I answered the door to a young 19-20 year old male who said that he was going door to door selling magazines as a method of improving his public speaking and that he was doing it to win a contest that would send him to London. I asked him if he was in school and he told me he was enrolled in online ...
Two youngish men showed up at my door claiming to be neighbors and trying to ear money for a trip to London to do an internship with John Cleese at the BBC. The main one selling claimed his mother lived around the corner, "You may know my mother, Linda - she lives around the corner and walks ...
My 80 year old father was approached in his front yard late this afternoon by two young men who said they were baseball players for the local college. They convinced him to write a check for $177.00 for magazines for Wounded Warriors through Absolute Marketing. My mother called me about it very ...
Two young men came to my front door, claimed they were neighbors, and that they were college students trying to raise money for a summer abroad trip to study in England. They stated they were selling magazine subscriptions that would be donated to veterans in veterans hospitals of my choice. They ...
A young man (Michael) came to the door saying he played baseball for the local American Legion baseball team. He stated he was selling magazines for the troops overseas. He said he lived around the corner and his father, a Navy sailor, was moving out of the area in August. Being a veteran, I wanted ...
A young girl came to my house saying she was a University student raising money for a trip. She was selling magazines so that she could raise money AND that the subscription would be for military hospitals. Since my Father, husband and son are all veterans, I thought in my own way, I was helping ...