Tony came to my house with his truck and convinced me to buy several boxes of frozen meat.
I bought:
2.75 lbs Tbones; 4 lbs sausage; 2.25 lbs ribeyes; 2.5 lbs NY strips; 5 lbs. chopped steak; 2.16 lbs boneless beef filets; 2 lbs peppercorn beef
They were all frozen and sealed in boxes and had the USDA seal on them. I asked him if they were all beef and he said they were. On closer inspection - after he left - I saw that the steaks were "up to 15%" solution of salt and spices.
He charged me $189 + tax for all of that meat and it came to $202.23. I wrote a personal check and he did not provide me with a receipt. About an hour after he left, my account showed that he had cashed the check at my bank. That makes me think that, although he charged me tax, this sale is going to be "under the table" for him.
So far, my family has eaten some of the NY strips - three of them. They were very small and had a lot of gristle on them. The flavor was ok, but they were nothing like a real ribeye steak from my local grocery store.
I also went online and checked the prices at a local meat market. I could have bought more than twice the amount of fresh meat for $169. That's my fault - I should never have bought anything from a door to door salesman. I thought I was helping out a local businessman but I just feel overcharged.