COMMENT 309078
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2012-08-16 01:30 PM |
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Yes, he is one of those "meat truck" guys. The are similar to the "white van speaker" guys but slightly more legit. You typically encounter them while filling up gas or another random spots, so a bit odd he came directly to your door. They have frozen beef in their truck they often pass off as some sort of high quality stuff, but typically it isn't. Most likely it's a choice grade product or below. Will it kill you? Not likely. Is it a good deal? Well that depends. I don't eat beef all the time and when I do I have no problem forking over a little extra for something that is guaranteed to be something of high quality and not of dubious origin. The folks that operate these trucks are sometimes shady, but usually harmless, I wouldn't sweat it.
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COMMENT 309091
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2012-08-16 01:44 PM |
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That's about as sketchy as sketchy gets.
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COMMENT 309092P
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2012-08-16 01:46 PM |
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He came to my house once and rang the bell. I have a long driveway and a gate. He told me he knew my neighbors. My neighbors said they had never met him. I bought some stuffed chicken breast. They were good!
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COMMENT 309093
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2012-08-16 01:48 PM |
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Don't buy it. The meat sucks. We tried some last year and were gravely disappointed. Same thing with those mail-order steaks from Kansas City. If you are going to spend that kind of money for meat then go to either Costco or Shalhoobs and get some prime steaks.
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COMMENT 309096
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2012-08-16 01:51 PM |
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093 is correct not the best deal
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COMMENT 309098
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2012-08-16 01:54 PM |
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I also live in Goleta and had a man trying to see me lawn fertilizer this last weekend! Lots of door to door sales lately, just have to keep saying NO!
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COMMENT 309100P
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2012-08-16 01:56 PM |
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Don't even open the door for them, just report them. To whom is good question though.
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COMMENT 309106
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2012-08-16 02:05 PM |
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That meat sucks.
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COMMENT 309112
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2012-08-16 02:13 PM |
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We're in Goleta too... We've been getting Kirby vacuum guys. One about a month ago and one last night. They are out of Moorpark. Young guys. They do take no thank you for an answer which is nice.
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COMMENT 309125
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2012-08-16 02:21 PM |
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Buy Buy Buy !!!! There meats are mmmm mmm good
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-08-16 02:23 PM |
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Thats weird I'm on the lower East Side all I get are panhandlers..
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COMMENT 309143
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2012-08-16 02:42 PM |
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The meat truck guy came to our shop,. we split a case (?) of meat with a neighboring business. The meat wasn't so great, but it wasn't a horrible deal. Not such a news flash; You get what you pay for.
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COMMENT 309158
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2012-08-16 02:58 PM |
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He came by ourhouse when we were moving in 3 years ago. The meat was good, and a great price. I has happy he came by.
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COMMENT 309175
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2012-08-16 03:17 PM |
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Eeeeew! You buy meat from someone with no retail location--who are you going to blame if you get sick?
How do you know how it was stored,or how old it is? NoThanks, I'll get mine at the store.
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COMMENT 309204
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2012-08-16 04:04 PM |
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My husband bought some meat and fish from a guy in a van recently - he's a sucker for that kind of thing! (shaking my head) The meat is actually decent - and I'm not sure how much he paid for it, but he thought it was a deal...and neither of us have gotten sick or anything!
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COMMENT 309091
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2012-08-16 04:25 PM |
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The last time someone grabbed my sausage i had to get remarried.
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COMMENT 309232
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2012-08-16 04:57 PM |
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A similar deal happened at my sisters place in Lompoc. It sounds like the same people. She bought meat from them for $40. and then opted not to eat it concerned their truck may have broken down at some point and that the meat had gone bad.
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COMMENT 309241
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2012-08-16 05:39 PM |
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Why in the world would you trust anyone selling meat or any other product door to door? You have no idea where that meat came from and where your money is going when you buy it. Don't be so trusting, we live in a new world and door to door salesmen are not part of it. Buy from local stores that you trust and that back up their products AND that employ local people.
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COMMENT 309242P
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2012-08-16 05:39 PM |
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OP here. Thanks for the responses everyone!
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COMMENT 309259
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2012-08-16 06:41 PM |
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9100P.... s/he already did, reported it right here first. That's a good edhatter.
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COMMENT 309262P
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2012-08-16 06:57 PM |
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I am near Turnpike and had the meat guy stop here late one afternoon too. When I said I wasn't interested he got really testy and hit his fist on my front door! It was disconcerting to say the least.
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BURNTTHISTLE
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2012-08-16 07:11 PM |
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These type of busineses commonly have no local business licence and are not inspected by local heath inspectors. The grade of meat might not be what is represented. They need to have a county or city peddler's licence and a county health certificate for the location they are selling.
I have in the past asked for a business licence and either been refused or shown a permit for a distant jurisdiction
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COMMENT 309337P
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2012-08-16 11:34 PM |
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You can't be sure what kind of meat they are selling you. Horse? dog? Possum?
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COMMENT 309341P
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2012-08-17 01:00 AM |
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And how many of us have gotten sick from grocery store meat or poultry, or bought bad product?! How many recalls are there yearly?! One doesn't know where their meat comes from when it comes from a grocery store either, especially ground beef! And check the incidence of campylobacter in chicken, which is much more common than salmonella. Funny, I've never seen a recall posted here. I follow a food board where every recall is posted. Yes, duh, it's a food board, but also a public service. Though I do agree -- I doubt I would buy this way *anymore*. But this selling method has been around forever. Last time I bought was mid or late 90's.
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COMMENT 309350
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2012-08-17 06:43 AM |
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Goleta has has a plague of illegal vendors, and the Health Department does everything it can to shut them down-- I would NEVER buy from them. Neighbor of mine got sick from eating something purchased from a guy with a cart. No, thanks. Report them to 911, and *insist* on follow through. Cite Health Dept. concerns.
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COMMENT 309374
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2012-08-17 07:27 AM |
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about 3 hours after you eat what they sell, you will understand why it was a bad buy...............
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COMMENT 309390
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2012-08-17 08:09 AM |
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One doesn't need to call 911, unless it's an emergency. There is a city number to call and report illegal solicitors, the legal ones should have a license from the city. This became an issue when we were having a lot of break-ins in our neighborhood...
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FLICKA
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2012-08-17 08:10 AM |
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I always tell the van guys I'm vegetarian, no argument to that, stops the sales-pitch for good. On the rare occassions we eat beef we buy organic, ranch pastured meat from Rancho San Julian (Sat. Farmers Market); it's slaughtered on the ranch, no stress to the cattle being shipped to a factory. Little more expensive but out-of-this-world delicious and we don't eat meat every week. From the historical point, I like that the ranch has been in the family for 175 years.
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COMMENT 309393
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2012-08-17 08:14 AM |
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We purchased some recently only because we had a good experience many years ago that was very good. This time we found that the chicken was not bad at all but I thought the meat was below par. Not really bad but lower quality. They presented themselves ( this vendor) as a big company doing business 'everywhere' so I did some research. I found the company in eastern Washington state, having no ranches of their own as they tried to claim and run by a husband and wife with one other person as company owners. The business did buy about half a million dollars in meat each year. From there I figured they froze it and then handed it off to individual sellers, those being the folks we're talking about. Never could get a handle on how the money worked. This was only one of many operators/companies. Dangerous? I doubt it. A good example of free enterprise, I thought.
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COMMENT 309409
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2012-08-17 08:34 AM |
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Non-emergency phone number for the Sheriff's Dept - 692-5743
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COMMENT 309439
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2012-08-17 09:20 AM |
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I politely request that they remove themselves from my private property. They do not have the right legally to enter our property and knock on our doors.
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COMMENT 309463
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2012-08-17 09:40 AM |
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Don't sweat it...I've bought from these guys before and the meat/seafood is excellent! Make sure all the food is individually sealed/flash frozen, in their original boxes with all the appropriate labeling. It is a great deal, just use common sense with anyone selling anything anywhere!
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COMMENT 309463
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2012-08-17 10:08 AM |
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309439 - actually your are wrong! UNLESS you have a "No Trespassing" or "No Soliciting" sign on your property in clear view, OR have a fenced property, they have every right to come to your door offering you their stuff. Same as UPS/FEDEX/USPS or Jehovas Witnesses....don't want solicitors, then put up a sign or you are free game! Fact.
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COMMENT 309526
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2012-08-17 10:57 AM |
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Bummer that we live in a world where we are so apprehensive about anyone knocking on our doors, but it's reality. I had a young girl come to my door last week with a couple of old looking magazines. She asked me for money and that I could choose a mag. She nearly entered my home, putting one of her feet in the door threshold. She tried to look into my home and asked me if I was cooking. WTF? She addressed me by a name that sounded like my real name and when I asked her "Who told you my name was _______
she said, "You did". I said, GOTTA GO NOW. Yikes. Strange days indeed. Most peculiar momma.
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COMMENT 309549
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2012-08-17 11:24 AM |
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Are you kidding? I'd call the police or sheriff and get this nut off the street and out of the public's gullibility. Oh man
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HDB
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2012-08-17 01:04 PM |
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This is so funny. I remember this happening to my folks in TX. Dad was home alone when the meat guy came by and he decided to buy some steaks. When my mom got home and he explained what he did, she exclaimed, "You bought meat from a guy in a truck?!" She refused to eat it when he cooked it, and he had to eat his steaks by himself. He lived through it. Ha!
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COMMENT 309610
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2012-08-17 01:07 PM |
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I've seen them as far south as Fontana. I usually blow him off by saying "We're vegetarians...." I don't know if it's the same guy. He had some story about the beef falling off a truck somewhere, or something similar. Sort of like buying a TV out of the back of a truck, parked on the street. Also, most peddlers/door-to-door salespeople (kids selling candy, magazines or whatnot) are usually decent when you tell them "No thank you," but this guy cops an attitude and stomps off.
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