Bogus Carol Singer

decies

Chap came to door tonight.Starting singing we wish you a merry xmas.Anyway just as a eldery relative of mine was going to hand over money,i ran out and said what you singing for??
For st pauls boxing club he said.I said give me identification so.Will have that next week he said.Grand so well you can just f%^& off so then.
Apparently this is going on around the farron park ,grange lawn area.

Mossy Monk

Saw this **** going on in Lismore Park the other night.

nyquist

decies wrote: »

Chap came to door tonight.Starting singing we wish you a merry xmas.Anyway just as a eldery relative of mine was going to hand over money,i ran out and said what you singing for??
For st pauls boxing club he said.I said give me identification so.Will have that next week he said.Grand so well you can just f%^& off so then.
Apparently this is going on around the farron park ,grange lawn area.

I think I met this chap. He called to my door last thursday night in Ardkeen Village. I think he was a traveller about 15 years old or there abouts. He wasn't singing for me though, he wanted to sell me 1 Christmas Door Wreath. He only had 1 and I didnt see him with anyone else, he seemed to be on his own. He claimed he was from the Kingfisher and that he was a boxing instructor with St Pauls and was raising money. He had all this arsed story well rehearsed because I didnt say much and let him talk away. I had just returned home from the Winter Running League so he claimed he saw me training in the Kingfisher numerous times. He also claimed he went to the Garda and city council and got permission to go door to door and that they said he didn't need ID.
I laughed at him when he asked me to feel the quality, its good quality.
I didn't think he was 100% right, you'd have to meet him to understand what I mean.
I told him I'm not a member of the KingFisher and that I wasnt interested.

Not The Real Scarecrow

Not a little fella with glasses by any chance. 2 of em called to the door today asking for matches to light candles!!! I just laughed at em and told em to feck off and go to the shop. Thought it was a bit weird and didn't recognise em at all from being around as at first though they were kids looking for a light to smoke or something.

nyquist

Meatwad wrote: »

Not a little fella with glasses by any chance. 2 of em called to the door today asking for matches to light candles!!! I just laughed at em and told em to feck off and go to the shop. Thought it was a bit weird and didn't recognise em at all from being around as at first though they were kids looking for a light to smoke or something.

I'd call the cops on those chaps if I was you. They pulled that one on me before. Definitely dodgy.

See my post here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055634392

ex_infantry man

there scoping out houses to rob i,d wreckon! Be cautious! ! !

Trick of the Tail

Call me old fashioned, but in my day it wasn't mandatory for carol singers to do it for charity. The kids just did it for themselves.

Don't give them money if you don't want to.

A.

freebird23

thought at first that a few people singing were harmless, kids round here do it. but then as i read on i got concernd, id say you were being cased.

(actually your house was being cased, i dont think they were gonna enter you.)

lassykk

freebird23 wrote: »

id say you were being cased.

(actually your house was being cased, i dont think they were gonna enter you.)

LOL

kakak1

nyquist wrote: »

I think I met this chap. He called to my door last thursday night in Ardkeen Village. I think he was a traveller about 15 years old or there abouts. He wasn't singing for me though, he wanted to sell me 1 Christmas Door Wreath. He only had 1 and I didnt see him with anyone else, he seemed to be on his own. He claimed he was from the Kingfisher and that he was a boxing instructor with St Pauls and was raising money. He had all this arsed story well rehearsed because I didnt say much and let him talk away. I had just returned home from the Winter Running League so he claimed he saw me training in the Kingfisher numerous times. He also claimed he went to the Garda and city council and got permission to go door to door and that they said he didn't need ID.
I laughed at him when he asked me to feel the quality, its good quality.
I didn't think he was 100% right, you'd have to meet him to understand what I mean.
I told him I'm not a member of the KingFisher and that I wasnt interested.

Yea that must be the wreath ho stole from my son's front door in Ardkeen Village........................

seanybiker

Just had 3 little fella's in me porch trying to sing we wish you a merry chrsitmas. Some little scummy looking chap with glasses. Just told em I had no money, which , well .... I dont so I might go looking for them and join em.

echosound

Had them here too - husband just opened the window and told them to eff off.

Obvious from the look of them they weren't your average children out trying to spread a bit of christmas cheer and earn a few euro for the holidays.

seanybiker

echosound wrote: »

Had them here too - husband just opened the window and told them to eff off.

Obvious from the look of them they weren't your average children out trying to spread a bit of christmas cheer and earn a few euro for the holidays.

Ya up in hillview too???? although Im sure there si more than one person going around carol singing lol.

BlaasForRafa

Meatwad wrote: »

Not a little fella with glasses by any chance. 2 of em called to the door today asking for matches to light candles!!! I just laughed at em and told em to feck off and go to the shop. Thought it was a bit weird and didn't recognise em at all from being around as at first though they were kids looking for a light to smoke or something.

Yeah, sounds like the 2 scobies who knocked at my door up the top of the town last night giving a very desultory rendition of "jingle bells", I slammed the door on them

then tonight the doorbell rang and then he started feckin hammering on the front door, that scobie with the bottletop glasses with a collection tin managed "deck the halls w.." before I slammed the door on him. The feckin cheek of him to start hammering on the door FFS.

seanybiker

chap with the glasses nearly knocked me door down by baiting on it.
Wonder if they are making much. Fair play to em

brendansmith

alinton wrote: »

Call me old fashioned, but in my day it wasn't mandatory for carol singers to do it for charity. The kids just did it for themselves.

Don't give them money if you don't want to.

A.

Absolutely.

I had 2 'bogus' carol singers come to me door:

abouttobebanned

You're confusing bogus, with bodacious.

Green Back

Wasn't these annoying buggers by any chance?

BlaasForRafa

This evening I had a hare krishna monk call at the door trying to sell vegetarian cookbooks. I think I might buy a shotgun :mad:;)

Not The Real Scarecrow

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

This evening I had a hare krishna monk call at the door trying to sell vegetarian cookbooks. I think I might buy a shotgun :mad:;)

Nah, sure you can just kill em with your hands, they don't participate in any form of violence so it'd be handy enough:D

brendansmith

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

This evening I had a hare krishna monk call at the door trying to sell vegetarian cookbooks. I think I might buy a shotgun :mad:;)

Why was a krishna monk selling shotguns?

chrism2007

these chaps were in the pound shop clearing out the 2 euro perfumes with a change jar

later they were knocking around the doors flogging them

in fairness it shows initiative

ex_infantry man

chrism2007 wrote: »

these chaps were in the pound shop clearing out the 2 euro perfumes with a change jar

later they were knocking around the doors flogging them

in fairness it shows initiative

Bill cullen would be proud lol

ex_infantry man

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

This evening I had a hare krishna monk call at the door trying to sell vegetarian cookbooks. I think I might buy a shotgun :mad:;)

haha had that fella call to mine last year lol

BlaasForRafa

Speccy-boy was back again tonight. He must have a short term memory problem or something as he obviously didn't remember the last 2 times I slammed the door in his face

seanybiker

ah well they're persistant anywyays. Fair play to them.

BlaasForRafa

seanybiker wrote: »

ah well they're persistant anywyays. Fair play to them.

aye, persistently irritating.

Hoffmans

alert on bogus bogies
two the lads in a hiace with rick astley haircuts accosted a man outside aldi sunday evening after he came out with shopping ,offering cut price laptops ,the victim bought 1 "argos catologue in a box style notebook"
and had his tyres slashed while he was in shopping so he couldnt chase the culprits...be aware...

robtri

Hoffmans wrote: »

alert on bogus bogies
two the lads in a hiace with rick astley haircuts accosted a man outside aldi sunday evening after he came out with shopping ,offering cut price laptops ,the victim bought 1 "argos catologue in a box style notebook"
and had his tyres slashed while he was in shopping so he couldnt chase the culprits...be aware...

with all due respect... serves him right......
he had to realise that the laptop he tought he was buying was dodgey, more than likely stolen from somewhere....

seanybiker

Hoffmans wrote: »

alert on bogus bogies
two the lads in a hiace with rick astley haircuts accosted a man outside aldi sunday evening after he came out with shopping ,offering cut price laptops ,the victim bought 1 "argos catologue in a box style notebook"
and had his tyres slashed while he was in shopping so he couldnt chase the culprits...be aware...

thats happening all the time. Dunno why people just dont check the bag first. Kinda funny

nyquist

robtri wrote: »

with all due respect... serves him right......
he had to realise that the laptop he tought he was buying was dodgey, more than likely stolen from somewhere....

Which aldi? I havent heard of that before here in waterford.