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No Soliciting Signs

Preds — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:00:20 GMT

DH wants to put out a sign and he likes this one:

I've seen better ones ... some that charged for being bothered. I want him to make up a sign for the front and I'm asking for suggestions on what we (he) could make. I already know I'm crazy and so do our neighbors. LOL

Re: No Soliciting Signs

chickenbutt — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:04:44 GMT

Ha! What I would LIKE to say to these people cannot be written here.

The unfortunate reality is that it pretty much doesn't matter what you put on the signs, or even (as per my experience) how many signs you put up - they just lay on the doorbell, or pound on the door, and tell you 'I'm not soliciting' - and then they go into their spiel. Clearly, they do not know the definition of the word 'soliciting'.

Maybe a dictionary, or dictionary page with the word and its definition blown up to about a 5000 size font?

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Sooner — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:06:21 GMT

I made one that outlines specifically that no unsolicited material be left, nothing be left on the porch or on the door, etc. I think if you make a joke of the sign people won't take it seriously. NOBODY has knocked or left unsolicited since I made one and posted it.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

denisemb — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:11:22 GMT

I like your husband's choice!

Here's another of my favorites:

https://img1.etsystatic.com/026/0/6391569/il_570xN.525841587_lek0.jpg

A Google image search for "No Solictors" or "No Soliciting" signs come up with a bunch of funny ones. I'm lucky, our neighborhood has signs at both entrances so we don't have many.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

chickenbutt — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:09:22 GMT

Sooner wrote:
I made one that outlines specifically that no unsolicited material be left, nothing be left on the porch or on the door, etc. I think if you make a joke of the sign people won't take it seriously. NOBODY has knocked or left unsolicited since I made one and posted it.

Hey Sooner! You're lucky. One of the signs I put up also includes verbage saying not to leave anything on this property. Some of them still do. It's so frustrating.

Sometimes I think that some of them just like to taunt people by not respecting their requests to be left alone and not have litter put on the door, porch, etc.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

catwhisperer — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:16:09 GMT

When we lived in a house, we had people ringing our doorbell all the time. "No Soliciting" signs were ignored. Finally, I taped a sign just below the doorbell that read:

No Selling

No Religion

No Trespassing

Police will be notified

That did the trick!

Re: No Soliciting Signs

151949 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:57:34 GMT

Move to a gated community - if they can't get in they can't knock on your door.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Preds — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:05:39 GMT

@151949 wrote:
Move to a gated community - if they can't get in they can't knock on your door.

Gated community wouldn't allow us our freedom to over decorate. LOL Never want someone else to tell me what I can and cannot have on my own property.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

MaggieMack — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:33:32 GMT

@Preds, here's one. I was surprised at how many cute ones are out there!

My favorite said, "No soliciting unless you're British, good looking, and available."

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Preds — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:36:21 GMT

@MaggieMack wrote:
@Preds, here's one. I was surprised at how many cute ones are out there!

My favorite said, "No soliciting unless you're British, good looking, and available."

Well, this one will get DHs attention. LOL LOVE IT!

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Sooner — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:00:38 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
I made one that outlines specifically that no unsolicited material be left, nothing be left on the porch or on the door, etc. I think if you make a joke of the sign people won't take it seriously. NOBODY has knocked or left unsolicited since I made one and posted it.

Hey Sooner! You're lucky. One of the signs I put up also includes verbage saying not to leave anything on this property. Some of them still do. It's so frustrating.

Sometimes I think that some of them just like to taunt people by not respecting their requests to be left alone and not have litter put on the door, porch, etc.

Yeah, but you know ME! Ha ha!!! Maybe they know the witch lives here.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Puzzle Piece — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:18:21 GMT

@catwhisperer wrote:
When we lived in a house, we had people ringing our doorbell all the time. "No Soliciting" signs were ignored. Finally, I taped a sign just below the doorbell that read:

No Selling
No Religion
No Trespassing
Police will be notified

That did the trick!

Our taped up sign also reads the same. It's too bad folks can't understand the basic "NO SOLICITING".

Re: No Soliciting Signs

jackthebear — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:29:20 GMT

sign may not help, they probably don't know the definition of soliciting.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

esmeraldagooch — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:51:33 GMT

@151949 wrote:
Move to a gated community - if they can't get in they can't knock on your door.

Yes, they can and do.... I live in one and still get them.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

silkyk — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:00:22 GMT

The jerks who ignore my sign get to read my doormat:

Re: No Soliciting Signs

cotton4me — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:30:22 GMT

This sign seems to cover it all.

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Preds — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:43:04 GMT

Love it @cotton4me!

Re: No Soliciting Signs

fortune — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:14:11 GMT

@silkyk wrote:
The jerks who ignore my sign get to read my doormat:

How about "My Dog is Very Hungry!"

Re: No Soliciting Signs

chickenbutt — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:43:52 GMT

cottonball wrote:
This sign seems to cover it all.

That's a pretty good one!

One of the ones I made to supplement the simple 'No Soliciting' sign that didn't work has a lot of verbage including

************************************

NO SOLICITING!!!

THAT MEANS YOU!

If we don’t know you,

are not expecting you,

or have not invited you -

GO AWAY!!!!!!

Do not ring the doorbell!

Do not knock on the door!

DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY!!

PLEASE NOTE:

USPS, UPS, & FedEx

Are always welcome!

************************************

Sadly, this doesn't work either, but I sure tried!

That one followed this one which, clearly, didn't work either -

************************************

NO SOLICITING OF ANY KIND!!!

THAT DOES MEAN YOU!!!!

I DON’T CARE IF YOU THINK IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU…IT DOES!!!

This includes religion, politics, polls, charities, surveys, and anybody not invited or otherwise welcome on our property.

*************************************

Re: No Soliciting Signs

Preds — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:58:46 GMT

I'm kinda' liking this one. With a few adjustments.