Quote from Happeningonthepark on 08/01/09 at 10:25pm:

 
We removed the other post, so there's only one now (and we're glad you were able to log on)
 
The type of visit you experienced was covered by Ofc. Foreman during the Neighborhood Watch meeting that we had.  Although young European females were not the usual types of visitors, he did say that door-to-door types were.  Their goal was twofold.  First, to see if anyone is home and second, to see what you have in your house.  The latter goal is used more by the "vacuum cleaner" sales people who offer to clean your carpet for free.  
 
Another type of scoping out method used is placing notices on mailboxes.  The "bad guys" look to see which mailboxes still have the notice on them to determine what house may be vacant.  Our neighbor is out of town and we had a car come by today placing notices on mailboxes.  I asked them to remove the one from my mailbox (then told them to leave our neighborhood, which they did), then I walked over and took the one off my neighbors mailbox.
 
Thanks for posting the notice.  It's important for everyone to keep their eyes open and we're happy to provide a place to post these things.  Maybe sooner or later these crooks will get the idea that Bluff Park isn't the place to commit their crimes.

Quote from Bluff Park Forum Admin on 08/01/09 at 10:44pm:

Haven't done the neighbor hood watch thing yet, but thats a good notice for all of us.  If someone sticks things to your mailboxes, take them down for neighbors not home.  They will appreciate it in many ways!

This same girl has been selling these books all over the South Shades Crest area this summer.  They are college students and different students have sold these books in our area during the summer for several years now.  They are educational books called Libraries, they come in 3 different volumes and are to be used as a quick reference guide to basically all of your core subjects such as math, science, english, reading, etc... They also sell  SAT/ACT prep cd's and various other educational items.  The company that publishes this material is called Southwestern Company and I believe they are in Nashville Tennessee. I did buy a whole set year before last, but, I must confess that my children have not used them.  This same girl came by my house a few weeks ago and I told her upfront that I wasn't going to buy anything but, I did listen to her sales pitch just because they do have to talk to so many people a day.  The tag around her neck tells that she is an independent contractor selling Southwestern Company material, it gives her name and also states that the company ( which as I mentioned above, I believe they work as an independent contractor so she doesn't work directly for Southwestern but, another company)_ is a member of the  Better Business Bureau.   I agree that 9:00 is way too late but, I guess she had not met her quota.   Here is a link to Southwestern Company that will tell you a little more about them.         http://www.southwesternathome.com/AboutSW.aspx