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Kinda like that except it might keep away legitimate delivery personnel.
And you'd definitely have to explain it to the neighbors!
Speaking of personnel, the sign also misspells 'personnel' once and has both British and American spellings of "authorized"... definitely something for everyone
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Originally Posted by wireyourworld
I used to use a "go away" doormat. Now we have a fence and a scary looking dog. Stays nice and quiet out here.
Gonna do something like that at my next house (where I live now, front-yard fences aren't permitted) but I'll have to construct some kind of tiny shelter for parcels at the gate. Not even sure that USPS personnel would approach that if there's a scary dog though.
Boy Scouts with popcorn aren't allowed to solicit in the town I live in. The mayor specifically stated that would be the case if the "no soliciting" ordinance took effect.
I am a Girl Scout cookie manager for a service unit. Our Service Unit is about 600 girls large, and we have just added a new neighborhood to our Service Unit. Apparently it is in a town with a "non soliciting" ordinance.
I didn't belive it at first, but a $60/yr permit is required to sell door to door in that neighborhood. I was able to secure a permit for GS cookies and have the fee waived. However, it has to be re-registered annually.
Being a service unit cookie manager is a volunteer role. The volunteer before me knew nothing about it. I'll probably do this task for a couple of years, but there will come a day when another parent takes this role. We don't *work* for Girl Scouts, we are just volunteers. So it will be interesting to see how long this is enforced.
And it's not just Girl Scouts... Think of HS clubs (band boosters, etc... As well)
I guess it's a good neighborhood to live in. A $60 fee to solicit probably deters a lot.
I was surprised to hear that a 2nd grade Brownie was accosted for "her permit" by a cranky neighbor. We are "on file" with the neighborhood office, and don't hand every one of 600 Girl Scouts a copy of the permit for this one neighborhood.
I have a No Soliciting sign up. One day a bunch of college kids were all over the neighborhood. When one came to my door I pointed to my sign and asked if he could read. Wide eyes he said "But we aren't soliciting. We are offering free estimates for outside painting".
Jehovah Witness' are the worst offenders here. They came last week and when they saw the new sign on my door they turned around and got back into their car, so I guess it worked.
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