A clean cut, young man, knocked on my door on Sept. 20. He said he was selling book/magazine subscriptions to raise money for a trip to Washington DC. He was home for a short time and then leaving for the Naval Academy. He was clean cut, dressed appropriately, articulate and informed. Our son is ...
I was approached in my driveway by a young man claiming to be selling books to help earn himself money for college. He said he was from Florida and his name was Patrick Kennedy. He claimed that he wanted to go to school to become a mechanical engineer and that his parents were broke. I told him to ...
A few nights ago, a man came to my house when my mother was home alone. I am writing this because my mother doesn't use computers. He told her he was 17 years old, a new neighbor, and home schooled. He said he was trying to make some money for his soccer team and that he was selling books to do so. ...
A tall handsome young man came to the backyard fence in Boulder, Colorado, where I was visiting with my ten-year-old grandson. He immediately began his well-rehearsed sales pitch. He said that he, a soccer player and champion, was working to earn points for his scholarship and only needed to sell ...
Back in August a young man came to my door asking if I would like to buy or donate some books or magazines. I don't really remember his story, but I did fall for it. I gave him a check for $49.00 for the subscription to "Sherman's Travel." A few months later my husband asked me where was ...
Took pity on this young man as he seemed sincere. Stated he had made several sales in our neighborhood but did not have enough sales raised to finance his trip and it was a lifelong dream. I was leary and so was my husband but we felt as tho he was truthful. Mistake. We wrote a check for ...