prices since he didn't have a brochure to give us. It took some digging but a fire protection system from them cost $1,500-$2,500! That's nuts for some smoke alarms, heat detectors and fire extinguishers. I felt conned into letting this person into my home. I was frustrated that his hour presentation that I asked if it could be half an hour turned into an hour and a half!!! While the guy himself was nice and admitted he was new the company is a scam. They wanted another hour of my time to discuss their products and prices, not gonna happen. While this didn't cost me anything monetarily wise I felt betrayed, conned and tricked. Spoken from an angry mother and home owner.