Door-to-Door Security

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I just read a prior story from a few weeks ago about a door to door security salesman in Highland Park…I commented there, but felt the need to post this in the discussion “room” to make sure people see it.

Obviously, I can’t speak about all the people who are out in the neighborhood knocking on doors, but wanted to assure my neighbors that Nathan from Northstar Security is not a scammer (he’s the clipboard guy in Highland Park). I am also VERY weary of any door to door solicitors and am not a fan AT ALL of door to door sales tactics…especially for security systems because I’ve read about scams before. But, I felt compelled to get on here and let everyone know that this person from this particular company IS legit. We have been wanting a security system for a while (12th Ave. in Highland Park) and we ended up taking him up on the offer (not like us) after meeting for over an hour and knowing that our neighbors already had one of their systems and just had it updated the other day. I am not for one second saying you should let your guard down because one person is actually doing what they say they are, so please don’t miss understand. Nor am I saying go buy a security system from Northstar, that’s your deal. I simply wanted to clarify that Nathan from Northstar is VERY nice, VERY professional, VERY accommodating, wore a uniform and badge and WAS NOT pushy AT ALL! If you ask to take his picture, get ready for a big smile and a thumbs up. We even chatted about how your are screwed in this neighborhood if you piss someone off or freak them out because of the WS Blog (love you guys!). He had read the original story and figured it was about him since it referenced 12th Ave in HP. He also understands that people are initially on guard, as they should be.

Anyway, they installed our system that night and we couldn’t be happier so far (installation guy was great too). Obviously, I’ll let ya know if that changes, but in THIS case, I’m really glad I listened to my gut and didn’t just automatically turn him away (and god forbid call the cops on him…which is totally something I would do…that would have sucked because he really is a nice guy!).

Hi Nathan! Good luck…

p.s. I had never met Nathan prior to the day he knocked on my door…just felt that as long as we are alerting each other to possible scams, we should also alert each other when something isn’t a scam :)

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