To find door to door salespeople very stressful

I wouldn’t have opened the door in the first place and shouted sorry not convenient!

No cold caller signs on your letterbox work. I've used them for 20 years and never get cold called. They're like £3 or something.

Ah okay I take this back then. I may be a bit out of date as my last experience was over a year ago. The bank called me to discuss an issue and when I called back myself to verify, they confirmed it was indeed them. At the time their fraud info was about how they'd never call and ask for your password, not that they wouldn't call up and discuss your account. If that's now changed it's very positive.

I saw a sign on Facebook which said that the homeowner charges £5 per minute (cash only) for non prearranged callers and by ringer the bell or knocking on the door you agree to those terms! I'm thinking of printing a copy.....

Just smile sweetly and say I am sorry I do no business at the door, goodbye.

Banks do say we will never call you about your bank account and if you want to call us do so on the number on the website/banking app.

This. I had no bother at all once I put a rude version of this type of sign in my porch 😊

@didntlikeanyofthesuggestions that made me laugh 🤣🤣🤣 such a perfect response

Some great ideas here.
I used to be such a pushover, was polite to the JWs once and they came back every bloody week. Finally I had enough and wrote them a letter, still polite but basically saying PFO. Worked a treat, didn't think it would. Never had them again, think we are blacklisted 🤣

“Sorry I’ve got a work call in a minute”

<close door>

My husband is like you. I have no problems at all saying no to doorstep sellers but I do try to be nice about it.

DH is awful for this but getting better after he's got in some ridiculous situations. Like a PP, he once agreed to a milk delivery service but for us it was a kind of milk none of us drink.

I'm not great either but it's helped a lot to find my anger inside. I once went to rescue DH at the door from a man from Brysk. We'd not heard of them at the time so DH was saying we'd have to do some research, look at reviews etc, but that he'd happily take a leaflet. The guy was really pushing and when I went over to shut him down he became really rude in a way that shocked me.

I actually think door to door sales is morally wrong and companies shouldn't be allowed to do it. Small businesses is more understandable but not a big internet provider. Calling someone or knocking on someone's door and pressuring them to sign up to something they've had no time to look into should not be normalised because it's how a lot of scams happen. Any respectable company shouldn't be employing those techniques.

In the same way, I think that any time your bank needs to phone you, they should tell you to find their number independently and call them back, because they shouldn't be normalising trusting someone who calls up and says "I'm your bank". If your bank never ever called you and discussed things with you on the phone, then people would identify scams much more easily.

'No thank you' and close the door.

If you can't bring yourself to close the door (it gets easier with practice!) then the stuck record technique. If you are old enough to remember stuck records.

'No thank you'

They says whatever they say, ask xyz

'No thank you'

They try various other questions, comments etc

'No thank you'

Whatever they say

'No thank you'

Gawd! Are you lot all of the Mormon faith?

No, once I realise they’re trying to sell me something, I just say “sorry I haven’t got time to talk” and close the door before they even have a chance to say anything. It’s not rude, they are the ones being rude by intruding on my personal time without invitation.

I also do this with chuggers on the street - works a treat.

I either say no thanks and shut the door, or if they are pushy I say ‘I don’t do business at the door’.

charities often get my unvarnished views which has them keen to get away! I remember the shocked NSPCC bloke right after the discussion on here about their weirdo in the toilets filming himself. He couldn’t get away quick enough!

I’m just rude now “No I don’t buy or donate at the door / or on the street” depending on where I’m being harassed.

I think it changed after one stopping me in the street when I was heavily pregnant, and I was politely explaining I’d lost my job so couldn’t sign up to anything. He proceeded to tell me that he could make me sign up, but he’d let me go on this occasion. I was fuming - make me sign up?!?! Not sure why but they triggered me and since then I’ve had zero patience with sales or charity people.

I’m live and let live on religion; all I ask is that you don’t come to my door to tell me what you believe! There’s one around us (not sure his denomination) who used to take his little granddaughter around with him because it made people less inclined to turn him away. Proper bellend behaviour.

I tell the JWs that "my God doesn't need a travelling salesman" - it usually works a treat.

That is appalling. What a horrible man.

"Not today, thankyou!" in your best Hyacinth Bucket voice.

The strangest one I ever got was the door to door, "Bra Lady." She was a bit of a local character. You'd open the door and she'd stare at your chest for a moment and guess your bra size by psychic or possibly occult methods. She could be quite uncannily accurate.

She had a market stall on Thursdays too, so between the door knocking and market stalling you had to give her due as a hard working entrepreneur.

Urgh I hate it!
I used to get stuck at the door for ages as I couldn’t say no and I felt rude (although they’re rude and pushy as hell!) until one guy I got totally changed my response to them. I had just suffered a missed miscarriage and I was in such a state, absolutely heartbroken and feeling so so poorly and so low and I tried to politely say no and he just wouldn’t drop it.
I said listen I’ve just lost my baby and I’m not very well, I really don’t have the time for this, it was like he’d hit the vulnerability jackpot and assumed that was the green light to get me to sign up/donate (can’t even remember what it was for now) as I was closing the door he slammed his foot in it and pushed it back open. I saw red! I shouted something like ‘NO FUCKING THANK YOU!’ and repeatedly squashed his foot in the door until he moved it and slammed my door shut! Absolute arsehole!
I just tell them no thank you now and close the door, whether they’re mid sentence or not.

I find replying in sign language tends to do the job.