wwp8

a student and a supervisor was outside my door, taling to me for at least 15minutes

she was foreign , possibly french, small pint sized tanned girl with a forced smile way , talked slowly like mystic meg,

trying to sell me some oil paintings,
as usual said not interested, but was keen to show me them,

ok have a quick look i suppose,
briefly said 2 are nice,
then spent about 10 minutes trying to make me buy them,

decided not to buy them, and possible spent another 5 minutes saying no, and thinking of millions of excuses,

Daft Lad

Sounds identical to a lass who came into my bar in Chesterfield a month or so ago, paintings were quite good to her credit, but she didn't seem to understand what no meant! Maybe she's doing the rounds in sheffield now then!

v8voodoo

Do some research on Satanism, then try to convert door to doors rather than answering their questions. Works quite well I find. Alternatively, try selling them a rug that you could go and pick up for them in 20 minutes. They soon get the idea you are quite simply mad and then leave.

However, pint sized (as in curvy?) tanned French girl on your doorstep..?
Go get the wine out and invite them in you fool...lol

wwp8

about 5"1' nice slim , got right curves everywhere

shes talking about the paintings,
i'm looking at the paintings

but am i thinking about the paintings?

sti-04!!

Iwan

I had a foreign girly come round a couple of years ago also trying to sell paintings. They were actually really good and a reasonable price, and proper paintings rather than prints etc.

I wanted to buy a couple but it was ca$h only, and I didn't have any on me.

First and only time i've ever felt like buying something on the doorstep. I felt guilty saying 'sorry no' as the girl looked gutted she'd made a sale to someone with no cash.

Didn't have any wine in the house either...

wwp8

she was willing to take a cheque in split payments,

but i am VERY skint, and in a not wanting to buy mood today

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

Weirdest thing was a guy who came 'round selling paintings one night - he ran a shop up north and was retiring. He'd brought his stuff to a party down the road (which we knew was true 'cos you could hear the buggers) and had some left.

So he decides to wander down the road and see if anyone local wanted any of them. We picked up a beautiful landscape off him, and he knew the guy who painted my own favourite of the ones I already had, and explained all about the ideas behind the painting when it was being done.

I hate d2d people, really hack me off, and I was all ready for giving him a mouthful when he first turned up, but I'm glad I had the manners to listen, 'cos the painting we got really is a great one

wwp8

she was talking about art galleries are charging 80% commision, and now offering me the savings!


hello!!!!!!! its you that are saving,
i weren't looking for a painting anyway

Geezer

Sitting at home yesterday evening, my wife opens the front door, because she can see someone outside. Turns out to be a small tanned french woman, but she is just using our doorway to have a smoke sheltering from the rain!

She was there for about 15 minutes, puffing away. She had paintings, bu as we let her her shelter from the rain, she didn't push us to buy them, although she did ask if we wanted to look at them.

very odd

Geeze

Reality

Could be a scam.

buy the original paintings from China for £10 and sell them for a profit door to door here (or in dublin in the case below).

http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthr...t=13078&page=1

I'm sure I've heard/read about this somewhere before - possibly even here .

Jamesemt

After all the Scoob scare stories abut answering the door to thugs etc, we never open our door to anyone not expected.

You need an appointment first (even family...)