A very fast talking guy came by our door last night, was very funny, and spoke so fast you could barely get a word in. He was selling magazines to "help educate inner cuty kids". In the end, he ended up suckering my dh into paying $30 for 1 year (he said there would be 12 issues in that year) I looked online, and the magazine is only bi-monthly (so 6 issues a year), and is only $18! I put my shoes on and caught the guy on the sidewalk and told him he was a scam artist, and I wanted my check back. HE WOULDN"T GIVE IT TO ME! He gave me a pamphlet about his "group", and told me to go to their website, but "Don't google us". Of course I did, and they are scammers. I argued wit hthis fool for about 20 minutes trying to get my check back, standing i nthe rain. I gave up and came in when we started getting hammered by a hail storm! I've tried to call the company three times, and the first time she said I can only cancel if the yget the notice withing 3 business days thru the mail. Next two times I try ot call back and speak to a supervisor, no one answers, or they put me on hold and never come back! BEWARE! If they come to your door, slam it! I'll probably never get my money back or my overpriced magazines!
If you have ordered from them...did you get what you ordered???
I would definitely put a stop payment on the check. Can you call the Better Business Bureau on them? If it is a scam, I would at least try to get your money back from them to cover your bank charges. It's worth a try.
I just talked to the bank, and they will stop payment and not charge us this time. I've reported them to the police, but the guy was long gone before they got here. Juts watch out guys if the GoDoers come to your door. They make you think you are helping inner city kids, but really they are just scammers. I still can't believe that my dh actually fell for it! I would've told them I wasn't interested and closed the door. He usually does the same, but they gu ytalked so fast you couldn't get a word in!
we had a lady try to sell us some cleaning products once my husband opened the door thinking she needed help, she ended up using less than nice language when he told her he didn't need the products so since then my policy is i don't open the door unless i know you.
Oh my gosh! I don't know if they are called GoDoers here, but I HAVE had them show up at my house more than once! I have never bought, but they are very aggressive and definitely put out the scam vibe!
Good for you for taking up for yourself and not letting yourself be bullied into this scam! I too have a "don't answer the door" policy!
SO GLAD the bank stoped payment and didn't charge you any extra!
Glad you/your bank stopped the payment. If I'd been scammed I'd have gladly paid the extra $3 just to stop them having my money!!
We don't see so much doorstep selling where we live but for a while, we used to have people selling household cleaning goods at the door pretending they were deaf so you would feel sorry for them and fork out a ridiculous amount of money on a yellow duster. They'd flash an id card in front of you with words 'I am deaf' and then just hold out the bag of goods - and wait for you to buy. I don't know, you just get a feeling you're being scammed. So if I have any doubt, I don't buy. Anyway, I think women are more intuitive than men, as a rule!
But I am laughing at him actually saying "don't google us".
I did laugh at him! Than I said "Why...because it will tell me what I already know....that you're a scammer???" He tried to give me some reason why I shouldn't. Of course, I came rightnin and googled him!
Oh my gosh, I had the SAME THING happen to me when we lived in Louisiana a couple years ago!! Only it was a young guy saying he was raising money to go to college or something like that, very smooth talker, etc... I let him talk me into ordering magazines. After he left I immediately felt like a big idiot and knew I had made a mistake so I ran outside (still in my pj's with no bra 
) and chased him halfway down the street, and asked in a sweet voice "Can I see my check for a second, I forgot to do something?" He looked kind of baffled and handed it to me and I tore it in half and said 'thanks' and ran back down the street into my house!
I can't believe he wouldn't give you your check back!! I think I would have threatened him 
either with violence or the police lol. So glad the bank agreed to stop payment without charging you.
Well, I get really annoyed with this kind of approaches and say NO before they say "Peanut Butter and Jelly." 
I'm too mean. If you come to my house selling something, you'd better be a girlscout or something equally advantageous. Grownups who come by or call are free game. I'll pull out whatever sales pamplet my kids have been sent home with from school/dance/scouts/ball and start reversing the sales pitch. They usually go away rather quickly.
I've never heard of that group around here, but we have two groups who come around my neighborhood several times a year. I NEVER open my door unless it's someone I know. We have a glass storm door, so when somebody is there trying to sell me something I let them get a few words out and then tell them - through the glass door - no thanks. I also always have a large dog by the collar that I am restraining (they don't have to know he's quite friendly). I then shut the regular door on them. I don't care if they're trying to keep talking or not, and I don't care what they're selling.
Yesterday we had two guys driving around in a beat up pick-up truck with a chest freezer in the back selling meat. WTF? You want me to buy meat that's in a freezer in the back of your truck? Yeah, right.
-Lisa
We use to get doorpeddlers all the time. Now we have a 50 lb mix breed dog with a very loud German Shepard type attack bark. Even though we have a BEWARE OF DOG sign on our fence, some are just too stupid to read. They are fair game for my dog. She will not attack, just bark. If you approach her she will snap. I am looking for a sign that reads, My dog can go from here to the gate in 5 seconds, how fast can you run?
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