Rude man knocking on doors

[TreacleRabbit]

A man claiming to be ?21, from Hull and I?m not going to lie to you I?m just out of prison? is knocking on the doors selling something in our street in ED.

When I politely said ?no thank you? he said ?that?s very arrogant of you?.

I heard him knock on my neighbours door. When my male neighbour answered and said the same thing, the man replied ?thanks mate no problem?. The man was reporting back what happened at each door, into his mobile phone.

Very strange and unwelcome.

The man was short, with short brown hair.

[FairTgirl]

We were recently advised by the police after a spate of break-ins and thefts in our area over the last few weeks that there are no schemes supporting ex-prisoners door to door in this area - so your suspicions could be founded.

[lilolil]

I think previous advice on here was to ring 101

[Callie]

TreacleRabbit Wrote:

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> A man claiming to be ?21, from Hull and I?m not

> going to lie to you I?m just out of prison? is

> knocking on the doors selling something in our

> street in ED.

> When I politely said ?no thank you? he said

> ?that?s very arrogant of you?.

> I heard him knock on my neighbours door. When my

> male neighbour answered and said the same thing,

> the man replied ?thanks mate no problem?. The man

> was reporting back what happened at each door,

> into his mobile phone.

>

> Very strange and unwelcome.

> The man was short, with short brown hair.

He just knocked on my door too, I looked through the window to check if it was a delivery for someone else in the family, when I said no thanks through the window, he just said that's ok thanks and walked off quickly. I didn't see him use his mobile though.

[yummumbums]

I had a guy fitting the same description and the same story on Ulverscroft rd a couple of weeks ago. He asked me for money as he?d just got out of prison. I told him I didn?t have any cash in the house he said ok and left but slammed my get ridiculously hard on the way out!

[Melihoople]

We had similar this evening saying he'd just got out of the army. He wasn't polite either.

[Effra]

Melihoople Wrote:

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> We had similar this evening saying he'd just got

> out of the army. He wasn't polite either.

Yes, we had the "Army" guy too and he want pleasant.

[iluvcake]

We had the same yesterday afternoon - guy knocking on the door, prison rehab scheme etc. My husband answered and politely said no thanks, to which he was questioned why not?! My husband again said no thank you, I?m not interested mate, I don?t buy things on the doorstep. The guy stormed off down the path not before shouting, ?Thanks a lot you w***er!! ?

[malumbu]

Also be careful of a rude kid. The below gives a description

http://viz.co.uk/category/rude-kid/

[northernmonkey]

This has been going on for years around here - see also the 'ex offenders selling cloths' - imagine its not always the same person, but the technique is the same - there was talk about it being an organised thing whereby they report back to someone who runs the scheme - don't think any are legit.

[Pugwash]

Anyone selling door to door needs to have a licence = police advice is to ask to see person's licence and if none produced notify neighbourhood police. They collect information as may relate to other crimes in the area.