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Last weekend a group of men wearing khakis and maroon polo shirts with a Malachi House logo were dispatched to my street. I took a pamphlet and said I would look at it. It seemed odd to me that addicts (recovering or otherwise) would be sent out to canvass for donations.
Lo and behold, I contacted the Coalition and was told in no uncertain terms that they NEVER would send people out door-to-door to solicit donations.
Where did you see these "solicitors"? We've had a rash of problems in my apartment/townhouse complex recently, and have been notified by the property management company to not open the door for any solicitors.
I live in Park Village off of Davis Drive in Cary. This happened last weekend. I'm betting that their m.o. is to swarm an area for one day, and then disappear. I would LOVE to hear if they turn up in another part of the Triangle this weekend. At the very least, I'm sure they want to recoup the costs of embroidery on their shirts, etc!!!
Seems so odd to me, I mean, you're breaking the law either way, so why not just smash a window and grab some goodies? Going through this type of charade seems ridiculous.
I thought nothing of my encounter at the time. It was only when I read another post on here about someone having a dramatic encounter with them (they leered at his wife or something) that it even crossed my mind to look into it.
If anyone encounters them this weekend, please post. If they're still around I will be happy to call WRAL or something. I just wasn't concerned b/c they were very non-threatening in my neighborhood and had no luck getting money on my street.
A couple weeks ago a young man was in our neighborhood selling homework helpers for kids...books, videos and such. He used such obvious psychological tactics I was ready to bite his head off. I think it utterly rude to ring MY doorbell and sell to me. So we don't buy from anyone selling to us at our front door, especially someone who tosses our neighbors names around and then tries to pull more neighbor's names/kids' names from us.
Thanks for the info on this scam....I'll be sure to inform our neighbors here!
Lauren
The Coalition would never send anyone out to solicit, however Malachi House is under the Coalition's heading but is not the coalition in its entirety. You want to be cautious of solicitors but just because someone knocks on your door DOES NOT mean they are up to no good. This particular group is an awesome organization that is very worthy of contributions. You merely have to dial the phone number on the pamphlet to find out it's legitimacy.
The Coalition would never send anyone out to solicit, however Malachi House is under the Coalition's heading but is not the coalition in its entirety. You want to be cautious of solicitors but just because someone knocks on your door DOES NOT mean they are up to no good. This particular group is an awesome organization that is very worthy of contributions. You merely have to dial the phone number on the pamphlet to find out it's legitimacy.
This person sent me a DM warning me about naming names. Well, I'm naming names because THAT IS WHO CAME TO MY DOOR AND DID NOT ACT IN A CIVIL MANOR!
I'm sorry, but door to door soliciting is out these days. We have had numerous incidents in the Cary area involving this sort of activity. Legitimate or not, a large adult male pounding on people's door asking for a handout, no matter what the premise is, is WRONG! Does the term "get a job ring a bell." If they come by my home again, I assure you there WILL be a problem! Legitimate or not! People are fed up with this sort of activity. Who wants people pounding on their door on weekly basis?
They do not respect "no soliciting neighborhhods or door signs either.
The first incident involved a single individual in a piece of crap car whom sped away. He would not leave my front door and porch when my wife opened the door. And in fact, stepped forward towards my wife, intimidating her. A week later some idiot came through our neighborhood and was dropped off alone by a mini-van. He went through here and then sat out on the street for 5 hours by himself as it seemed his "friends" must have forgotten about him. A cop showed up and this individual freaked when he saw the cop pulling over, assuming it was for him and proceeded to hide in the bushes behind my home. Weather these people are related to Mulchi house or not does not matter to me at this point. I don't want beggars coming to my Freakin door! Period! And I honestly could careless about adult males begging for handouts because they had a past criminal and drug problem. Go away and leave me alone is my attitude! I don't want these people coming through my neighborhood and certainly not coming to my door.
Boys scouts and Girls Scouts, fine, come by, but not some drug adict leaving me to decide if they are legitimate or not. Not my problem!
You can tell Mulchi house, we are all sick of it and to stop the damn door to door stuff. I personally think a few of them are going out on their own hoping to make some money, thus using their uniforms and brochure handouts.
Boys scouts and Girls Scouts, fine, come by, but not some drug adict leaving me to decide if they are legitimate or not. Not my problem!
Hypocrite and a bigot all wrapped up in one eh?
Or does your sign actually say "no soliciting unless your parent drives you to the door"?
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