OK, it’s not precisely a sales lie, but this story received from Bruce is hilarious:

Some years ago, I was at home with my son, who was an infant at this time.  He was a little sick, and had already barfed down my back while I was holding him and was crying. I stripped off my shirt, and was walking around the house, trying to console him when the phone rang. Just what I needed!

I answered the phone, and some guy began his sales spiel about Pacific Exteriors siding. I immediately hung up and returned to consoling my baby.

The phone rang again immediately.  “Geez – what NOW?”, I thought and picked it up.  The same salesman’s voice said “If you hang up on me again, I will break your arm!”.  Naturally I hung up again.   I followed this experience up with an attempt to locate Pacific Exteriors to lodge a complaint, but this was before the Internet, and I had no luck.

The story continues…. 3 or 4 years later, I get a call at home from a lady who said she was from <company name>!  “<company name>!”, I cried.  “Let me tell you about the last time I heard from <company name>!”  I related the whole story to this poor lady who really couldn’t wait to get off the phone…