To have had enough of door to door salespeople

[CruCru]

We seem to have a glut of them (2 or 3 a day, we are in north London). I don't mind well yes I do but hey ho if they are nice and don't push when I say no but recently it hasn't been that way. Last week we had a woman collecting for a charity I'd never heard of (not sales but same issue) who just talked at me and I couldn't get a word in.

Last night we had a guy selling sponges etc who, when I said I wasn't interested and closed the door (it was after 9.30pm) opened the letterbox and shouted that next time "he'd give me a fiver to be nice". I'm sorry to say that I did lose my temper and shouted "Go Away".

I never though I'd become one of those people who refuse to answer the door but I'm finding it wearing. I hate this sort of confrontation.

[Goofus]

YANBU.
It's annoying enough if they're polite. But when you politely tell them you're not interested and they wont take no for an answer that starts to get on my tits.

[BigFatCushion]

voila

[Grin]

[MrsKeithRichards]

Get one of those stickers of the money saving expert site.

[Goofus]

Do they pay attention to those cushion ?

[olimpia]

YANBU I hate all sales people, especially those who knock in my door and I don't buy anything even if what they're selling is what I had on my to buy list

[sidress]

Some obviousy don't speak enough English to know the words 'no thanks'.

Good riddance.

[JumpingThroughHoops]

I have a doobrie over my letter box. Best £1 I ever spent. I dont get fast food leaflets either

[MrsDimples]

YANBU

We have a card on the door & the window from the council saying no callers.

I am unashamedly disgustingly abusive to them. After I've asked them if they can read or not.

That applies to you too bible bashers

[WildWorld2004]

I have a sign too and depending on what mood i am in i quite enjoy pointing at the sign & asking if they can read. Or opening the door say im not interested and shut the door before they hav even opened their mouth.

[CruCru]

I must admit that when I get calls shown as "international", I hang up if they don't start speaking as soon as I answer. It usually means they are waiting for the database to give them my name etc.

[ArtVandelay]

I got a door-to-door apple seller the other day. He had a knife and tried to cut me a slice of apple to tempt me. I didn't buy any because it was a bit creepy (like Snow White) but it did make a change from windows and sponges.

YANBU because they are an interruption and sometimes downright sinister.

[CruCru]

I think the main problem I have with the sponge sellers is the typical pattern of being nice until I say no and then being downright abusive. Perhaps I will get one of those signs.

[WithoutCaution]

Wait til you get people who didn't get any GCSEs or went to prison knocking on your door trying to sell you overpriced items. When you refuse to buy you get the sob story about how you should help them by buying something as their life isn't as good as yours, they didn't get GCSEs you know - Why they think highlighting that fact will suddenly make me gullible enough to buy seriously over priced things I don't need I'll never know.

You can get your house black listed by those very pushy people who wish to try and convert you to their religion.

[WithoutCaution]

CruCru those signs are very ineffective:

'Oh, we didn't see/notice the sign'
... It's right infront of you
'Never mind, would you like to know about X/Buy Y/Join Z religion'
... No

[CruCru]

Ugh. Quite a lot of people who come to the door claim to be ex miners. North London is quite a long way from any old mining communities possibly meaning that we won't be as quick to spot that this is bullshit.

[JumpingThroughHoops]

Kent had a large mining community and were the first mines to be shut.

[ArtVandelay]

Does anyone know of anyone who underwent a doorstep conversion to a religion? I can't imagine its a high success rate.

I think I get the Witnesses all the time because I'm just about the only house in the village without a Virgin Mary shrine in the garden or a saint painted on the side of my house.

[EveryPicture]

I have had a 'No door to door salespeople' sign for a year or so. I had also put up a typewritten sign saying:

'No religious organisations
No charities
No utility companies
I HAVE house insulation'

Last month, I was rotting in my pit busy with chores and someone rang the bell. I had to rush down the stairs in my pjs. A man in a yellow jacket and clipboard was outside. Conversation as follows:

"I'm not selling anything"
Me: what do you want then?
"Do you know you can get free loft insulation under the new scheme"
Me: You've got me out of bed for this? I have insulation
"But it doesn't say you have LOFT insulation"
Me: You're telling me I have to amend my sign to include the word loft?
"Well, if you want to be clear..."

I would like to add I was a bit exasperated but remained pleasant at all times. I know it was his job but WTF?! If I saw someone with THAT many signs up, no way would I be calling at that house.

Oh, and by the way OP, after that I printed off the blue MSE sign that someone has linked to and had perfect peace ever since

[CruCru]

I never knew that Jumping. These guys had north east accents though.

[WithoutCaution]

ArtVandelay Yes, I know a disabled couple who ended up spending a few months being Mormon after they were told by the door to door sales people that they should convert. They stopped going and are now avid buyers of tat from pretty much anyone who calls selling stuff as they are very easily persuaded. Their families are trying unsuccessfully to convince them that they do not in fact need all the stuff they are buying

[Latara]

I look out of the window (discreetly) - if i don't know the person then i don't answer, & i don't care if they know someone's in.
If i do get caught by salespersons, charities etc while i'm outside the house then i say i'm 'skint & renting poor me you know what it's like (sob)..' - they look bored & disappear quickly. (ok i am skint; & i support certain charities without signing up for DDs).

Tip: The only way to put off JWs is to say that you enjoy 'the world as it is now' especially 'the good things in life' (aka drinking, smoking, drugs, nightclubs, sleeping around) & you 'think hell would be really good fun' - act slightly manic too... trust me, it works & they never return...

[zlist]

I have three identical signs up (next to door bell, to rhs of door and left hand side of door) and that has completely stopped them. I have experimented over the years and found that any less than three just doesn't work. I also have a doorbell where I can see and talk to people without opening the door.