"No Soliciting" signs -- do they work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard they work but I wish they included a caveat like No soliciting except for Girl Scout cookies, etc. Because they will also keep out anyone you might be ok with knocking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have heard they work but I wish they included a caveat like No soliciting except for Girl Scout cookies, etc. Because they will also keep out anyone you might be ok with knocking.

So this one time . . . when I was a girl scout . . . I was selling girl scout cookies and I knocked on the neighbor's door. When the lady came to the door, I pointed to the "no soliciting" sign and asked what that word was and how do you pronounce it. She pronounced it and said it meant people selling stuff. I said, "Oh! That's me!" She laughed and said no it doesn't mean you. Then she bought two boxes of cookies. I left her house feeling confused and guilty because I had just learned I was a solicitor and she had a sign saying no solicitors but then she said I wasn't a solicitor.

[Anonymous]

Yes I have a nicer version of one. It definitely works 95% of the time.

[Anonymous]

It works 90% of the time. When it does not work, I point at the sign they go away 90% of the time. Twice, I've had to shut the door in someone's face. One time, I put my finger on the panic button of the alarm and told the guy I was about to press it if he didn't leave then started counting down from 3. He left. But I mean, seriously, the fact that it took THAT to make that jerk go away made me want to go to the shelter and pick up one of their pit bulls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard they work but I wish they included a caveat like No soliciting except for Girl Scout cookies, etc. Because they will also keep out anyone you might be ok with knocking.

Scouts know that you are not referring to them, especially if you are their neighbors.

[Anonymous]

I never take my scout to houses that have No soliciting signs unless we actually know the person.

[Anonymous]

OP, to answer your question -beyond scouts- NO, they do not work. They are seen. People knock anyway.

[Anonymous]

I just buy my cookies at one of the tables set up outside Petsmart or Safeway.

I don't have a sign, though. If someone knocks on our door, I just shake my head and do a "no thanks" with my hand, then walk away

[Anonymous]

Where do you all live that you get plenty of solicitors and need to put up these signs?

I live in an established neighborhood and we never get solicitors beyond maybe once a year, usually someone doing a survey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you all live that you get plenty of solicitors and need to put up these signs?

I live in an established neighborhood and we never get solicitors beyond maybe once a year, usually someone doing a survey.

I live in a close-in neighborhood with older homes. We get a lot of people selling roofs, sometimes driveway repaving, windows, things like that. Lots of “we’re doing work on Mrs. smith’s house down the block and offering a discount to neighbors”

I have a sign up but it isn’t right next to the doorbell so it often gets missed or they just don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep trying; moving my no soliciting sign into the center of a wreath so it’s eye level, moving adjacent to Ring doorbell, all to no avail.

I simply don’t answer my door, even if I’m at home, but still the door to door salespeople continue; roofers, window replacement, pest control, political canvassers, fake magazine sellers, Jehovah’s Witnesses, steak and meat on a truck…

Get a bigger one.

PP and it’s nearly 8.5x11! Wooden sign from Etsy that even has nice wording that includes “neighbors, family & friends welcome” below No Soliciting, Please

[Anonymous]

For the past two years, I've gone door to door selling No Soliciting signs. I even offer to install them. Business is good!

[Anonymous]

My sign is about 90% effective. I have even seen folks walk toward the door and then walk away as they see the sign. There is still the 10% of home improvement folks who think they are exempt. That's was the pitbull is for. Seriously, the dog is friendly but he can bark up a storm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep trying; moving my no soliciting sign into the center of a wreath so it’s eye level, moving adjacent to Ring doorbell, all to no avail.

I simply don’t answer my door, even if I’m at home, but still the door to door salespeople continue; roofers, window replacement, pest control, political canvassers, fake magazine sellers, Jehovah’s Witnesses, steak and meat on a truck…

Get a bigger one.

PP and it’s nearly 8.5x11! Wooden sign from Etsy that even has nice wording that includes “neighbors, family & friends welcome” below No Soliciting, Please

Is it in cursive? 'Cause gen-zees can't read cursive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you all live that you get plenty of solicitors and need to put up these signs?

I live in an established neighborhood and we never get solicitors beyond maybe once a year, usually someone doing a survey.

When I lived in walking distance of the Forest Glen metro station I got them all the time. The sign didn't work. I had a baby and a dog and the door bell would set the dog off.