Woodstock Early Bird is in receipt of an apparently anonymous message from “Southwestern Advantage” which is the bookseller of texts being purveyed by a door-to-door salesman making calls (and apparently refusing to get off people’s property when asked) in Woodstock, Reading, and Hartland.
The Woodstock Police Department issued a press release Monday addressing complaints, explaining the salesman does have a permit but has apparently been operating in violation of the times described on said permit. We’d say, you broke the terms of the permit, so it is hereby revoked.
In addition, Woodstock Early Bird commentors report the salesman being reluctant to leave people’s homes when asked. We’d say “we have concerns” — mostly that rural Vermonters don’t take well to un-invited solicitors refusing to leave the premises when told “We are NOT interested…” Don’t know if they covered that in “sales school” but this young man is lucky no one has, shall we say, bodily or otherwise removed him from their property. Perhaps it should be covered in their “core” curriculum.
We suggest “Southwestern Advantage” ask their “beginning participant” to get wise and perhaps take his peddling elsewhere. The message is clear:
No, thank you! Goodbye! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out….
Here is the text of a “comment” that we received this morning:
Daniel is a beginning participant in his first few weeks of our summer sales and leadership program for university students. Our apologies for any disturbances. We are always happy to be reached with any questions or concerns by contacting us directly at 888-602-7867 or email us by visiting http://southwesternadvantage.com/contactus
Thank you
No word on who the “Thank You” is from….
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 