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Originally Posted by MnGirl
We have no soliciting in the Villages, if we don't stop landscapers we open the door to all kinds of solicitation.
These people have cheated more residents and yet we allow them in. STOP buying, tell your neighbors, report them to Village Watch and make them GO AWAY. How is it that seniors (residents with life experience), spend thousands of dollars and don't know what they are buying or know the company they are doing business with? Then, after they have been cheated, they don't spread the word.
Most of these companies do not have any insurance, so if someone gets hurt on your property it's on you. Most don't have any working capital and will ask for money up front. It seems that ninty percent of them will not call you back if there is a problem.
These shady companies see the residents as a bunch of gullable old suckers. Why do you think there were 19 landscapers last year and there are more than 45 today. If you don't want to get taken, go to a business that has a location/storefront where you may go if there are problems, not just a cell phone.
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My concern is the type of people doing the door to door sales. They may be criminals and when you are not home, break in.... Some homeowners don't rent their homes out and are only PT's. These people may be scammers and casers looking for an opportunity.
I dislike any door to door sales.....