No Solicitors!
 

Don't people know what these words mean? These words are on a sign on my door, and I constantly get people who ring my door, and say, "I'm not selling anything." The sign doesn't say, "No Salesman," it says "No Solicitors", and isn't a solicitor anyone who is soliciting your time? It especially bothers me when religious people do this, I think they are being extremely deceptive when they say they don't know what the word means, and as missionaries, I believe that they should set a good example of what their particular religion is all about, but when they start off by acting like they don't know the word, and it doesn't apply to them, I feel like they are being deceptive and disrespectful to other people's wishes. I really feel like it's important to respect others, if you want to share you personal beliefs about God.

Maybe this bothers me more because Joey goes off on a tangent every time the door bell rings, but I want to know what other's think, if you see the words, "No Solicitors" do you think it includes those who are missionaries?

By the way, this isn't meant to be a religious thread, I really want to just know how people define the term solicitor.

I think it means if you aren't a friend or family member, or delivering mail/packages, don't bother. :)

By and large I think it's interpreted to mean no soliciting money...not time.

I don't answer the door at my house and I have four who go off on a tangent when that bell rings.

I have alot of Jehovah witnesses that come to my door and no offense to anyone in this religion but it really irritates me. I will tell them we are not interested and theyll be back the next week

Door to door people get on my nerves big time! Especially the Kirby Vacuume people. They come at least every other week. I keep telling them, "I didn't want one two weeks ago when you came, I didn't want one the times before that and I don't want one now." I told one chick I was about to put down hardwoods and she started trying to tell me how the product would be perfect, blah blah blah. I asked her, "Do you honestly think you are going to convince me to buy a $1500 vaccume for hardwoods!?" Seriously!?

The only exception is the Swan guy we buy some food from because he deliveres yummy ice cream to my door! :D

That reminds me of something that happened last year. A kirby salesman was DROPPED OFF in my driveway, and I live in the country I told my husband NOT TO LET HIM IN, under any circumstances. So he walks outside, and walks back in, looks at me and rolls his eyes, and the guy followed him in. They are so manipulative. I told him we are buying NOTHING, and I had to leave in a half hour. I made dinner in the kitchen while he showed my husband the stupid vacuum. I fed the kids dinner at the table and every time he would ask me something, I would just answer him "I don't want anything". I was so rude, but it was very rude of him to barge in and get dropped off! I told him he had to leave because I had to leave, and he didnt!! In fact, he was there for nearly an hour and a half, and I was so mad!! His boss got here to pick him up, walked in my house, and told my husband that he was a bad father if he didn't buy a vacuum because he was letting our kids live in "these conditions" referring to the small amount of dirt he picked up in our brand new carpet. :mad: I was so mad, I called my cousin and complained loudly about how rude those people are that are in my house. His boss then offered to trade me 2 of my dogs for a vacuum!!! :mad: I told them they HAVE to leave. It took them nearly 15 min to pack up there stuff and go. They did everything short of offering to trade one of my kids. I was livid for days. That moron even came into my bedroom and vacuumed my bed and got NOTHING out of it at all because I have a memory foam topper, lol, even though he told me that it wouldnt matter that it was on it because it goes "13 inches below the 4 inch topper to get stuff in the lower mattress". A couple of weeks later the same people showed up to my friends house and did the same thing after she told them to leave. I think that should be illegal and Kirby needs to be stopped. I understand people need to make a living, but these people are ten times worse than the shadiest used car salesman.

I have a No SOLICITORS sign on my door too. I don't want anyone coming to my door. My 5 girls lose their minds barking and it usually means a trip downstairs just to see who it is. I don't answer the door but just wave them away if i look through the window. I couldn't hear anything they had to say anyway with the kennel noises! LOL! I personally don't think it is safe to answer the door any more. I still get the flyers on the door but the sign has really cut down on the door to door sellers. We have a law in our community about solicitors so if i see someone going door to door (other than religious and kids) i call and turn them in. They are supposed to have permits to solicit but most don't bother. I have a feeling with the economy tanking, that the sellers may start increasing. I shop online as much as possible so i don't need anything anyone is selling at my front door.

Last year we collected pop cans with our 4-H group, and anywhere there was a community with a sign up about solicitors, we wouldn't go there. It's just common sense. I know it might not be so bad since we were a 4-H group and we weren't selling anything, but we didn't want to risk upsetting people.

Time is money! :D

Do you have a sign? It's just that I can't believe that they have never heard the word used that way.

I don't really mind when groups like that come, it's like a one time only thing, it when they come monthly that bugs me so much.

Same here, our city requires a permit to solicit. Non profits are exempt though. This would include religous and political. They need to come with a sign to ward them off too!!! If you have a "No Soliciting" sign they aree not even supposed to leave flyers unless they are exempt but many of them do.

So you're saying because state law exempts them they can act like my sign exempts them from being a solicitor too? Darn. My community is a "no solicitation" community, and I guess theoretically, I don't need a sign on my door, but I want sign that they will understand. Specifically, I don't want anyone coming my door to share their religious beliefs. When I was younger, I allowed them in and heard them out, however, I no longer feel the need to learn more about them. So I've got to think of a proper sign. I mean they seem like wonderful people, I just don't want them ringing my bell.

Such a good idea to put up a "No Soliciting" sign. I have the UEP (Universal Energy Program) guyS coming to knock on my door really rude and loud eventhough I have a doorbell every single week. They wouldn't take no for an answer. I googled them they are full of fraud and had just been fined. They keep trying to sell me a 5-years contract that saves your gas and hyrdo bill because they give you a frozen rate, a very high one though. What they'd do is get you to show them your bill to get your account number, and then ask you to fill up their so called application form but you are not obligated to use their service until they call and you have to say yes but what they'd do is get your bill, and fill up the form for you, some even copy your signature and then call you and ask you to confirm your address so you'd say yes and they'd save that "yes" word that you said and made it into yes, you want their service. Their catch is, you have to pay them hundreds of dollars some even thousands of dollars to cancel their ridiculous bill if you want out before the 5 years contract and people who accidentaly signed up with them always wants out because their gas and hydro bill is more expensive and up the roof! I am not opening the door the next time round!

oh my gosh.... before the election I must have had 5 Obama campaign people at my door everyday! My dogs would go ballistic. I always had some sort of literature on my doorstep every single day I came home, sometimes more than 1. It was sooo annoying!

I know what you mean. Where my parents live, they are the managers and we know the owner very well. I know she has a no soliciting policy and a no loitering policy. We have signs, but our own tenants don't listen and loiter and pee in front of the building (I am seriously ashamed to admit that). If we can't get the tenants to listen how in the world would we get solicitors to stop?

My friend did say something to me once about religious solicitors. His dad put a sign in front of his house that said "We're a happy catholic family." According to him, that stopped religious people from knocking on his door. Maybe something similar would work for you.

They are lucky they didn't come to my house. That could have ended really funny, or perhaps disasterous.

I agree they shouldn't be knocking when the sign is in plain sight:rolleyes:
People need to make a living though and I feel so bad when I don't answer the door:( but I just don't need the product they are selling and I really don't have the time to sit there and listen, but I do feel bad about it.
As far as the Jehovah Witnesses I take the pamphlet and thank them , thats it.
My husband gets so mad at me, but I feel bad.
I did get upset one time and said I was a Roman Catholic all my life and I wouldn't be changing religions anytime soon, but if I did I would let them know, then I slammed the door:D They never came back.

I hate those scammers, I used to have a very to the point notice at my front door saying basically that we were not interested in any door to door sales, religions... that they were trespassing and to immediately remove themselves from our property.

Well one of those scammers from the energy saving company saw the note and ripped it up. He is lucky I never saw him do it. I saw him going door to door and thought he just read the notice and left, after I saw it crumpled and ripped up, the nerve.

Funny but I just had another salesman come to the door just now, I ignored him.

IMO "No Solicitors" = no door-to-door sales, religion, charities, ect

It's funny, after I posted on here a guy tried to sell me a magazine subscription at the door. He looked creepy though and gave me 2 different reasons for selling them a $2000 cash prize and later he said a trip to Europe. I got suspicious and told him I'm not interested and he said something like "Well I also get points for hugs and kisses." uh.... what?????

sorry but i always thought it solciting meant selling something and religious groups aren't usually selling something.

but i do understand what you mean. :)

hmmmm, was he cute? ;)

No not even a little. He was chunky, and had a tattoo of a scorpion on his left arm, shoulder length hair and it looked like he could really use a bath. He creeped me out!!!

But... if he was cute I might of bought a suscription! :p hehe

I get so annoyed at people knocking on my door to either try and sell me something or try and change my religion. We usually only get the Jehovah's witness and teens that do not live around here selling magazines or something for "school" and getting points for it..whatever the h*ll that means. If it's kids I know , I don't have a problem.... but for strangers to be dropped off in a neighborhood to sell something is fishy at best.

One day 5 JW's came by my house ...in one day :eek: !!! I put up a sign ( handwritten & taped to my front door) that read:


I am happy with my God , my magazines , and my cleaning products . If you want to convince me otherwise...DON'T bother ... DON'T knock .... and DON'T come back.

Do you know an idiot still knocked at my door.:confused::mad: Heck of a lotta good the sign did.

I usually just ignore it and don't answer the door ( which is funny in the summer time because they can clearly see me in the living room as they cross in front of the windows up the walkway to the door and I just sit ignoring them in plain view :p ) but I hate that it gets the dogs upset and barking:mad:

I was thinking about a no soliciting sign but really don't think it would do much good , because some of the people coming to my door don't even understand what it even means:rolleyes:

:p I had this same problem at my other house. I had No Soliciting in both english & spanish, then I had Websters Dictionary definition of "Soliciting" under that, then I also had That Means No Religion Either typed under that... stuck to my door.

Yep, it was really wordy. (I did it on my computer & printed it off myself).

Didn't really stop anyone. They still rang the bell. But it made me feel better to put it there.

Enjoyed your thread, Nancy.:D:D:D From everyone's experiences, though, sounds like you are stuck with this or that person trying to convert you.:D:D:D ~Joanne~

I have to say, I agree with just about everything that was posted. If it says no solicitors, don't bother knocking, period. Those magaziner's are the worst!

We have the exact same sign also due to "religious bell ringers" and no we are not against any such group however when it becomes a habit weekly, never the same group and especially coming to your door ringing the bell on a Saturday morning at 7am or so, it becomes very annoying. I have tried everything from after saying I'm not interested slamming the door on them to actually sitting in front of my window where they can clearly see me and ignoring the doorbell to the point of my husband actually telling them off, nothing seems to stop it. At random it may be a salesperson but most of the time not the case. Just yesterday they actually pulled their car right in my driveway. I too would like to know if we are not using the correct sign to stop this, what sign is really out there to cover this type of problem?

To be honest now I'm scared. That "magaziner" that came to my condo today didn't have anything in his hand. NOTHING! No list of magazines he was selling, or anything to take down information if someone was interested. It's seriously scaring me a bit...

But back to the original subject... does anyone have a technique that has worked for them???