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 The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | We live in the middle of nowhere, down 3 miles of gravel and then down 1/2 mile of a gravel lane where the road dead ends into our house. Yesterday this guy shows up and wants to sell me $3.50 lb rib eye steaks out of what looks like a small chest freezer out of the back of his beat up little "chevy luv" sized pickup. Unlike his scruffy truck, this guy was nicely dressed and had the air of a suave salesman about him. He said it was grass-fed beef from Illinois. I told him I was sick with a sinus infection and wanted to go back to bed and he said he'd stop by again. I told him no, thanks, I didn't really need any beef. He gave me the creeps and I was glad Ruger, my mastiff was standing by my side the whole time and the coonhounds were barking at him. Stupid me, I didn't get his license plate#. I've seen these types of folks parked in town in the grocery store or Alco parking lots but never knew they drove around selling their meat.
Where do they get their allegedly "quality grass feed beef " and is it legal for them to drive around selling it? I wish I hadn't felt like crap and been woken up by him so I could have thought more clearly and gotten a better ID on the truck and gotten the license plate number. |
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | I have wondered how they could make any money doing that. |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | My mom has a fish guy that comes to her door to sell, he is legit and sells a known product. Proper paperwork is required and honestly if your unsure ask for their paperwork, the guy my mom gets has been coming for 20 plus years! |
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| Where's the beef???
It's in the ice chest, in the trunk of my Oldsmobile.....would you like to buy some? |
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| I tell you what would make me laugh, is if someone would load down the back of an El Camino with ice and drive around selling shrimp out of the back of it. Don't forget to throw in a few cases of beer......but, dang, that would be hilarious. I wish I had an El Camino...... |
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 BHW Resident Surgeon
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Around here I wouldn't buy a used fart from those guys. The quality of the beef is very low grade. Much of it is injected with this mysterious "solution" that has papain and other liquids. Papain is an enzyme that is used to tenderize meat that is as tough as shoe leather.
The fish is poor quality as well, if you decide to give that a try. I bought both meat and fish from them. Ended up feeding the beef to my dogs. For all I know it was horse meat. |
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Location: Kentucky | There was a guy that showed up at our house selling meat from the back of a truck. My sister and I were in the backyard laying out by the pool and he just walks up to us asking if we wanted to buy meat. Uh, excuse me??? Total invasion of privacy! I told him no. We always have weirdos showing up at our house. We live on a dead end street at the very end.
We've had someone come to our house wanting to sell us aerial photos of our property, someone selling meat, and someone selling vaccuums. What the crap.
Edited by Murphy 2014-03-19 10:20 AM
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 Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | Murphy - 2014-03-19 10:12 AM There was a guy that showed up at our house selling meat from the back of a truck. My sister and I were in the background laying out by the pool and he just walks up to us asking if we wanted to buy meat. Uh, excuse me??? Total invasion of privacy! I told him no. We always have weirdos showing up at our house. We live on a dead end street at the very end.
We've had someone come to our house wanting to sell us aerial photos of our property, someone selling meat, and someone selling vaccuums. What the crap.
Ewww.... I would get a very large dog, or better two. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| There is a small refrigerated truck aound here that sells it. I bought it ONCE - it was CRAP and when he came back I told him so! The meat was edible, just tough and not good quality - not at ALL what I am used to. |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Our BB Imaclown's dad bought around $1000 worth of beef from one of those guys. He handed them the money and when they went to the vehicle to get the beef the guys took off with his money. I haven't heard if he's found the guys or not. |
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| I also live on gravel road, in the country, I finally got fed up with these creeps, purchase a $20 NO SOLICITING sign, put on my gate, so far they stop, my husband said if they come back just pull out the 357, that way they will get message not to come back |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-03-19 11:27 AM Our BB Imaclown's dad bought around $1000 worth of beef from one of those guys. He handed them the money and when they went to the vehicle to get the beef the guys took off with his money. I haven't heard if he's found the guys or not.
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | There is no way in he** that I would be buying meat, fish out the back of someones truck that I dont know, how would you know if it got spoiled or to warm at one time then they ice it again. This sounds really unsafe.  |
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 That's White "Man" to You
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| My wife surprised me with about $600 worth of it a few months ago. I told her that was strike one and two.
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Whiteboy - 2014-03-19 11:45 AM My wife surprised me with about $600 worth of it a few months ago. I told her that was strike one and two.
Awww poor thing, hope you were not to hard on her  , I bet that guy will be back trying to sell more to her pretty soon. |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-19 12:01 PM Whiteboy - 2014-03-19 11:45 AM My wife surprised me with about $600 worth of it a few months ago. I told her that was strike one and two. Awww poor thing, hope you were not to hard on her , I bet that guy will be back trying to sell more to her pretty soon.
The good thing for her is she is actually the boss, I only think I am! And as far as him coming back...I hope not! |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Whiteboy - 2014-03-19 12:06 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-19 12:01 PM Whiteboy - 2014-03-19 11:45 AM My wife surprised me with about $600 worth of it a few months ago. I told her that was strike one and two. Awww poor thing, hope you were not to hard on her , I bet that guy will be back trying to sell more to her pretty soon.
Lol, glad that you see that she is the boss and she only lets you think you are sometimes  . Just be ready I bet he will be back trying to sell her more, once you buy from these people they seem to always come back  |
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The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | I didn't realize people would actually trust their digestive systems to eat meat out of the back of a truck.
I was wondering if anyone had heard if it was just an excuse to "case a joint" and come back and try to steal stuff. |
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Location: Texas | Outside of Breckenridge,Texas there is always someone selling "Fresh Gulf Shrimp" out of a cooler! How can it be fresh when you live 7 hours from the coast? I would never buy any seafood or meat out of the back of someone's truck. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I bought meat out of the back of a Swanson's truck once. Actually, I think it was tamales.  |
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