People Who Knock On Your Door ….

[naomi24]

….show you a card and tell you they’re selling stuff in order to prove to ‘whoever’ that, having misbehaved in the past, they are now on the straight and narrow and eager to work. I had one such person on my doorstep today. He told me he’d been in trouble - nothing terrible - and asked if I would buy his wares in order to help him secure employment in the future. I felt sorry for him, but since he seemed particularly interested in my unseen barking dog, I sent him away.

What is that all about?

[EDDIE51]

Looking for suitable places to break into. Or 'Mugs' who can easily be conned by a sob story.

[RATTER15]

Dognapping is also big business these days!!

[DaisyNonna]

No cold callers! An advantage of living in a backwater.

[naomi24]

Daisy, I live in the country .... which makes me suspicious of the occasional cold caller. I just wondered if any of them are ever genuine?

[Peter Pedant]

very popular a few years ago
I am surprised any survive

subject to scams - basically five or six of these are bussed around given the tags and the stuff and told to work the area

presumably not all

an improvement would be to give them cards saying they were deaf
and I cant remember if it were me or friend who started signing and the fella said (!) " o sod this " and walked off

clearly I close the door on them now

[Peter Pedant]

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no I think you are right Ni
none are genuine

[237SJ]

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2013-05-21b.155099.h

[Peter Pedant]

thx SJ

[EDDIE51]

methyl , can you imagine the fuss that would be caused now by sending young boys door to door asking if anyone needs a 'job' doing for cash??
I did 'Bob a Job' back in the 60s not quite PC these days!

[PankySmooch]

Was watching Crimewatch Roadshow this morning and it's very sad to see how many pensioners fall victim to bogus callers, it's bad enough the ones that just steal money when the victim is upstairs turning the bathroom taps on to check for 'water pressure' etc but there's still evil bastads going round beating these old folks up.
Makes my blood boil!!!!!

[PankySmooch]

methyl, and did you?

[PankySmooch]

Batterbank?

[PankySmooch]

Ok we'll leave it at that, well done to you and your brother though

[naomi24]

237SJ, thanks for that, Now we know. Perhaps it should go in 'Spams & Scams'?