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Automated Greeting For Solicitors - Reolink Doorbell

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Has anyone developed a "follow up" greeting that runs on an automation where if the doorbell rings, the first greeting plays and then checks to see if the person remains at the door for 10-15 seconds more?

My wife and I both work from home, both regularly on calls and in meetings. Our neighborhood is lousy with solicitors (roofers, landscaping, hail damage, arborists...). We have vowed to never give anyone our business because they decided to knock on our door or they targeted us by seeing hail damage on our cars. We have notices posted for no soliciting and the default response on the doorbell goes something like this:

"Hello, if we are expecting you, we will be with you right away. If you are soliciting, please leave the property immediately and leave no leave behinds. Thanks."

Because we have particularly dense door knockers that insist they aren't "soliciting" (only because they don't know what that word means), and will stay and knock/ring the doorbell repeated times if they see signs of someone home, I want to add a second, follow up message that runs after another 15 seconds that has a little more teeth:

"Hello again, as a reminder, solicitors have been told to leave the property. Solicitors remaining on the property will be prosecuted for trespass under Texas Penal Code § 30.05 and to the fullest extent of the law. Your image and any identifying information will be shared with authorities."

submitted by /u/NachoTaco832
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