Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting"

livwire68 · 04-21-2009, 08:27 PM

So I have two doorbells to my house. The one everyone rings is at the outside gate entrance and directly above it (cant miss it!!!) is a "No Soliciting" sign. So anywhere from 3-5 times a week I get someone trying to sell me something or give me something. Are people that stupid that they still try or don't know what it means? How do you deal with it? I have been an a$$ and I have been polite, I am thinking about handing out cards with the definition on them before they speak. Maybe I should go ahead and get their supervisors name and number and make a complaint. I Shouldn't have to do this if they have a elementary school education, although some say they are trying to go to college or some other BS. I really hate it when they say I seen your sign, but! But what! Obviously your dumb as a rock! Sorry needed to vent and maybe gather of ways to deal with it!

taltos · 04-21-2009, 08:44 PM

Shoot the next one and leave the body nailed to the gate as a warning.

MedicCook · 04-21-2009, 08:47 PM

Just come to the door with a shotgun.

marge796 · 04-21-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by taltos

Shoot the next one and leave the body nailed to the gate as a warning.

Holy mother of all over kill replies. I love it!

04-21-2009, 08:49 PM

Dude, It's easy.

Look through the peephole to make sure it ain't friends or family.

Then open the door, naked.

Works every time.

Even better, answer the door naked, with a box of condoms, and ask them if they are interested in coming in since they want to interrupt.

They can't file a complaint. You have NO SOLICITING posted in plain sight.

Bruzee · 04-21-2009, 08:49 PM

Get a neon flashing "Ain't Buyin' Nuthin" sign... They'll understand that!

Bruzee · 04-21-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tobii3

Dude, It's easy.

Look through the peephole to make sure it ain't friends or family.

Then open the door, naked.

Works every time.

Even better, answer the door naked, with a box of condoms, and ask them if they are interested in coming in since they want to interrupt.

They can't file a complaint. You have NO SOLICITING posted in plain sight.

As your legal council, don't do this!

04-21-2009, 08:54 PM

Trust me. I have a good Lawyer. Works the same as "No Trespassing". His secretary married my best friend - no matter how insanely stupid the question might be, she'll ask him for me. No Charge.

GreekGodX · 04-21-2009, 09:04 PM

My father was cleaning up some trees with a chainsaw when some people came up to him trying to sell him something. He yelled down to them from the ladder, "what the f do you want?" They never came back again.

lightning9191 · 04-21-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by taltos

Shoot the next one and leave the body nailed to the gate as a warning.

That's terrific!

SeanGAR · 04-21-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by livwire68

Obviously your dumb as a rock!

heh ....

wrench turner 85 · 04-21-2009, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taltos

Shoot the next one and leave the body nailed to the gate as a warning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MedicCook

Just come to the door with a shotgun.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tobii3

Dude, It's easy.

Look through the peephole to make sure it ain't friends or family.

Then open the door, naked.

Works every time.

Even better, answer the door naked, with a box of condoms, and ask them if they are interested in coming in since they want to interrupt.

They can't file a complaint. You have NO SOLICITING posted in plain sight.

04-21-2009, 09:53 PM

put this sign on the outside gate entrance

04-21-2009, 10:19 PM

Bell Activates Security system, 1 failed authentication code will result in pepperspray.

Saw this sign in a bar, might work here?

icehog3 · 04-21-2009, 11:44 PM

Works like a charm.

04-22-2009, 12:02 AM

as somebody who has sadly worked door to door for a non profit... we are told it doesnt matter what your sign says, we are to ask. We always had a signed paper from the city saying we were allowed to be there and asking for donations. got a new paper everyday. plenty of people hated me, but I still got a ton of donations everyday. I also hate solicitors, but until it stops working, I cant really blame them...

icehog3 · 04-22-2009, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SixPackSunday

as somebody who has sadly worked door to door for a non profit... we are told it doesnt matter what your sign says, we are to ask. We always had a signed paper from the city saying we were allowed to be there and asking for donations. got a new paper everyday. plenty of people hated me, but I still got a ton of donations everyday. I also hate solicitors, but until it stops working, I cant really blame them...

I can, if I have a "No Solictors Welcome" sign posted clearly on my door, and one of them rings my bell at 9AM after I have worked a graveyard shift.

pnoon · 04-22-2009, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SixPackSunday

we are told it doesnt matter what your sign says, we are to ask.

That's the issue. People publicly post a sign declining any solicitation yet solicitors blatantly ignore that information. Any organization who ignores such information is just plain rude behavior IMO.

Similar situation is with phone solicitors. I know they are just doing a job but when I say "Thanks but I'm not interested." and they keep yammering ignoring what I've said, courtesy is abandoned and I give them piece of my mind.

mojo65 · 04-22-2009, 12:13 AM

Back in Seattle we had a problem with Jehovah witness knocking on the door early Saturday morning. I worked graveyard Friday nights, after the third weekend in a row,
I was laying in wait for them.

speakers in the window, with IRON Maiden's 666 Number Of The Beast cued up.

Never came back. go figure.

icehog3 · 04-22-2009, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pnoon

Similar situation is with phone solicitors. I know they are just doing a job but when I say "Thanks but I'm not interested." and they keep yammering ignoring what I've said, courtesy is abandoned and I give them piece of my mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXjAIizqZNI

04-21-2009, 08:27 PM	#1
livwire68 Las Vegas Herf Crew Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the Asylum Posts: 509 Trading: (7)	Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting" So I have two doorbells to my house. The one everyone rings is at the outside gate entrance and directly above it (cant miss it!!!) is a "No Soliciting" sign. So anywhere from 3-5 times a week I get someone trying to sell me something or give me something. Are people that stupid that they still try or don't know what it means? How do you deal with it? I have been an a$$ and I have been polite, I am thinking about handing out cards with the definition on them before they speak. Maybe I should go ahead and get their supervisors name and number and make a complaint. I Shouldn't have to do this if they have a elementary school education, although some say they are trying to go to college or some other BS. I really hate it when they say I seen your sign, but! But what! Obviously your dumb as a rock! Sorry needed to vent and maybe gather of ways to deal with it! __________________

04-21-2009, 08:44 PM	#2
taltos Really, really old Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: Saugus, MA Posts: 2,486 Trading: (3)	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Shoot the next one and leave the body nailed to the gate as a warning. __________________ Jimmy, some of its magic, some of its tragic, but I had a good life all the way. He Went to Paris, J. Buffett

04-21-2009, 08:47 PM	#3
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Just come to the door with a shotgun. __________________ 27 World Series Championship's "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife.", Zino Davidoff

04-21-2009, 08:49 PM	#5
tobii3 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Dude, It's easy. Look through the peephole to make sure it ain't friends or family. Then open the door, naked. Works every time. Even better, answer the door naked, with a box of condoms, and ask them if they are interested in coming in since they want to interrupt. They can't file a complaint. You have NO SOLICITING posted in plain sight.

04-21-2009, 08:49 PM	#6
Bruzee Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: D Location: San Diego Posts: 1,508 Trading: (30)	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Get a neon flashing "Ain't Buyin' Nuthin" sign... They'll understand that! __________________

04-21-2009, 08:54 PM	#8
tobii3 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Trust me. I have a good Lawyer. Works the same as "No Trespassing". His secretary married my best friend - no matter how insanely stupid the question might be, she'll ask him for me. No Charge.

04-21-2009, 09:04 PM	#9
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,894 Trading: (82)	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting My father was cleaning up some trees with a chainsaw when some people came up to him trying to sell him something. He yelled down to them from the ladder, "what the f do you want?" They never came back again. __________________ "If I give a businessman 10,000 francs, what is that to him, he is rich. But if I give him a Cohiba cigar, that is style."-Hotel Rwanda

04-21-2009, 09:53 PM	#13
ChicagoWhiteSox Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting put this sign on the outside gate entrance

04-21-2009, 10:19 PM	#14
darb85 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Bell Activates Security system, 1 failed authentication code will result in pepperspray. Saw this sign in a bar, might work here?

04-21-2009, 11:44 PM	#15
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,441 Trading: (60)	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Works like a charm. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

04-22-2009, 12:02 AM	#16
SixPackSunday Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting as somebody who has sadly worked door to door for a non profit... we are told it doesnt matter what your sign says, we are to ask. We always had a signed paper from the city saying we were allowed to be there and asking for donations. got a new paper everyday. plenty of people hated me, but I still got a ton of donations everyday. I also hate solicitors, but until it stops working, I cant really blame them...

04-22-2009, 12:13 AM	#19
mojo65 Relocation Engineer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: mark Location: Evans,CO Posts: 240 Trading: (4)	Re: Does anyone know the meaning of "No Soliciting Back in Seattle we had a problem with Jehovah witness knocking on the door early Saturday morning. I worked graveyard Friday nights, after the third weekend in a row, I was laying in wait for them. speakers in the window, with IRON Maiden's 666 Number Of The Beast cued up. Never came back. go figure. __________________ Mark, I'LL TAKE MY GUNS, RELIGION & MONEY... YOU CAN KEEP THE CHANGE!