Another door-to-door alert, this time from Westwood, e-mailed by Pauli, who says, “I just want my neighbors to be aware” after he wound up calling the police about two solicitors:
There were two young guys ( about 22-25 yrs old ) working my neighborhood last Sunday night at 8:30 of all times! One kid came to my door and said he was offering carpet cleaning services while he tried looking over my shoulder into my house. I said no thanks and shut the door. He then started laughing very loudly and saying that I had an attitude problem. I came back out of the house to see what the yelling was all about and he got very agitated and started towards me to yell in my face.
He eventually headed on his way but not without yelling some more up the rest of my block. I called the police to tell them what happened and they agreed that they should check these two out. I spoke with the officers and they said they would suggest they call it a night. I don’t know of any legitimate business that goes door to door at 8:30 on a Sunday night. This happened near 34th ave SW & SW Cloverdale St. (map) They left a flyer that names themselves as JWL enterprises. On yahoo groups (if you google their name) you will find some other reviews by people who had a miserable experience with this company. I just want my neighbors to be aware of these guys. I don’t want to see them back in this neighborhood. They are based out of Bellevue.
Checking online, there are several companies using that name, not all locally based. ADDED 11:40 AM: Thanks to Alex for e-mailing the link to a Channel 7 report about complaints against one such company, including a company statement.
As always, we remind you that door-to-door soliciting IS LEGAL, provided those who do follow a variety of city rules – you can read them here. By the way, all WSB coverage of readers’ door-to-door alerts is archived here.
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