Door to door sellers...

It's fraud if they're selling other people's work without their permission and they're claiming it to be hand painted when it's printed.
 
I got stopped in a park years ago, by an Asian guy claiming to be raising money for a Thai orphanage (this was in England btw). First he tried telling me I was clearly a deep thinker and blah blah something about worrying about other people. And then he pulled this cheap trick where he wrote something down on a bit of paper then asked me to name a flower. I said "Rose" and he turned the paper over and he had written "Rose" on it.

It slightly amused me (as I was a bit naive back then), but I didn't give him any money because I doubted the validity of his claims of being a charity worker (which he almost certainly wasn't).

Anyway, no, I've had no random foreigners come to my door trying to sell stuff though.
 
I usually answer the door in my jocks when someone knocks during the day. Hey I am a shift worker so if you wake me up you will get an eyeful ;)
 
Laying the "fraud" aside - its illegal for this type of selling to be done anyway unless the person has the correct licence e.g. peddlers certificate etc.


Edit - I should have added (as someone may be interested), this is covered in the Pedlars Act 1871
 
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OldCoals said:
Since when is door to door selling a crime, you do not have to buy anything do you.
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around Luton, we have "no cold calling zones" to stop this type of thing.
it was set up to protect the more elderly residents against more dodgy doorstep callers.
you can call a hotline number and a pcso is called out, to interview you, to make sure you are legit
or if its serious, obviously the real police come

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we had this scam years ago, he could lip read me telling him to **** off
 
I've not had any art sellers, but I had someone apparently from NSPCC (children's equivalent to RSPCA) try it on me once in 2009. Within 5 minutes of chatting, she wanted my bank details for a direct debit and was typing some info into a PDA (probably name & address). As I got suspicious, I made my excuses. If I wanted to donate to the NSPCC, I would have gone through their web site or something.
 
A guy came to my house saying how much I pay for my gas bill. then I just said "over 9000" and slammed the door in his face and resumed posting pointless **** on GD.
 
Best thing to do is dont even open the door. I seriously never bother, if bell goes take a look through the viewing-lens and if its a seller...dont open. Another good policy is that if you feel you want to find out who it is...speak *through the closed door*. Dont even open & chain it. Gas man? Pass ur ID thru the letter box.

Safety first dont be worried about looking like a fool.
 
Tikkabhuna said:
I've done that. Also paid a pizza delivery guy in just a towel. He looked amused. :p
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When the census people knocked a few weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon I was sleeping on the sofa. Woke up in a daze, answered the door, mumbled responses to the questions and closed the door. Only then did I notice my belt was hanging wide open, the button and fly on my jeans wide open, my boxers were on show and I was nursing a semi. Christ knows what the poor old lady was thinking.
 
Any eastern European scum knocked on my door they would understand what i was saying deaf or not the slimy ****s.
 
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