[Marigold]

Man just came to our front screen door in Buttonwood saying he had extra meat from a delivery and did we want it. Hubby said no several times. Man left and we called Community Watch. They said they are trying to get him.
The truck is a white pickup with freezer containers in the back. Man is about 40-50 years old with short hair. He left before I could use phone to take picture.

Just a heads up, be aware. If you see him, call Community Watch.

[Bogie Shooter]

Next week it will be seafood. They been around for quite awhile

[graciegirl]

Like Bogie said. Not against the law but annoying.

[Yorio]

Thought there was a law against soliciting within The Villages compound? I am also annoyed with unsolicited telemarketing though it is not as bad as up north.

[Marigold]

Annoying.... Yes.
But our bigger concern was that he did not go door to door through the neighborhood. We had our retractable screen door covering the opening. He stopped at our house and then left entire street.
So question is why just our house? One can come to any conclusion...easy access...people home...
Just posted to let others be aware......you never truly know what the intention was.

[raynan]

Same thing has happened twice on Markridge Loop in Pennecamp, once 3 weeks ago and then again 2 weeks ago. He only goes up to the homes with the retractable screen front door when the inner door is open. He has not gone on to other homes. Neighborhood Watch was called on the second occasion.

[rubicon]

White is picked by better than 50% of the population as the preferred color for their vehicle

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Yorio

Thought there was a law against soliciting within The Villages compound? I am also annoyed with unsolicited telemarketing though it is not as bad as up north.

Yea but the only people who seem to know bout it are the residents

[SoccerCoach]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Like Bogie said. Not against the law but annoying.

Easiest response is "No Thanks, have a nice day".

[LittleDog]

A little over a month ago someone came to my door with the same spiel. I didn't bite and told him I wasn't interested. He then went across the street and solicited our neighbor. He bought some meat. I haven't talked to him since but I'm curious to see how he liked the meat.

John

[nitehawk]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Like Bogie said. Not against the law but annoying.

I dont see where bogie said it is not against the law--------- Is it or is it not against the law ????

[togabill]

I agree. Same experience and suspicion.

[graciegirl]

I don't know if it is against the law or not. I never thought about it. We have had people selling fish and meat, plus the Schwann man and the guy who sells palm trees and someone who wanted to install lightning rods at our door. We just said


No Thank you and if they continued to talk we said no thank you again. And maybe again.


We have had Jehovah Witnesses and we took their paper and wished them a good day.


Yesterday someone rang the bell and said they liked our house. They were recently arrived snowbirds from Canada. They liked our neighborhood. I told them there was one house for sale here.


People come to your door. They aren't all awful people.


I think that people bring with them from their old places the same level of apprehension that they used to have.



Of course I have two strong people with me most of the time. And the attack cats.

[raynan]

Soliciting is annoying but in this case the way he only goes to homes where it looks like the front door is wide open and doesn't ring any other doors in the neighborhood is what's making me and my neighbors suspicious.

[redwitch]

Maybe he's ringing those bells cause he knows someone is home and ignoring potentially empty homes -- meat needs to be sold quickly so why waste time on an empty house. I've heard of this guy from almost my first day here. So far as I know, he's never been a threat, just a nuisance.