Smart Green Solar solicitations

Submitted by Narples82 t3_10ns9bh in providence

I’ve only lived in this neighborhood for a year but there is a solar company that has not stopped ringing my doorbell. I’ve asked them to stop and called the company asking to stop. Sometimes they ring our doorbell as late 6 or 7 on weekends. Every time they try they don’t leave until someone opens the door. This drives my dogs nuts.

Is there any legal action I can take to stop this solicitation?

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Jerkeyjoe t1_j6ar278 wrote

I do not understand this business model. It's a sure fire way to make sure that I never buy your product

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MonicaPVD t1_j6hn2sf wrote

The business model is based on the premise that there is a critical mass of people too polite to tell someone to fuck off. You push hard enough long enough, and someone somewhere will agree to just about anything.

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weednpornnpolitics t1_j6awrwb wrote

Oh! So I worked for these shitbags back when the sold alarm systems under the name alliance security, and previously vms alarms. They were dealers for monitronics and safe home security. The owners name is jay gorta, and him and his team of career sleezeballs including brian fabiano, john hull and barry crins have been flim flamming for the last 15 years. There were several sec lawsuits for terrible sales practices; lots of us were contacted by us attorneys about it. State and fed dnc violations, fraud, obtaining full hard credit pulls using accurint, which they werent supposed to have access to in the first place. Pitching everything free then saddling the customer with YEARS of debt and headache. The bbb does nothing, your best option is to talk to the attorney general. Their current biz model is absurd, they get these young money hungry guys, GAS them up and get them to sell 50-100% above market price. Last I heard they were starting at $6 a watt. The company wont do anything; they encourage the behavior you described. "fuck em, knock harder." Good luck dude.

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nodumbunny t1_j6b9c2n wrote

Thank you, I feel a lot better for having turned away a young woman who rang my bell and interrupted my work day - I felt so bad because i was sure she was under pressure to sell and someone had probably sold her a bill of goods over how great the money would be. I told her "I'm in middle of my work day I can't talk now" and she said "Is there a better time to come back?" I just said "No, sorry." I could have been nicer and said "it's just not in my budget now" or something like that but she caught me off guard. I hope she gets a real job where she can make some real money soon.

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Low-Medical t1_j6cuhha wrote

But, I just don't get how this sales model is supposed to work? Haven't they heard of a "hard no"? You get a hard no, you move on to the next prospect. It's a numbers game. It actually seems like it's wasting their own time to keep bothering people who aren't interested.

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bucci21 t1_j6b1wi5 wrote

We’ve got the same problem but hanging a no soliciting sign (you can print one from online) helped a lot. A couple times we’ve still gotten knocks or door bell rings but now we politely point to the sign and say no thanks! Agreed it’s super annoying!

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mrbgso t1_j6are6z wrote

I’ve been getting HAMMER called by Bright Solar, from shifting numbers, for weeks, no matter how many times I’ve told them I’m not interested at this time. What finally took was “I’m interested, but not from your company, since you’ve shown you clearly can’t listened.” Caller got offended, but no calls since

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MonicaPVD t1_j6hmyw5 wrote

It's 2023 and I'm shocked that you still have a working doorbell. 😂 Do yourself a favor and disconnect the bell inside your unit. It's two wires held on by screws. Pop the cover off and loosen one of the two screws. Tell your friends who visit to text you when they arrive.

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