He had given me the old "I get credit for bringing people to this meeting so can you come with me" line.

But even so, it wasn't difficult to just say no thanks. And it was amusing to see all of the cheap sales tactics that they tried. They even had the random other participant in the meeting that was just captivated by the pitch from the very beginning and excitedly asked all of the right leading follow-up questions to keep the presentation going.