[Gpsma]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

Just report them to both the villages and to the police, we aren’t supposed to have door to door solicitors

Im sure both will rush down with sirens blowing to take care of this very dangerous sitution.

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Im sure both will rush down with sirens blowing to take care of this very dangerous sitution.

Well said. After all, they probably are not very busy.

[bopat]

I love just talking to them, figure the more time I spend with them the less time they have to scam others. It's usually pretty easy to steer them into conversations about their family and Florida and stuff like that.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by bopat

I love just talking to them, figure the more time I spend with them the less time they have to scam others. It's usually pretty easy to steer them into conversations about their family and Florida and stuff like that.

I agree. I am definitely not intimidated by pushy salespeople. They can push all they want.

[kcrazorbackfan]

With my Law Enforcement flag out front, I very rarely have solicitors come to the house; when they do brave the trek up to the door, I can quickly put on my best State Trooper look and they usually leave very quickly.

[BlueStarAirlines]

For my older parents, having a phone ring and not answering it was a sin beyond comprehension. Having it go to voicemail was beyond the pale and only happened during extreme emergencies.

It seems like the same issue with people that knock on the door. Why answer? Look at your video doorbell....peek out the window. Its okay not not answer a door....especially for an unexpected stranger.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by BlueStarAirlines

For my older parents, having a phone ring and not answering it was a sin beyond comprehension. Having it go to voicemail was beyond the pale and only happened during extreme emergencies.

It seems like the same issue with people that knock on the door. Why answer? Look at your video doorbell....peek out the window. Its okay not not answer a door....especially for an unexpected stranger.

Once upon a time when we lived in Connecticut, someone came to our door super late at night (after midnight). My neighborhood was mostly white, mostly families. The guy at the door was black. But he was standing back from the door at the edge of the porch. We figured - no burglar in his right mind would be coming to THIS neighborhood at THIS hour of the night, and ring the doorbell. So it must be something else.

So we answered the door. Turned out the guy's car had conked out on the highway, which ran behind the senior housing behind my house. Ours was the first house at the end of the senior housing driveway. We let him use our phone to call AAA, gave him some water, and sent him back to be with his family in their broken-down car.

Turned out to be a totally unexciting moment in our lives. The only time we didn't answer the door was Halloween, because people from the projects in another town bussed their kids to our neighborhood and we didn't want to have to buy candy for our own neighborhood kids PLUS over 200 kids who didn't even live in the same town. Plus there were some spoiled brat teenagers who DID live in the area, who wouldn't dress up, and just walked around ringing doorbells and expecting us to dump candy in their empty pillowcases without so much as a Trick or Treat. That got old REALLY quickly. So on Halloween we turned the light off, shut the drapes, and were "closed for business."

[KCornman]

I just tell them that I charge $800/hour for my time and charge in 15 minute increments, then I ask them how much of my time they would like to purchase. If they say anything other than a farewell, I tell them that the first 15 are cash in advance, they normally get the message at that point.

Religious solicitors I have even more fun with, but at the risk of offending any of our good folks here, I won't elaborate.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by KCornman

I just tell them that I charge $800/hour for my time and charge in 15 minute increments, then I ask them how much of my time they would like to purchase. If they say anything other than a farewell, I tell them that the first 15 are cash in advance, they normally get the message at that point.

Religious solicitors I have even more fun with, but at the risk of offending any of our good folks here, I won't elaborate.

No worries, I think I already did that

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by GATORBILL66

No Soliciting in the Villages!

Originally Posted by rsmurano

Just report them to both the villages and to the police, we aren’t supposed to have door to door solicitors

There is no prohibition against soliciting in most of The Villages. Arguably, they could prohibit door-to-door in Villa neighborhoods, as most of them don't have public streets.

In most of Florida, door-to-door soliciting in legal with the proper permits. Sumter County requires a permit.

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by RoboVil

Today, starting early, I have had two pushy sales reps come calling at my door. The first was 'Deluxe' wanting to wash my windows, and the second was "Freedom Forever" wanting to install solar panels on my roof. So much for the non-soliciting policy of the Villages. They were really pushy and did not take the first three 'No's if not more.

I feel like you’d benefit from a ring doorbell or similar. I’ve never encountered any sales people at my door because I don’t answer my door if I don’t know who it is on the video camera.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

There is no prohibition against soliciting in most of The Villages. Arguably, they could prohibit door-to-door in Villa neighborhoods, as most of them don't have public streets.

In most of Florida, door-to-door soliciting in legal with the proper permits. Sumter County requires a permit.

Florida Statute 501.022 requires a solicitation permit to sell certain products and services door-to-door. This is a state law, but it is administered by the counties. I don't know if Sumter County has their own law, or if they are just enforcing the state law.