If I am not mistaken, utility companies like CPS, SAWS, etc,"don't solicit" unless one reports trouble. So, if I don't expect or called for a technician, I just won't open the door.

Whether this is a crook or a real CPS person they're all out for your cash. CPS is corrupt in their own right.

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The first clue that something just was not right was that the "CPS worker" showed up on SUNDAY !!! They only show up on the weekends if you call them for a downed power line or outage.

I agree with you cents. A person who is not legit isn't really going to allow you to stand there waiting to get through to CPS. They're gonna bust down the door and go with the planned invasion. Unfortunatly the real CPS workers are at a loss on this one. They have to really be careful approaching a house cause the homeowner might have a pistola handy and itchy to use it....

Calling CPS doesn't always work. I had a man come to my door last year, he was not wearing a CPS shirt, I did not see a truck. He wanted to enter my back yard. I asked him to wait while I called CPS to see if he was legit. It took me 45 minutes to get through to someone to give me the ok. I hate to even consider what he could have done in those 45 minutes if he was not on the up and up.