Door to door guys selling "silk rugs from antique shop in Adare"

seachto7

Guy called around to the folks place in a 4x4. Saying they were putting an extension on their antique shop in Adare, so were "giving away" some silk rugs as they had no room to store them. Folks told them no, not interested. Tried the hard sell, and moved on after that.

Obviously not giving them away for nothing...

Furniture van just passed up the road as well "Sheridan's furniture".

He was spinning a yarn about the antique shop as far as I'm concerned.

English accent. I am imaging they are travellers selling stock either before they go or come back from holidays!

The Sky

I don't know what the point of this thread is about?

seachto7

Has anyone else been offered silk rugs? How much?

Nelly71

I just had a call to the door from a man selling Persiam Rugs because they are 'getting out of the business'. The van had 'Sheridan's Furniture' logo on the side. Just said i'd Google it and came across this thread. Don't know what is going on - nobody has tried to sell door-to-door here in Foynes like that for years - I got suspicious immediately.

Rubberchikken

simple answer is never buy at the door. maybe a person is honest, maybe not. definitely not a chance i'd take.

eyescreamcone

Rubberchikken wrote: »

simple answer is never buy at the door. maybe a person is honest, maybe not. definitely not a chance i'd take.

+100

mgbgt1978

It's the Sheridans from Rathkeale.
Hardly a big deal naming them here as they are widely known throughout both the County and probably the Country.
Probably back from the UK for the Christmas, so I'm sure they will be calling to many houses offering 'chape' Rugs and Carpets.

Parchment

"chape" roaring laughing here.

Comhrá

''chape' Rugs and Carpets........Boss!"

um7y1h83ge06nx

Offer them a Euro and a few lead pellets! :-)

Gas bunch of lads

my3cents

Not heard this scam in a while, used to get it a lot in the UK. The rugs can be bought cheap in bulk but half the reason for trying to sell them is to have an excuse to take a look at your place to see if its worth robbing.

Seamus B

Ah they're ok to be honest, they based in Rathkeale all year round, just haggle away, get the best price..

braddun

http://www.jacobsenrugs.com/silk-rug.htm

GrumpyMe

Nelly71 wrote: »

I just had a call to the door from a man selling...
...- I got suspicious immediately.

Job done!

monkeysnapper

Had a guy a few years ago turn up at my door spinning me some yarn about fantastic large mirrors he was trying to get rid of because they were putting them in a local top hotel and he had 6 spare because he had come down from the north and needed a few in case of damages or if they wanted them .

I was yeh right, came out to look at these " fantastic mirrors" and boy they really were , I was quite amazed , I bargained him down to 150 each for a pair .

Feeling a little suspicious I asked around and it turned out.................................he was a guy from the north selling mirrors to a top hotel and had a few spare and didn't want to be carrying them all way back .

I had grabbed a bargain !!!!

People still say to me all these years later, ...." Wow nice mirror, bet that was expensive " Na........

Agent_99

Some creepy guy came to my door last week trying to sell me cheap yellow plastic skiing glasses telling me they were for driving. :rolleyes:

one more min of me telling him no and I would have sent out the dogs!

babymomma22

Agent_99 wrote: »

Some creepy guy came to my door last week trying to sell me cheap yellow plastic skiing glasses telling me they were for driving. :rolleyes:

one more min of me telling him no and I would have sent out the dogs!

That same guy came to my house today on fr russell road trying to sell them really creepy wouldn't take no for an answer , my husband thinks there goin around checking out houses.

Swiper the fox

Agent_99 wrote: »

Some creepy guy came to my door last week trying to sell me cheap yellow plastic skiing glasses telling me they were for driving. :rolleyes:

one more min of me telling him no and I would have sent out the dogs!

babymomma22 wrote: »

That same guy came to my house today on fr russell road trying to sell them really creepy wouldn't take no for an answer , my husband thinks there goin around checking out houses.

This guy has been to my house on a few occasions, very nice fella with a limp. I know he's unlikely to read this thread but being described as a creepy guy who is casing houses is a dreadful insult to him. I fail to see why he needs to be brought into this thread at all to be honest, he's an invalid who walks the streets of Limerick all day trying to make a few bob for himself.

Ricky007

Pity didn't read this thread before recently getting scammed by guy in a van saying he was selling off goods as was leaving for Australia next week and was off loading silk and wool rugs from his family furniture business which is closing down in Charleville. Felt uneasy when he came into our house. Agree- don't ever buy from a man in a van who just happens to be delivering furniture in the neighborhood. Even though the van had his family name on it and mobile phone as well as family name on his sales jacket, we now feel uneasy as we did buy; 400e for a rug. Have a house alarm thankfully as worrying a bit ever in case he was looking around to see what we have.
Limerick
March 2015

seachto7 wrote: »

delthedriver

Ricky007 wrote: »

Pity didn't read this thread before recently getting scammed by guy in a van saying he was selling off goods as was leaving for Australia next week and was off loading silk and wool rugs from his family furniture business which is closing down in Charleville. Felt uneasy when he came into our house. Agree- don't ever buy from a man in a van who just happens to be delivering furniture in the neighborhood. Even though the van had his family name on it and mobile phone as well as family name on his sales jacket, we now feel uneasy as we did buy; 400e for a rug. Have a house alarm thankfully as worrying a bit ever in case he was looking around to see what we have.
Limerick
March 2015



If you are concerned, suggest passing on your thoughts to the local Garda Station. The Gardai will welcome your call. Better safe than sorry!

my3cents

delthedriver wrote: »

If you are concerned, suggest passing on your thoughts to the local Garda Station. The Gardai will welcome your call. Better safe than sorry!

+1 Report this sort of thing with the vehicle reg details and time to the local Garda Station. The more info the Gards have on who is knocking on doors the more chance the dodgy ones will get caught.

delthedriver

my3cents wrote: »

+1 Report this sort of thing with the vehicle reg details and time to the local Garda Station. The more info the Gards have on who is knocking on doors the more chance the dodgy ones will get caught.

The Garda are superb in getting these dodge dealers out of your area and ultimately off their patch !


Not only would you do yourself a favour but may also prevent an older neighbour from parting with their savings to some unscrupulous conman!

Nelly71

@Ricky777, was the family name "Sheridans" by any chance?

stefanovich

Never buy anything from an unsolicited caller. Heck, I don't even answer my door most of the time unless I know the person or have arranged for someone to call to the house.

delthedriver

stefanovich wrote: »

Never buy anything from an unsolicited caller. Heck, I don't even answer my door most of the time unless I know the person or have arranged for someone to call to the house.

Same here!


Some of the more mature folk in my neighbourhood are too trusting. They are from a different generation when it was considered impolite not go answer door.


Unfortunately they are easy prey for unscrupulous chancers, selling rugs or offering to fix loose roof tiles or gutters.!!!!!!!


As soon as I see a van with shady creatures, I ring the Garda straight away. To date the Gardai have confirmed my suspicions.

black & white

Swiper the fox wrote: »

This guy has been to my house on a few occasions, very nice fella with a limp. I know he's unlikely to read this thread but being described as a creepy guy who is casing houses is a dreadful insult to him. I fail to see why he needs to be brought into this thread at all to be honest, he's an invalid who walks the streets of Limerick all day trying to make a few bob for himself.

If it's the same guy, he sold my wife and daughter sunglasses 2 years ago. That afternoon the CE marking peeled off and within a week they both fell apart.

bigears1

Just now in Wexford town
Just had a call from a guy with a van with markings for Sheridans Furniture selling silk rugs as they are closing down
look like the same set up

Comhrá

bigears1 wrote: »

Just now in Wexford town
Just had a call from a guy with a van with markings for Sheridans Furniture selling silk rugs as they are closing down
look like the same set up

He might be good for a few rhino horns?

Speedsie

bigears1 wrote: »

Just now in Wexford town
Just had a call from a guy with a van with markings for Sheridans Furniture selling silk rugs as they are closing down
look like the same set up

Yeah, just had him here in West Dublin, his shop is closing down & had great bargains. No thanks.

NomadicGray

Guy called to our house today just outside of Naas, someone did think it was a good idea to buy a rug, unfortunately. They dont think it was Sheridans though. Suppose I'll have to keep an extra vigilant eye out for the next while.

Moycullen

Warning!! There is a white van going door to door selling silk rugs in the moycullen area. The guy pushed his way into the hall to show me a rug and tried to make his way into our sitting room. Travellers!

151 C reg, I didn't catch the rest.

Please post more information if you see this van 🙁!

Special Circumstances

One arm of the organisation or other has been at my door every day for how many weeks, powerwashing your house, powerwashing your driveway, glean your gutters, etc etc.

CeilingFly

Special Circumstances wrote: »

One arm of the organisation Ethnic Group or other has been at my door every day for how many weeks, powerwashing your house, powerwashing your driveway, glean your gutters, etc etc.

I corrected that post for you

RhubarbCrumble

CeilingFly wrote: »

I corrected that post for you

I had one of the 'ethnic group' 'selling homewares missus' last week.

whisky_galore

There's no good reason for buying anything being sold door to door.
It's either defective, shoddy or acquired under dubious circumstances.
Even if it isn't there's no guarantee with the goods or services.

When will people ever learn?

um7y1h83ge06nx

My thoughts exactly. If they are calling to a particular area repeatedly, at least 1 person in that area must be buying from them or at least showing interest.

Berty

We get the same guys in Newport coming around every so often in a rather beat up looking white van selling rugs, furniture, mattresses(recently) claiming they're a shop in Ballysimon. I know of people in Ballysimon who don't have a shop but do have beat up white vans but I digress................

Anyway, they come around because people DO buy from them. I saw a neighbour take a 3 piece suite off them. He asked me the other week "interested in a Mattress?" and when I pointed out the mattress sticking out of the boot of my car(just bought) "but you could return that one and buy mine"

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um7y1h83ge06nx

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Yeah I do believe that is the main objective but if they can kill 2 birds with one stone then why not - sell some dodgy stuff, rob some stuff.

I just wonder why some areas get them repeatedly and I have only encountered them once in 10 years of living in Raheen and 2 years of living in a rural area.

Maybe I just give off a whiff of not having any valuables!

EDIT - maybe it depends on the risk factor, a good few of my current neighbours would have firearms, others are/were members of AGS. Hard to know what draws them to an area.

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CeilingFly

Scoping properties is indeed one of the reasons they call door to door selling stuff.

I'll bet you that they will never ring the doorbell - instead they will give a loud knock on the door. That's how they check if the alarm is on.

the_syco

Ari Handsome Turf wrote: »

I just wonder why some areas get them repeatedly

I'd say the lack of alarms, and how much is visible through the front window.

bigpink

Ring the Garda and try remember details and if possible get a photo of them

whisky_galore

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Maybe something from Column A and something for Column B...

whisky_galore

Berty wrote: »

Anyway, they come around because people DO buy from them. I saw a neighbour take a 3 piece suite off them. He asked me the other week "interested in a Mattress?" and when I pointed out the mattress sticking out of the boot of my car(just bought) "but you could return that one and buy mine"

God loves a tryer.

Paul_Ri

I realise this is an old thread but just had a visit from a guy in a sheridans van, I live in the midlands. He rang the bell and knocked incessantly on the door until we answered. He immediately asked do we have dogs and gave some story about rugs and furniture. Just said no. But it was very strange and honestly very suspicious, looked exactly like someone casing out houses to see if people were home and if they had security.

my3cents

Paul_Ri wrote: »

I realise this is an old thread but just had a visit from a guy in a sheridans van, I live in the midlands. He rang the bell and knocked incessantly on the door until we answered. He immediately asked do we have dogs and gave some story about rugs and furniture. Just said no. But it was very strange and honestly very suspicious, looked exactly like someone casing out houses to see if people were home and if they had security.

Always give the guards a call and let them know. If you have a reg number thats even better then they can work out who is working the area.

Occasionally you'll get the odd guard that doesn't give a toss but ignore that call then anyway.

seachto7

I remeber when they called to my folks place, and my mother fobbed them off, and yer man says something like "can I speak to the man of the house..."

KeiferF

Just had these guys call - apparently the business is now in Nama - young fella is off to Australia - but they have a few original rugs left after selling the last of stock in the RDS

Beware as they doing the rounds in Dublin now

um7y1h83ge06nx

At lunchtime today I saw a Transit pull out of Kilmurray Lodge with signage that said either Oriental Rugs or Oriental Carpets, can't fully remember. There was some address in Charleville on the side.

They might be fine but being honest they looked a little dodgy to me.

Mc Fadden

These guys (Sheridan Oriental Rugs) have been on our road in North Dublin at least three times since mid September. Now, in a country this size, what brings them here so often? Having compared notes with neighbours, they seem only to bang on a window when there's no car in the driveway.