I bought a new home and got a few of these postcards from Mr. Grey and Crystal. I'm not contacting them as it sounds bogus. The cards are too general and nothing is hand written.

the phone number was 1-800-281-6976

I two have gotten the post card recently moved to Florida from Washington loving it so far, but i actually did call the number and they gave me this amazing gift card for being a new home owner i was very much appreciated and i recommend that if anyone gets this post card you should deff. call them, they really aren't spamming anyone. If you actually call them you would know that.

Wow, this spans back to 2009 and probably earlier too. I just got a post card in the mail today saying I have 3 days to call 1-800-281-6976 but no reason as to why I should call. With no return address or post mark (I live in Marion County, FL) there was no way I would call some number just because it says I need to. Thank you everyone here for posting about this and keeping the masses informed! Oh "Mr. Gray", you are going to have to try harder than this, lol.

I too recently moved to FL, (Winter Haven) and have received 2 postcards in the mail saying "We have been trying to reach you.  We have a housewarming gift for you." "Give us a call at 863-248-3734, Melanie"

I did not and will not be calling this number, and am glad I found this post.  If this were truly some benevolent organization that did not want to sell me something and just welcome me to FL, (as Katie is trying to indicate above) they would provide far more information about who they are and what they do.  

BEWARE.  DO NOT BE GULLIBLE AND FALL FOR THIS. NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE.

Unhappy that these people have my new address...they're still at it though. Got a random creepy postcard from "Mr. Gray" right after buying a new home. Not AT ALL comforted by the shouty capitals and incorrect grammar of the previous poster either...lol! Different number listed 1-800-986-4617, so maybe this is one of the "copycats" mentioned above, but either way, definitely not calling!

I AM REALLY SAD, I WORK FOR MR. GRAYS HOME SERVICES AND YES THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPANIES TO TRY TO DUPLICATE US BUT FAILED, ITS SAD THAT EVERYONE HAS TO JUMP TO A WEBSITE TO CREATE THESE CONSPIRACY THEORIES INSTEAD OF JUST ASKING, BUT IF YOU LOOK FOR THE DARK YOU WILL ADVENTUALLY FIND IT., NO IWE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MELANIE NOR WOULD EVER WANT TO BE., WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING  WE ARE TRYING TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE NEW HOME.  WE ARE SORRY IF THAT INSULTS YOU TO THE POINT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THESE CRAZY FICTATIOUS THINGS UP ABOUT US., WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND HOPE YOUR MOVE GOES SMOOTHLY, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!

NO!  I HAVE WORKED FOR MR. GRAY FOR YEARS WE ARE IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH "MELANIE" IN FACT TO MAKE SURE COMAPANIES DONT PRETEND THAT THEY ARE US AND TAKE OUR APPTS WE HAVE TO ISSUE OUR CUSTOMERS A SECURITY CODE., I FIND IT SHAMEFUL WHEN THERE COMES A TIME THAT INSTEAD OF ASKING SOMEONE A STRAIT FORWARD WUESTION YOU ARE SUBJECTED TO MAKE CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THIS DILUSIONAL PERSONA YOU ALL HAVE CREATED.  I AM NOT GOING TO KIDNAP PEOPLE, I AM NOT GOING TO AIDE YOU ON YOUR WAY., I AM HERE TO WELCOME NEW HOMEOWNERS AND APPARENTLY THAT CAN NOT BE DONE WITHOUT YOU CRUCIFYING ME.  I AM NOT TRYING TO SELL PEOPLE ANYTHING, WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT HELP US WITH GIFTS AND SERVICES FOR NEW HOMEOWNERS AND WE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MELANIE FOR THAT IS A COMPANY WHO IS NOT ACCREDITED AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HER OWN.  PROBLEMS, I ASK ALL OF YOU TO CALL MELANIS AND ASK HER WHAT THEIR COMAPANY NAME IS, HOWEVER WE ONLY DEAL WITH OUTSTANDING COMPANIES THAT HAVE A GRADE A+ WITH THE BBB, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED TO SAY SOMETHING., I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE ENERGY YOU SPEND ON COLLECTING THIS SECRETIVE INFORMATION COULD BE TIME YOU COULD PUT TOWARDS YOUR FAMILY.  BUT ITS UR TIME, SO I WOULD HOPE IN THE FUTURE SOMEONE ACTUALLY ASK INSTEAD OF THESE RIDICULOUS RUMORS, AND YES WE ARE A CREDIBLE BUSINESS DONT  BLAME US THAT WE HAVE BEEN COPIED WE ARE THE ORIGINALS AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN WELCOMING NEW HOMEOWNERS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND HAVE DONE SO SINCE 1953, WHY DONT YOU ASK THE OTHER BUSINESS PRETENDING TO BE US WHAT THEIR NAME AND NUMBER IS AND LOOK THEM UP O THE BBB.  WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE WE ARE A GREAT COMPANY AND A GREAT BUSINESS, WE HOPE YOU ALL GET SETTLED INTO YOUR HOMES OKAY AND FEEL BAD OUR NAME HAS BEEN DRUGGED THREW THE MUD LIKE THIS., THANK YOU

I have received 3 separate post cards from Mr. Gray urging me to call him immediately. Each card says that they have been desperately trying to get in touch with me. There is no identification on the cards or any explanation why they are trying to reach me. I Googled the number I was to call and found this site. I too am a new homeowner and apparently new home owners have been targeted by Mr. Gray, who apparently is the front for a water softener company. This is a scam and I would run for the hills.

Junk mail. A postcard saying I had a house warming gift waiting for me. Turns out it is some water treatment company trying to sell their wares through shady practices.

I got the memo from Mr. Gray as described below.  From reading the posts, it is no coincidence that after buying a house several weeks ago I received a call offering a free water analysis.  I said sure!  Received a call later to confirm appointment from the person who was going to come by.  When I informed him my wife was not going to be present for the analysis he insisted that she had to be there.  I told him to forget it and to cancel the appointment.  One week later the post card arrives.  Definitely sounds like a high pressure sales job for something you don't need or worse.

Caveat Emptor my fellow home buyers!

I just got the infamous yellow post card in the mail from a "Mr. Gray, Home Delivery.  It too promised a free gift from someone who has been trying to reach me, and it beseech-ed me to hurry and give him a call!.  I have been in this freshly purchased house for almost 2 weeks now and love it!  I was highly suspicious of this post card and decided to google it.. and am GLAD I did too! Thanks to the personal experiences of folks like Zadam and sue, I now know better than to call and not only waste my time... but put a bulls-eye target right on my forehead!.  Thanks again folks.. keep up the good work.. and for god sakes...   Caveat Emptor!

ijust bought   home received  bright yellow meno in mail to call gray

I got one of these as well.  They had a local number printed on it and I'm in Texas.  The stamp is from Mid-Florida though.  Thanks for the info all.

Save the post cards people.  Give them to the county or state's attorney's office.

Location of one of the numbers is just past 301 (Washington Ave) and 4th/5th Street.  It's low income, which makes sense.

REMEMBER!...  if you call them first, then the National (or state) Do Not Call becomes inapplicable to you.

Phone numbers to my house re same:

941-870-4353  Melanie
1-800-281-6976  Mr. Gray

When someone introduces themselves as Mr. and hides all information about themselves, it's kind of your own fault for falling for it.... right?

Some deeper digging turned up a location.  He/She is located just on the other side of Route 301 (Washington Ave), on 4th or 5th Street.  These are old low-income housing.

This should help the investigation.

Indeed, that is a completely bogus webpage.  http://zdicc.com/

That number is still listed at the bottom of the page, with apparently pirated thumbnail pics even.  There are no links, just a cover page to nothing.

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I got a yellow postcard in the mailbox stating anonymously, "We have been trying to reach you, we have a housewarming gift for you.  Give us a call @ 941-870-4353  Melanie".

So they clearly don't have my phone number and this is another method of reaching people anonymously.  There's no company name, and Melanie is an I, not a We.  :)

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Got another card and ran turned up some search.

The other card is in the style of a Memo.

To:  [Blank]
From:  Mr. Gray, Home Delivery
Subject:  Your Gift

"I have been trying to reach you.  There is a gift waiting for you here.  My hours are 9AM to 9PM, 7 days a week.  Please hurry and give me a call.

Thanks,
Mr. Gray
1-800-281-6976"

The two are clearly connected.  Also, as to location.....

The postmark is stamped MID-FLORIDA PDCFL.

Some deeper digging turned up a location.  He/She is located just on the other side of Route 301 (Washington Ave), on 4th or 5th Street.  These are old low-income housing.

I am saving them to give to the county attorney's office to work with the consumer division.

It's a phishing scam as far as I can tell.

I got one post card mentionning that there is something waiting at Grey office for home delivery. Just I need to call gery to get it. I called him several time, but he did not pick up the call. I realized that it is a fake call. I trashed his post card.

Got a post card in the mail and laughed. Yeah, right, a gift waiting for me. Got another one the same day with phone number 863-248-3734 with the same comment. Beware!!!!

Who is using this number?

They are now using a cell phone number. (863) 816-5198. Guy came out a second time & I recognized the car before he even got in the driveway. Told him he'd already been here and I had called twice to tell the lady we didn't want our water tested (it is amazingly pure right out of the ground). This guy thinks he's smooth. Take your miniature little pee pee car and go elsewhere, bozo!

I just eceived 3 different post cards stating I have a house warming gift that they have been trying to deliver.  Yeah, right.  This is a water reverse osmosis company trying to see there services.  Some house warming gift!!!!

I recieved the same card and thought it looked familiar. I called and then I remember throwing them out of my home 5 years ago. They sell you hard on water treatment systems for your home. They had the nerve to use our children's health being at risk and the cancer word if we did not buy the water treatment system. That is when I threw there a** out of my home. They refused to leave stating that we were not concerned for our childrens health. That was when I picked them up and threw them off my property and called the cops to report them as harrassing me and my family. After the sales agent got back to the office thier supervisior called us asking to come back offering a discount as a peace offering. Can you believe these clowns??

Sorry to hear you've been victimized. It's a bit late but here's a link that discusses water treatments that don't work http://www.chem1.com/CQ/
A rule of thumb is to never buy anything from anyone who approaches you. If you think you might want to try their product, send them away first without making any commitments, then research it on the net and ask your family and friends for their opinions. If they refuse to leave, call the police. My biggest problem is peddlers who sell magazines and home alarm systems -- both scams -- and I finally had to put up a big No Trespassing sign visible from the road. Best wishes, hope you get your money back.

Oh!! my god!!ITS A SCAM......This guy came to my house and talked us in buying water treatment system "RAIN SOFT".I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TO ME....I SPENT $4999.00.He told me I can use for 3 months and if I AM NOT HAPPY with the product I WILL GET THE MONEY BACK AND THEY WILL TAKE THE PRODUCT BACK.I CALLED THE COMPANY AFTER 1 WEEK AND THEY REFUSING TO TAKE BACK.I LOST MY MONEY.I FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.I DONOT HAVE ANY HOPE THOUGH.

I got a post card after we moved to our new house.i called the number and I spoke with a lady "Debbie".She said her company is affiliated with Home depot and they give free gifts to new home buyers as the new home buyers help in boosting up the economy!!.She also said they check the water filters too.I gave the address and they would come next week.

I received a post card from them when we moved into our new home as wellalong with cards from several other companies that do the same thing. I found the people with "Mr. Grey" up front with me versus the ones from the other companies that wouldn't even give me the company name. They did come to my home, checked the water. It was hard of course but moving into a new home we did not have any extra money. They left the dinner voucher. the other companies that I had out told me the gift was "in the mail" every time I called. Therefore I have reported the other companies to the BBB.

I also received a card offering a free gift as well. aftger buying a new house. More junk mail. The only good thing is I collect Post card and I will add to my collection.

CASEY.... WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SEE WHOM IS THE CALLER FOR THE I.D. WHEN ON OUR PHONES AT HOME READ UNAVAILABLE, UNKNOWN ETC..... GO TO THE WEBSITE OF ""WHO CALLED US"" U SHALL SEE LOADS LISTED THERE. YOU MAY ALSO TYPE IN OTHER PHONE NOS. TO CHECK THEM OUT SHOWING ON THE LEFT SIDE. ONCE YOU DO THAT THE ANSWER SHALL SHOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN  & POSSIBLY ALONG WITH LOADS SAY HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS DOWN BELOW.. YEAH LAST YEAR I GOT A CALL ON TAPE SAYING I WON A CRUISE TO THE CARIBBEAN YET LOOKED THE PHONE NUMBER UP I FIND THE NAME THEN SEARCHED FOR THE COMPANY, TURNED OUT BEING AS A JERKY BROKEN DOWN TRUCK COMPANY. NOW HOWS THAT HOT TICKET??

Thanks for the information. I have go0gled as others have. I found it funny when we moved to the trails recently. There were people showing up with truck loads of meat and paintings even before we had the keys fitting the door. I am still laughing at my wife for buying over $700 of truck meat. We could of went and bought 1/2 a cow at a country butcher of fresh meat.Must be new home buyers are all looked on as suckers. I have to see about that NO SOLICITING sign. It really works. This Mr. Gray place I told them I wasn't interest and some clown showed up at my door then I told him again I DRINK BOTTLED water,