I would like to let my fellow Sammamish and Issaquah neighbors know that there have been some strange, aggressive “carpet cleaning” sales people in my neighborhood recently. I was driving home to my darkened home at 7:30 p.m. and one of these “salespeople” was on my unlit front porch. She attempted to convince me that I should let her into my home to clean, for free, one of the rooms in my home. The caveat was that it was only a one day deal and it had to be NOW. I asked for a card/flier about her business and she had none to give me.

We disseminated this information to the neighbors on our street, and many others and had been subject to these aggressive tactics. From their reports, there was both a woman and man.

One of our neighbors didn’t let the woman into her home and her car was keyed the next day. I called the police but it was about two hours after the occurrence and so there was nothing they could do.

I wanted to warn others that if they experience these aggressive “sales” tactics to not let these people in their homes and to call police immediately.

Erin Nissen, Sammamish