What does No Solictors mean to you?

[Tikitoi]

Ok, I have a NS sign on my door. So why do people who I dont know want to sell me stuff? Then when I say what does the sign say, they get all crabby? Don't go away mad, just go away!!!!!!!!!!!!

People are just disrespectful to each other. Whether on this board or at your own door.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I HATE when they come on a nice summer day, and the windows and FRONT DOOR are open. You just can't hide. It's obvious you are home! And they don't leave. God forbid you happen to pass by the front door. Then they knock on the door more!

I'm always afraid if I ignore then, they will come back and do something to my house.

 

[Ceila]

However, (and this may freak some other parents out), I ask where they live, because sometimes we get people that live 10 miles away come to our neighborhood. A bit much.

Perhaps you could phrase it differently so parents wouldn't be concerned. "Do you live in this neighborhood?" would be a fairly safe question, I think, since it it's terribly specific but helps you get the information you want.

 

[Geoff_M]

it means you're unfriendly and unwilling to buy a caramello to help out Scout Troop 331 with thier annual camping trip.

When I was a Scout of about 12 years old I went door to door for a troop fundraiser. I rang a doorbell and this woman answered the door. The she heard I wanted to sell her something, she totally "went off" on me. She said something about "the reason I moved here was to get away from people like you!" (it was an apartment building). It was later I learned what the "no solicitors" sign meant on the door to the building!

 

[Duchie]

Let me ask this on this thread.

If a local shop were going around hanging coupons on doors, is that considered soliciting? Not ringing doorbells, just leaving coupons. (coupons that many people look forward to)

I ask because I was kicked out of a condo complex for soliciting, and personally, I don't think I was, and considering we get a ton of business from this huge complex, the coupons are appreciated.

I don't like these but my situation might be unique. Both DH and I work from home, and we have a big, loud dog. Our dog will bark if he sees the people going from house to house across the street. He will go absolutley bonkers if they come to our front door, even if they are just leaving their menu/flyer/bag o'coupons/whatever. If DH or I are on a business call, the dog barking is extremely disruptive.

In addition, we have had a rash of break-ins in our neighborhood and surrounding area lately. The police have published reports that they suspect people are casing the neighborhoods by posing as people delivering these types of things. So yeah, I don't like them at all.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Let me ask this on this thread.

If a local shop were going around hanging coupons on doors, is that considered soliciting? Not ringing doorbells, just leaving coupons. (coupons that many people look forward to)

I ask because I was kicked out of a condo complex for soliciting, and personally, I don't think I was, and considering we get a ton of business from this huge complex, the coupons are appreciated.

I don't like this at all. I hate having to throw away your crap.

 

[C.Ann]

To answer your question though, I say "no solicitors" means no one should come to the door trying to sale anything. Whether that be a product or a religion.

I agree..

 

[goofy!]

Shoot first...hide bodies second

In Colorado, you have to add "drag the body inside" to make sure you are compliant with the Make My Day law.

Legitimate school fundraisers welcome. Magazine, encyclopedias, dairy, Schwanns - stay away from my door.

Our small town has a soliciting law where companies have to aquire a soliciting license before going door to door (schools and non-profits are exempt by law). Usually I just ask to see the license. 99.99% of don't have one so I tell them I can't do business with them till they show me their license. I don't do it, but I know of people in our neighborhood who then call the cops on the solicitors and they are told to leave.

We had a burglary ring targeting our subdivision last year and one of the way they were casing houses was by pretending they were ADT sales people. It was quite the sophisticated operation.

 

[Ceila]

I don't like this at all. I hate having to throw away your crap.

Agreed! And I hate it when companies put stuff on my windshield when I'm shopping, too. That guarantees that I WON'T patronize their business.

 

[Handbag Lady]

We have a No Soliciting sign up at work, but it never works. Maybe I should fire it.

Here at work we mostly get those people who offer vague business consulting services. They ask if I'm the owner, no, then they want the name of the owner. I tell them they aren't interested- they tell me that they need to speak to the owner anyway. Does anyone have any good comebacks? The owner definitely hates solicitors and telemarketers, and doesn't want to talk to any of them!

Tell them they will only accept and review business inquiries by mail/email. Give them a card with the addresses on it and ask them to leave.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

My sign (homemade on the computer) reads :

No soliciting of :
Church Groups
Lawn Mowers
Scrap/Junk Haulers
Window Salesmen
Yard Workers
~~~~ Children's Fundraisers Welcome ~~~~

I like this one, too. I always say I'm going to make a sign that says "no solicitors over age 17".

To answer your question though, I say "no solicitors" means no one should come to the door trying to sale anything. Whether that be a product or a religion.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I like this one, too. I always say I'm going to make a sign that says "no solicitors over age 17".

that would give the sign a whole different meaning.

 

[rainydayplay]

I don't have a sign, but....

I hate religious solicitors. I have thought about printing my own flyers to hand out to those that come to the door. Since I consider myself a humanist/atheist, I wonder what the reaction would be.

Adult salespeople... scare me. I won't answer the door for them. If they catch me outside I go to "walk" the dog (a very loyal German Shepard).

Children... my downfall. I support the neighborhood kids in their fundraisers. However, (and this may freak some other parents out), I ask where they live, because sometimes we get people that live 10 miles away come to our neighborhood. A bit much.

To answer your question though, I say "no solicitors" means no one should come to the door trying to sale anything. Whether that be a product or a religion.

Your post reminds me of when I was in college. There was a pagan student group, and I went to their first pagan day (which I absolutely know that's not what it was called...but the name escapes me right now. There were several fliers, including this one called "We Are the Other People" (link to it or something similar, since this was in 99 or 2000, and this says it was published 3 or 4 years ago http://www.paganlibrary.com/fundies/other_people.php). It was interesting. I also thought there was one saying that they just answered the door naked every time...and THAT seemed to get the attention of the solicitors and got them to quit coming...

 

[rainydayplay]

We had a burglary ring targeting our subdivision last year and one of the way they were casing houses was by pretending they were ADT sales people. It was quite the sophisticated operation.

My grandparents had a similar experience last May. A young man came up to their house and knocked, offering them a magazine subscription. They politely refused, and the young man left. Well, turns out he was just making sure they were home alone. He came back with several other people, and two or three of them just walked in the door in broad daylight while another cut the phone lines. They held them at gunpoint, duct taped my grandfather to his chair, and proceeded to walk out with a bunch of stuff in a very short amount of time.

 

[EveDallas]

I don't have a sign, but....

I hate religious solicitors. I have thought about printing my own flyers to hand out to those that come to the door. Since I consider myself a humanist/atheist, I wonder what the reaction would be.

My BFF told me once to just tell them I belong to the Church of Satan. It really works! (And their faces are usually priceless )

 

[SandrA9810]

I've gotten a few solicitors here, and it's a gated community.

Once was a couple high school kids looking for newspaper subscription, which I actually signed up for cause it was a great price, and it was for a program for the high school kids.

I've had mormons come to the door a few times. I personally think they're a little off in beliefs... but I just say, sorry my gf doesn't like the mormon belief. It usually shuts them up pretty fast.
I had one person trying to sell pies. Seriously??

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

My BFF told me once to just tell them I belong to the Church of Satan. It really works! (And their faces are usually priceless )

you could also tell them you are really into voodoo...and ask (insist) they come in for some tea!!!

then ask them things like, how much dead weight they think they could lift if they had too.

hehehehhe

 

[Gigi22]

This is a suggestion for Scrapbookworm. Why don't you say very pleasantly to the person who wants you to let them solicit your boss, "Well, I should warn you, this morning the boss was in a really bad mood and the only way for him/her to deal with it is to scream at 5 people by (pick a target hour)--and I happen to know that he/she is one short. Since you really want to meet him/her, I'm sure you will do". Of course, you can also substitute other unpleasant actions for screaming--

 

[Took]

That was my first thought also.

LOL, mine too!

 

[smidgy]

I have gotten quite a few plastic bags with a rock and a flier in them thrown on my driveway. (the rock/stone, so it doesn't blow away).
who knows itf it could hit my car, window, etc./
I always call and tell them I actually WAS looking for just that service, but will NOT be doing business with them because they threw a rock in my driveway!