Had a note on the door that said, "For You a Beautiful Basket of Fruit Sorry We Missed You," with a phone number of 858-558-8115. Of course, we'd been home the whole time so I Googled it and wow, it's a carpet cleaning scam. We're in Fairmount Park, but it's apparently going around San Diego.
You should let your police department know. These are usually crooks and scammers who don't have the necessary permits to do this. Their "visits" are often accompanied by follow on burglaries, since this is an opportunity to case the area. The sooner the police know about them, the better, get them out before they do any real damage.
I've had them knock on my door 4 times now always saying the same thing that they're a carpet cleaning service and want to clean it for free today so long as I promise to refer them to a friend. This last time I asked them fora business card and got the piece of paper saying "For you a beautiful basket of fruit Sorry We missed you" and then the 858-558-8115 phone number. I plan on reporting them to the non-emergency police today. But since I haven't actually been defrauded I don't know if anything will come of it.
Haha its not a scam. All it is is kirby. If you undulge yourself in a free cleaning and take the time to listen and be educated on how to properly clean your home and having the right tools can help everyone have a clean home. You get the fruit basket if you let the kirby guys do the free cleaning. I called the number when I got the same flyer and it was fantastic. I didn't buy one but I feel like a dummy using any other vacuum to clean my home. It was a fun experiance. They blew up baloons for my son and even groomed my dog. Not sure how you can say that's a scam. Try it out and open your mind to a new experiance.