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I suffer from bouts of sanity. This is one of them. At least, I think it is.

This blog represents my own personal point of view.
As you mature emotionally (or mentally, or spiritually), you will grow out of your present way of thinking, and you will eventually come around to my point of view.

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Who is RainSoft?

And why did they leave an empty bottle attached to my garage door?

Accompanied with a questionnaire and instructions to leave a sample of your tap water for a "free analysis" from said company.

Wow, what a public service......oh wait, their propaganda says, in fine print :

NOT AFFILIATED WITH CITY HEALTH OR WATER DEPARTMENT

No kidding, they are a public business located in Mississauga.  What they are doing in our neck of the woods is the real question.

"Your response may result in a complimentary presentation of water treatment equipment"  

Oh boy, oh boy a free sales pitch, sign me up!

I despise all junk mail and door to door soliciting but found this one especially offensive.
Resorting to the physical equivalent of a SPAM message by attaching something to my garage door, their business practices are immediately suspect.

Their questionnaire collects information irrelevant to the assessment of water quality.  Why would they need to know the following questions:

- are you working?
- number of people in your family
- are you a homeowner

Then they ask for your full contact details and signature.

I sure hope no one is stupid enough to hand over their personal info so quickly to an unknown company, one that has made no assurances of protecting your personal information in any way.

Not only that they then disclose when they will be picking up your questionnaire, which is no doubt the same for your entire neighborhood, now anyone could swing by and pickup your questionnaire.   Morons.

It's no surprise that when I typed "rainsoft" into Google I found some negative reviews:

http://www.pissedconsumer.com/consumer-reviews/other/rainsoft-a-scam-20080125111688.html

If you're in the market for a water purification system I'm sure you will do your research as they are pricey ($5-$9K) and obviously not an impulse purchase.  Call a local distributor and not one that resorts to these tacky gimmicks.

My advise, take the bag off the garage door and place it right into your blue bin, there's no place for "RainSoft" in your house.

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