Door-to-door alert: State warning about “Fresh Start”

Thanks to Diane for pointing this out, since door-to-door “legit or not?” reports are a recurring topic among WSB’ers: The state Attorney General has issued an alert about magazine solicitors working for “Fresh Start Opportunities”; read it here. The AG also points to a search page you can use to see whether a purported charity is legit. (No “Fresh Start” mentions in our door-to-door alert archives, but remember that solicitors are required to show you their license/ID – so always ask.)

Jason October 5, 2009 (3:46 pm)

Here’s the deal: If I, as a home owner have to look up on some website to see if the door-to-door salesman is legit or not… I’m just going to go ahead and assume EVERYBODY is suspect and buy NOTHING. This is too much work and I probably won’t even open the door. This is a dying profession.

Marco October 5, 2009 (3:52 pm)

@Jason: I have never felt the urge to buy anything at the door. (I buy all the stuff I don’t need online!)

But just like email spam or yellow pages, the investment is very low and if only a few people fall for it, it was worth it.

Meghan October 6, 2009 (7:32 am)

I hate these magazine sellers. They are incredibly pushy, launch right in to their rehearsed speech, and are sometimes downright threatening (esp. to elderly people, single women, etc). If everyone refused to even open their doors to these people (or close it immediately), they would eventually go away.

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