Community Chat

[Big Sister]

Rarely do we get a solicitor coming to our door.  I can't imagine why you get so many in your neighborhood, that's terrible.

If I am not expecting company or you haven't called first, I never answer the door, I use the peephole.

[KentuckyWoman]

We never have solicitors knocking on our front door.  Our little town requires solicitors to have a license with a fee attached.  That pretty much killed the mood.  They did allow the fire department to collect for charity while motorists were stopped at traffic lights until citizens complained so much they finally had to abandon that as well.  It is aggravating as all get out.  Our problem is the dang telephone and telemarketers.  We are on a national no call list but at least once every three months I have to re-register to stop it.

ETA:  I never answer the door if I am here alone.  Our neighbors and family all come to the back door. 

[nunya]

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@lulu2 wrote:

We get tons of phone calls and letters in the mail, but luckily no one knocks on our door asking for contributions.  If this were the case, I'd post a No Solicitation sign.

It drives me nuts when you receive an acknowledgement for your donation accompanied by letter requesting you give more.

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 My daughter gets these from the college she JUST graduated from in May. She laughs.

[momtochloe]

Our town offers official stickers for your door for fifty cents stating no solicitors.  They can get in big trouble if they knock on your door if you have one so it has helped.

I did have one incredibly obnoxious contractor who wouldn't leave until I started counting to ten and grabbed the phone . . . then he left.  

[Tantallum]

WOW, 10 per day??  That would drive me crazy.  Do you have an alderman or a councilman or someone you could talk to about this?

I know that would not fly in my city.

[Q4u]

Unbelievable gall to ask for yet another donation when you had already given....

All of the telephone solicitors ended when we decided not to have a land line telephone. DH and myself have iPhones.  But when they called incessently where we used to live I told them I already bought it, already cleaned it, have a signed contractor ready to build and can't possibly use another one nor do I want to switch BUT I will not accept a contract over the phone, or at the door.  I tell them that if I want that service I will research it and go out and find the ones to do it.

My friend blows a whistle into her phone....  I don't do that but I can understand her angst as we had a contractor who sometimes called twice a day trying to get us to sign up.  We also had door to doors, a lot of them.  One had me standing while he went on and on yakking about The Lord.... five days after I had given birth.  I interrupted and loudly blew him off...  

Where we live now, it's a 5 acre walk from house to house.... *snarf*.....  and we're at the further most part of the subdivision so they're half dead when they get to my door.... 

[SharkE]

I put up a sign on my front door area

'NO SOLICITATION'

have had no more trouble

[denisemb]

[esmeraldagooch]

Anyone who is going to break in won't like to see this in your front window.... Armed citizens are dangerous.

[Puzzle Piece]

I have a rather noticeable sign that reads NO SOLICITING on my front window.  Also, the more stubborn ones, have yet another posting to read about the list of cold calls that are unwanted. 

We had to sort of spell it out to them as most are not even aware of what NO SOLICITING means.