door bell ringing...

[sonindi]

Just had the doorbell rang and when answered there's noone there. Ive heard this can be people checking to see if youre in. Anyone else heard or had this happen.

[katanita]

Hmm, yes, yesterday, but equally I think mine is sometimes set off by others using the same radio frequency e.g. for car fobs so I assumed it was that.

[sonindi]

Right. Our bell doesnt ring usually. Thank

For letting me know.

[Loz]

You don't have a wireless doorbell, do you? We had the problem with someone just down the road installing one with the same frequency. Changed our frequency - end of problem.

(Though not before pressing it a couple of times, just for fun...!)

[Countrlass22]

ohh the phantom bell ringing and run off again we had this few times since liing in ED.once twice children others no idea and dont have wireless door bell.

best tip always answer door bell 2 years ago burglars rang bells the 2 flats where did not as at work burglaed due not double locking flat door and communal door,ie house conversions.police told us this.

[sheilarose]

After loud banging on the door the other evening, I opened the door to find an empty soft drink can on the doorstep and nothing else. I thought it would be quite a clever way to find out if someone is home. If the can is still there a couple of hours later, the crook would know that the house is probably empty.

[tiddles]

yes we've had that - teenagers I think (knock down ginger). At between nine and ten thirty. Lights on,telly on - I hardly think burglars are checking us out at this time. Going by most of the threads on burglary, they strike in the early hours, regardless of whether you are in or no.

If it was happening during the day, then I would be suspicious.

[sonindi]

Ok thanks everyone. Its just prompted me to sort out an alarm just in case.

[Countrlass22]

Our neighbours burglad 2-3pm 2years ago other neighbour van broken.into took his tools and one burglary at night.

More patrols after that.

Good idea alarm deadlock doors answer door do not open till sure someone expecting

[cle]

tiddles Wrote:

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> yes we've had that - teenagers I think (knock down

> ginger). At between nine and ten thirty. Lights

> on,telly on - I hardly think burglars are checking

> us out at this time. Going by most of the threads

> on burglary, they strike in the early hours,

> regardless of whether you are in or no.

>

> If it was happening during the day, then I would

> be suspicious.

I wouldn't assume anything about burglary. Yes it could be kids, but no harm opening the door or being a bit more on guard - especially if you read this forum and see all the various ways, tricks and yes, times.

[bornagain]

I had this recently and posted about it on another thread:

Not sure where you live but we had a young girl going door to door today down our road. I live near the ED station.

I answered the door pretty promptly (the delay being just long enough to go downstairs to the front door), but there was no one at the door. I was puzzled and stood there for a little while looking around to see if anyone was there when she suddenly appeared from down the road. I thought this was v. strange as a normal sales person would allow more time to ensure that someone came to the door.

She claimed to be offering a check on home security but to be honest, her sales pitch was so garbled that I couldn't really understand what she was trying to sell me. As we have an alarm, I said I was not interested (was mildly puzzled as I explained this to her that she hadn't noticed the alarm box at the front of our house!) but anyway when she finally got the message that she wasn't going to get anything from me, she pulled a very unprofessional face and stormed off.

We have had three burglaries down our road in the past few weeks. The last one just last week.

Am I paranoid in thinking that she was someone casing the joint? I've heard that gangs send out scouts to check things out? To be honest, she looked and behaved more like a scout than a legit sales person (she offered no id)

Also to add that when the police came round to speak to us about the burglary next door, he said that this area is targetted as being relatively affluent than surrounding areas ?

[sonindi]

I also think its criminals trying their luck. I reported to police

[Countrlass22]

wise choice to report.........

[Pugwash]

Last week hubby informed me that twice on the same day some men rang our bell and said they had paint left over from a job and did we want any rooms painted. Were told no thanks. The second group of men had the same storey but came a couple of hours later. He did not inform me until a couple of days later and I was annoyed that he did not report to the police as quite suspicious.

[JohnL]

Is it youth club night? that was always when the 'bobby knocking' (that's what we called it) used to happen.

I have video to the exit of my flat - and when I get strange callers they always look religious - and I don't answer.

cle Wrote:

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> tiddles Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > yes we've had that - teenagers I think (knock

> down

> > ginger). At between nine and ten thirty. Lights

> > on,telly on - I hardly think burglars are

> checking

> > us out at this time. Going by most of the

> threads

> > on burglary, they strike in the early hours,

> > regardless of whether you are in or no.

> >

> > If it was happening during the day, then I

> would

> > be suspicious.

>

> I wouldn't assume anything about burglary. Yes it

> could be kids, but no harm opening the door or

> being a bit more on guard - especially if you read

> this forum and see all the various ways, tricks

> and yes, times.