Bagpipes Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 A man's just knocked on my door offering to sell me fish. Is this normal? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 This is quite a common thing. I've been offered Fish at the door a few times. Would not dream of buying fish this way. There have been cases where people end up buying a lot more fish than they could ever possibly store/ eat Boxes and Boxes. ..and no guarantee of how fresh the stuff is or where it has come from.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1964 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I've had this before. Don't think it's suspicious.. Just a bit odd. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zig-Zag Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I've bought some very good fish this way. It just cuts "the middle man" out, but I did get persuaded to buy far too much! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I would be quite happy to buy fish at the door!If it was a good price and looked/smelled fresh, I'd bung it in my chest freezer along with all the veg from my allotment!Can't understand how anybody could buy "too much", though - surely you say how much you want and pay accordingly?! Or do they grab your wallet and shove all their boxes through your door, then scarper?:)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyQuinn Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 This whole thread sounds a bit fishy to me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed26 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Funny how we wouldn't think twice if it was someone selling overpriced boxes of organic veg or meal kits. The fish van always used to come around when I was a kid. And the butcher. And the milkman. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Sue Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I would be quite happy to buy fish at the door!> > If it was a good price and looked/smelled fresh,> I'd bung it in my chest freezer along with all the> veg from my allotment!> > Can't understand how anybody could buy "too much",> though - surely you say how much you want and pay> accordingly?! Or do they grab your wallet and> shove all their boxes through your door, then> scarper?> > :))Doesnt work always work like that.. There is no fish on show. You place an order and it turns up at a later date. Maybe the next day. ??You then find every week more fish turns up and your account is Debited.Cancelling the order is VERY Dificult. I am not suggesting that the people calling in our area are involved in such a scheme but people need to be aware.If you want Fresh Fish then go to F C Soper on Nunhead LaneDulwichFox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Sopers is definitely the best local outlet for wet fish, but I have bought from these guys before (as a one-off, not a regular order) and they're fine - they van down from the North East and their fish is fresh (although, if it's from deep sea trawlers it will already have been frozen on board, so re-freezing might not be a good idea). I found that I wanted to give them a decent order, which meant I over-bought. Also I have no idea how much say, half a kilo of cod actually is. More than I needed, as it turned out! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 ed26 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Funny how we wouldn't think twice if it was> someone selling overpriced boxes of organic veg or> meal kits. The fish van always used to come around> when I was a kid. And the butcher. And the> milkman.And the baker. And the paraffin man. And the greengrocer. And the rag and bone man :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxjen Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 And the coal man. And the Corona man. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 nxjen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> And the coal man. And the Corona man.The coalmen turned up every month back in the day - covered in dust - and as they swore when they carried huge bags of coal to the coal bunker round the back, my mother wouldn't allow me to speak to them :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JickieC Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 don't forget the paper man Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed26 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 @DulwichFox - so you are saying it IS Hello Fresh? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 JickieC Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> don't forget the paper manPaper boy, usually! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passiflora Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I had the fish man knock on my door yesterday evening and a few months ago.He was tall and slim and had a clip board in his hands. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlafindle Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Passiflora Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I had the fish man knock on my door yesterday> evening and a few months ago.> > He was tall and slim and had a clip board in his> hands.Perhaps he was trawling for business Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 He should know his plaice, sounds like he's just floundering around a bit. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules-and-Boo Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 nxjen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> And the coal man. And the Corona man.I am soooo jealous - I would have loved a Corona Man Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenbeen Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 And the knife sharpener man.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 We used to have a Toffee-Apple Man come round in Peckham. Foxy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I'm surprised admin haven't taken it upon themselves to expand on/change the subject of this thread."Is this normal?" could refer to many many things. In fact the mind boggles :))ETA: Oh, they have! Or someone has ...... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpipes Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 You're right, Sue, apologies. Inadvertently click-baity! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules-and-Boo Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Alternative suggestion for OP Title"Fishy Fish Man?" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlafindle Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Jules-and-Boo Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Alternative suggestion for OP Title> > "Fishy Fish Man?"... or codswallop Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219947-is-this-normal-man-selling-fish-door-to-door/#findComment-1321841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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