At our age, surely you have attended one of these events There is no event like this is going to simply give you a free trip. There is always a presentation to get you on the hook for something. If you have the free time, and the ability to say no you may get a free dinner out of it, but you will pay the price in time.
I love my wife's approach the last time I stupidly fell for a pitch in Clearwater. It was a rainy day, and we were corralled by a sidewalk offer for an offer of a free dinner. Thought it would be a good way to get in a dry space. They were pitching time share programs which are always a scam. You get a lot of last ditch offers and then passed to a higher-level pitcher for your next last-ditch order. They don't know how to accept no. Finally, she suddenly got Diabetes and said she was getting faint and needed to get her Insulin shot quickly before she convulsed. We were quickly handed our free dinner coupon and left.
I am sure other approaches would also work such as I am getting nauseous etc.
Have a ball. Take control, get your dinner and make an exit. Consider it a game that you need to win. Do not buy unless you can get a chance to review overnight. For sure if you cannot get that commitment, you are being scammed.
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