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[Preds]

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 

[chickenbutt]

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?

[Sooner]

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.

[denisemb]

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.

[chickenbutt]

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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.

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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.

[catwhisperer]

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!

[151949]

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

[Preds]

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@151949 wrote:

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

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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.

[MaggieMack]

@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."

[Preds]

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@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."

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