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[MyGirlsMom]

@Starpolisher and @SilleeMee food and rugs too.  Thee used to be a beef/steak truck that would go through the neighborhood..I just can't remember the name now. 

[Sooner]

Other than Elvis-on-Velvet stuff "back in the day" the only thing I've ever seen sold from a truck around here is Gulf Shrimp or tacos! Oh and ice cream of course!  LOL!!

[GSPgirl]

Yes, I've seen this in southern CA and the south, too. 

[Puzzle Piece]

Near the holidays, all sorts of folks are doing this n that to pull in a few dollars. 

We have had men knock on the door with bags of manure in their trucks, wanting to put it on the lawn for us for X amount of money. 

A truck would scare me.  How do you know the truck wasn't there to haul off your things while you were kept in a back room unable to call the police. 

Various goods get peddled around now.  One must use caution even opening your door to answer the knock. 

Maybe an inter-com would help. 

[HappyDaze]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Roni18 wrote:

I was thinking about calling the police but decided to Google it.  It seems there are guys based out of North Carolina that do this all across the country and is a legitimate business.  Some people say it is a scam because the furniture is way overpriced (they claim it is worth more than it is) and some people who have bought from them are happy.   I had just never heard of this and was very skeptical. 

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Yes, they come from North Carolina. We were told the same thing. We have a lot of law enforcement that live in our area... The guy down the block told me he bought a few things from them and everything is fine. I guess if cops buy from them, it has to be legit.

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Lo surely this is tongue in cheek? 

[libbyannE]

I would have called the police. Stolen goods

[corita]

 It seems I have people  at my door all the time selling services or items.  I keep my screen door (front and back) locked all the time. So even if I open door, the screen door - between me and person at the door - is locked!  There are just too many dangerous people wandering  around...

[raven-blackbird]

it happens a lot here...........patio furniture sold off the back of a flat bed in the summer........shrimp and crab out of ice chest in the back of a pick up in the summer...........furniture in the winter...................................raven

[QueenDanceALot]

If someone is just selling goods from a truck parked in a public place that's one thing.  But I would not answer my door to someone knocking with stuff to sell.  No sir.

You might end up in the truck.

[sidsmom]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

If someone is just selling goods from a truck parked in a public place that's one thing.  But I would not answer my door to someone knocking with stuff to sell.  No sir.

You might end up in the truck.

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Then pretty soon you'll be told to

"It puts the lotion in the basket!"

ala Jame Gumb.  Just sayin...