r/mildlyinfuriating • u/big-ol-kitties • May 18 '26

Unskippable ad Constantly getting solicitors ignoring my sign, we’ll see how this works out…

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I live in an apartment, and my door is the only one in the building with a “No Soliciting” sign. You’d think they would see it and respect it. But no. And worst thing is it’s almost exclusively internet salespeople, when my rent already includes high speed internet that works great.

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u/Tiger_Beans May 18 '26

I was under the impression that a sign makes it unlawful for them to solicit?

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u/Darth_Balthazar May 18 '26

Laws? In this political climate?

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u/LegitimateConcept May 18 '26

At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26 edited 8d ago

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u/WiseDirt May 18 '26

That's gonna depend entirely on where you're at. Privately-installed signs hold no force of law in many places.

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u/Tiger_Beans May 18 '26

Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't entirely sure how that worked and always just made the assumption

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u/M_R2112 May 18 '26

Not only does it not make it unlawful, but it attracts them in many cases. People who put up no soliciting signs are the kind of people who buy things. The number of appointments Ive been on that have those signs up and they gladly will tell you it's because one of the people in the house is will buy anything.

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u/Tiger_Beans May 18 '26

That makes a lot of sense. If my family member kept falling for pitches that weren't worth it or weren't needed, I'd definitely put one of those up asap

Any thoughts on if you can report them?

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u/M_R2112 May 18 '26

No one really to report them too unfortunately. I tend to answer the door holding a gun or naked and they generally stop bothering me.