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And if it actually rings, she figures it’s a scam or sales call and doesn’t answer.

“I should send you out on my next sales call! You’re Model 82958—you’d be better at that than I am!”

Sometimes, “consumers mistake a sales call for a consultation,” says Scott Baker, the founder of Tree Solutions Inc. and a registered consulting arborist, trained by the American Society of Consulting Arborists to provide objective, in-depth assessments and advice about trees.

Just that week, he concluded a sales call with “Any other questions?”

“These days, whenever I get a sales call about a small business loan, I say: ‘You be careful.