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Originally Posted by Girlcopper
Typical scam. Just like “ hey, I just paved your neighbors driveway and have materials left over and will,pave yours for 50% less”. Scam. Scam. Why would you even think such a bargain for meat from a stranger who walks up to your door would be legit???? Did you ask the neighbors name and address? His name and company he was from? Was he driving a company truck? When have you ever heard of a business taking back steaks because the customer didn’t have room in his freezer?? Did you ask any questions??
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We HAVE (if we have the extra time) done exactly that. When they said they JUST finished at my neighbor's place, and have this ------ left, etc. etc. I walked further out toward the street and said, "which neighbor ?" When they could not bring up the name, I'd point to a house and say "there ? At the Johnson's ? A name I made up) and then they would quickly say "well ACTUALLY a neighbor 2 blocks down...." as they nearly RAN to their truck (of course). Always good to snap a photo of license plate... while house to house solicitation may be "discouraged" by the villages (does the Villages really do anything to "discourage" it ????) at least if anything more serious happens you have information that could help the police ! When there is a series of break-ins, it would at least provide leads of who has been going around the neighborhood recently ostensibly for some other purpose; like selling "steaks", or roofs, or wanted to cut down trees.