[5thGenCamaroChick]

In recent weeks we've had an influx of door-to-door salemen in our neighborhood. I understand spring is prime time for them, but we've never had this many in the 6 yrs of living here. The other day I had a young guy selling newpaper subscriptions. I won't open the door to strangers if I'm home alone, so I yelled through the window that I wasn't interested and have a nice day. As the guy walked away from the door he yelled "Nice bikes". The bikes are on the carport on the other side of the house parked behind my car. The only thing visible is the handlebars unless you go onto the carport. Today someone rang my doorbell and, in the time it took me to walk the few steps from the bedroom, I could see through the window he was walking towards the carport (basically he didn't wait for me to answer the door). There's a glass door in the kitchen that leads to the carport, so I go in there and look out to see where the guy went. Low and behold, he's all the way at the rear of the carport (near the bikes) taking pictures of my car. Now, I know when I go out in public ppl take pics all the time, but I've never had anyone trespass to do it. Still not wanting to open the door I start banging on the glass to get his attention. I couldn't get him to turn around so I broke my rule and opened the door a hair. It's a two car carport and he was on the far side, so I figured if I had to I could close the door quickly before he got to it. He said he's selling gutter guards blah blah blah and starts walking towards the door a lil bit. I asked him very nicely to leave the flyer on the table beside him but he kept coming, slowly mind you. I asked him why he was taking pics of my car (again nicely) and he said he'd never seen the type of stripes/color scheme I have (it's victory red w/black stripes, hardly unusual) and it's a nice car, etc... I say thanks, and he's still inching towards the door. Again I tell him to leave the flyer on the table but he keeps talking/walking towards the door. So then I stop smiling and say PLEASE LEAVE THE FLYER ON THE TABLE AND HAVE A NICE DAY. I had to talk a little loudly because he kept talking like he didn't hear me. He laid the flyer on the table and walked away, finally. He got to the end of the driveway and took off running. Granted it is raining a little bit but he didn't go to anyone else's house. I called my hubby and he said to call the number on the flyer and ask if they had someone in the area today. Problem is it's an 800 number and they can't tell me about regional sales. Does anyone else think this is a little odd or am I just being paranoid?