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birdawg
08-19-2023, 07:09 AM
Spectrum has been ringing door bells and tell home owners they will be working on the pedestals in their yard,. And then the sales pitch about selling you their service they are just using this as away of getting around the soliciting laws in our community.
Fast Freddy
08-19-2023, 07:34 AM
Spectrum has been ringing door bells and tell home owners they will be working on the pedestals in there yard,. And then the sales pitch about selling you there service they are just using this as away of getting around the soliciting laws in our community.

Stop them immediately by stating No Soliciting.
Bill14564
08-19-2023, 07:44 AM
Here is another recent thread (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/door-door-solicitation-under-false-pretense-342260/?highlight=spectrum) about Specturm ringing doorbells.
coralway
08-19-2023, 10:14 AM
Verizon does the same thing up North
Two Bills
08-19-2023, 10:15 AM
Better than kids playing 'ring and run.'
Michael G.
08-19-2023, 11:28 AM
Better than kids playing 'ring and run.'


It's that same thing except they don't run. :shocked:
vintageogauge
08-19-2023, 11:38 AM
If you put a small no soliciting sign next to your doorbell 95% of sales people will not bother you. I put one on 6 years ago and it worked great, you can get them at Ace Hardware for a couple dollars. In the beginning the Jehovah's Witness group rang our bell and said they were not soliciting and I said they were soliciting my attention, they left and never came back. I think they have a stay away list now as there are new groups all the time and they just skip our home.
Brighthouse
08-20-2023, 01:44 AM
If Spectrum rep knocks on your door consider yourself lucky, that is the only way to get internet for 19.99 for 300 mbps. No other provider in the villages has internet for these rates. Many residents have signed up with Lysander Jimenez, he has numerous of exceptional reviews on Nextdoor. He can be reached at 352-239-3538. His customer service is top notch unlike anything that I was getting from Xfinity. Its great to have competition in The Villages.
Travelhunter123
08-20-2023, 05:37 AM
If you put a small no soliciting sign next to your doorbell 95% of sales people will not bother you. I put one on 6 years ago and it worked great, you can get them at Ace Hardware for a couple dollars. In the beginning the Jehovah's Witness group rang our bell and said they were not soliciting and I said they were soliciting my attention, they left and never came back. I think they have a stay away list now as there are new groups all the time and they just skip our home.

In sales school I was taught the ones that post those signs do so because they have difficulty saying no to a sales pitch
Accordingly approach them first
MandoMan
08-20-2023, 06:03 AM
Spectrum has been ringing door bells and tell home owners they will be working on the pedestals in their yard,. And then the sales pitch about selling you their service they are just using this as away of getting around the soliciting laws in our community.

What pedestals in our yards? Do we have pedestals in our yards?
retiredguy123
08-20-2023, 06:10 AM
What pedestals in our yards? Do we have pedestals in our yards?
My yard has three of them.
Shadowrider
08-20-2023, 10:24 AM
There are no soliciting laws in our community.
photo1902
08-20-2023, 10:27 AM
There are no soliciting laws in our community.

Nope. Not enforceable
laboutj
08-20-2023, 10:40 AM
If Spectrum rep knocks on your door consider yourself lucky, that is the only way to get internet for 19.99 for 300 mbps. No other provider in the villages has internet for these rates. Many residents have signed up with Lysander Jimenez, he has numerous of exceptional reviews on Nextdoor. He can be reached at 352-239-3538. His customer service is top notch unlike anything that I was getting from Xfinity. Its great to have competition in The Villages.

Is that you Lysander? :laugh:
Shimpy
08-20-2023, 02:56 PM
What pedestals in our yards? Do we have pedestals in our yards?

Not me
Burgy
08-20-2023, 05:25 PM
I think it was reasonable to get told that there would be work done at the edge of my yard. Then I was ASKED if I might have interest in their internet and TV service. I could have said no at that point but I was interested, better than getting more junk mail and finding the area had no coverage.
Brighthouse
08-20-2023, 06:30 PM
And I bet you got a better deal than if you called in or went online. If someone is not interested, how hard is it to say I am not interested. SMH...
Marathon Man
08-21-2023, 06:33 AM
There are no soliciting laws in our community.

Nope. Not enforceable

Yep. They are meaningless. They might dissuade solicitors, that is all. Streets are county owned, and your driveway is owned by you. TV has no authority over either.
shariys
08-22-2023, 11:23 AM
If you put a small no soliciting sign next to your doorbell 95% of sales people will not bother you. I put one on 6 years ago and it worked great, you can get them at Ace Hardware for a couple dollars. In the beginning the Jehovah's Witness group rang our bell and said they were not soliciting and I said they were soliciting my attention, they left and never came back. I think they have a stay away list now as there are new groups all the time and they just skip our home.

When I lived up north, I had a letter-sized sign that said "NO soliciting, NO religious groups!" It worked pretty well. I had two salesmen ignore the sign. I reported both to their employers.