To expect salespeople to show up?

[whackamole]

I will preface this by saying I normally hate sales calls! But yesterday a local double-glazing salesman called, told me about a scrappage (sp?) scheme and would we be interested? As it happens, we are, so I arranged for someone to come and see us tonight, after 6.30. It's now 8pm and no one is here!

How bloody annoying, when you don't want them, you can't get them to leave, when you do, they don't bloody show!

Hope they don't decide to show now, 8pm on a Friday? I'll have to tell them to come back.

YWBU in the first place to respond to a cold caller. Even if they show up, I would not use them.

After 6.30 is not specific enough for me. If he turns up, you will still be sitting with him at 11.30 while he works you into the ground until you sign a contract with his company (Anglian?).

I posted somewhere else that this happened to me but it was with Everest 100 years ago. the man came after we'd both got home from work - say 6.30 - and I was going to pay for the patio doors to be done. At 9.00pm he said, "Let's all have some tea, Love". He lost the contract then because he assumed that my husband was going to pay and I was just there to look pretty. He got his tea but he didn't get a contract.

If yours comes, tell him that he will have to be out by 9.00pm and show him the door on time.

Oh, it didn't post my last post!

Well, it was a woman, she showed up at 8.30 just as I was typing how annoyed I was, she left about 20 mins ago, I didn't sign anything as the quote was at least double what I was expecting (have a reasonable idea due to previous quotes).

So, my AIBU is now, AIBU to expect OH to not be such a div with salespeople?

I say - that's about twice what I was thinking.
He says - really? I think that's a good price.

Coulda killed him!

There is no such thing as a 'scrappage scheme' for double glazing, well not a government backed one anyway.
It is just another ploy for them to hike the price sky high, so they can 'half' it in front of you. If your OH had not said that, that is exactly what they would have done.