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by: lilmama09 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 11:55am  
Sounds exactly the way y'all described from the other thread we had on the door to door soliciting... looks like they're not just getting the Kingwood area.http://www.click2houston.com/news/doortodoor-home-alarm-system-scammers-hit-houston/33877612 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:06pm  
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:10pm  
I wonder if anyone sells doors door to door. 4951
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lilmama09 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:12pm  
I'll look thru the peep hole and if I don't know them, tell ds to be quiet and act like we're not home. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:12pm  
I wonder if anyone sells doors door to door.
 
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:21pm  
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:24pm  
I just let the dogs go to the door, most don't dilly dally to long then.Bree has a great barkHeidi isn't too shabby either. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:26pm  
I'll look thru the peep hole and if I don't know them, tell ds to be quiet and act like we're not home.
 
@lilmama09: worse thing to do is make believe no one is home. As Fallon said just talk thru the door & let them know you're not interested.  Are you one of them people who don't want to be rude or offed a door to door salesman?- I look at it like this, they are invading my space & that's rude so I have no problem with being rude right back at them.
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:53pm  

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>> I'll look thru the peep hole and if I don't know them, tell ds to be quiet and act like we're not home.
 
@lilmama09: worse thing to do is make believe no one is home. As Fallon said just talk thru the door & let them know you're not interested.  Are you one of them people who don't want to be rude or offed a door to door salesman?- I look at it like this, they are invading my space & that's rude so I have no problem with being rude right back at them.
 
@thegoodwife: That's true... I don't like being rude, but I will if I have to. Personally I just don't want to deal with them. I don't think my doxie can hear like he used to cuz he doesn't bark at the door anymore; this is one of the reasons why I'd like a bigger dog.
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djohn78 Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 12:57pm  
I live in a gated community so I snap a picture of sales people and upload it to our neighborhood Facebook page to alert everyone. It's private property so they can be charged with trespassing. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 1:50pm  
I just yell "not interested" through the closed door and return to what I was doing. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 2:44pm  
worse thing to do is make believe no one is home. As Fallon said just talk thru the door & let them know you're not interested.  Are you one of them people who don't want to be rude or offed a door to door salesman?- I look at it like this, they are invading my space & that's rude so I have no problem with being rude right back at them.

Being rude back to them takes much more energy than I'm willing to spend on these fools. Much easier to just ignore. 
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 3:21pm  

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>> I'll look thru the peep hole and if I don't know them, tell ds to be quiet and act like we're not home.
 
@lilmama09: worse thing to do is make believe no one is home. As Fallon said just talk thru the door & let them know you're not interested.  Are you one of them people who don't want to be rude or offed a door to door salesman?- I look at it like this, they are invading my space & that's rude so I have no problem with being rude right back at them.
 
@thegoodwife: That's true... I don't like being rude, but I will if I have to. Personally I just don't want to deal with them. I don't think my doxie can hear like he used to cuz he doesn't bark at the door anymore; this is one of the reasons why I'd like a bigger dog.
 
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By being quiet and pretending no one is home, you are telling a 'scout' that this home is ripe for the pickings. Sometimes the criminals pose as door to door salesmen to decide which home is unoccupied and ready to burgle. Do you want someone coming in your back door? Answer thru the closed door that you are not interested. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 3:21pm  
I'm usually fairly polite to door to door solicitors, as long as they are nice and polite. If they wake me up from a nap, Lord have mercy on their souls because I'm sure not. If I'm sick and they wake me from my nap, you might as well save up bail money lol. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 3:27pm  
By being quiet and pretending no one is home, you are telling a 'scout' that this home is ripe for the pickings. Sometimes the criminals pose as door to door salesmen to decide which home is unoccupied and ready to burgle. Do you want someone coming in your back door? Answer thru the closed door that you are not interested.

Not really IMO...   they come to the back door they will be in for a surprise and most likely not a welcome one....
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 1, '15 3:28pm  
I open the door, and as soon as I make the determination that it is a solicitor, I say "No thank you, I'm not interested", then I close the door.  Works every time.They always seem to start off with "I'm not selling anything today", which means they are selling something, and the above referenced protocol is then followed. 4951
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