Free Dinners

[oldbuddy]

Do you get invitations to a free upscale dinner to get you to listen to some pitch? Do you go?

Being retired I get them a lot and usually take them up on it, since it's good entertainment and I don't have much else to do.

Last night I regretted it (which is rare) since it was a two hour pitch for training on how to flip real estate and the meal was a box lunch with a ham sandwich and a bag of popcorn. Then they started in to an hour long pitch for a Stock selecting course and I left half way through.

I have had some delicious Steaks and Salmon dinners though and some of the presentations were actually interesting.

[jkhanson]

I haven't had any invitations to free upscale dinners - yet -  I am not retired yet. 

I have however been to a presentation that included free lodging at a nice resort.  This was to listen to pitch for a time share.

[dsosnowski06]

We have received them and usually pitch them especially when they about retirement.  I prefer to rely on my financial adviser as I consider him more trustworthy. 

[madeara]

Yes, I have received them.  I have never been to one of these dinners.

[ghunter]

Never a free Dinner, but lots of talk

[oldbuddy]

I haven't had any invitations to free upscale dinners - yet -  I am not retired yet. 

I have however been to a presentation that included free lodging at a nice resort.  This was to listen to pitch for a time share.

I own a Worldmark The Club timeshare and have received hundreds of dollars in Prepaid Credit Cards for attending upgrade pitches.

[articx]

No, I've never been invited to an upscale dinner. If it does happen, I probably won't go.

[cathy37]

I have received several of these offers, but have never taken them up on it.  Most of the time it is a waste of your time to sit and listen to the pitch.

[brian8713]

I've never been invited. How do I get an invitation like this? I would be interested in attending.

[michele2042]

We've started receiving them, mostly on health issue topics.  We haven't attended one yet but my husband, who is always up for a free dinner, wants to start going since we're both retired.   We'll see, I don't mind going but I don't want to be somewhere for 2 or more hours.   

[jenniferhoder]

I typically wouldn't have time for that sort of thing, and I am not even close to retirement, but I know that some of them can be informative.

[vickysue]

I have found they are not  for me. If I want to sit for 2 hours  and listen to a pitch for some get rich scheme , I would just  listen to some pitch on TV. That way I can  just turn it off. I just cannot sit for 2 hours without  out  moving around anyway. Hubby is lucky when I don't have to get out of the car and move after just sitting for an hour to  hour and a half. My dad nicked named when I was little Jitterbug. Because of it.

[teenangel]

I haven't been invited to any upscale dinners. But if I was invited I would probably go

[mcornwell]

I get invitations like that several times a year.I have never gone to one.

[dreamyxo]

Yes I have gone to those.  My bf called them money scams but he'd go with me for the free lunch and gift.  I went to some that featured real estate, setting up a websites.  I only got carried away once and bought a "system" for training etc that was almost $3k ( I was desperate to make money).  Luckily I came to my senses a few hours later and was about to cancel everything.  Haven't been to one of those in years.