AIBU to hate these people knocking on my door?

You’re being too nice Op & entertaining the notion of their charity. Big mistake. Don’t let them start with their spiel cut them off with a polite but assertive I already give charitably via x,y or z channel, thanks very much, goodbye. You don’t owe them any more politeness or kindness. Just because the cause may well be good, their sales tactics are far from it. You are not obliged to entertain them. Making excuses will only set up barriers they are skilled at overcoming & that they will always have an answer or solution for. If it doesn’t come naturally to be assertively curt, try it a few times & see how easier it becomes. I mean why on earth should you give your private details to a total random that may not even be a legitimate fund raiser & a complete scam artist?

A house near me has this rather wonderful sign on the door.
NO
HAWKERS
CIRCULARS
PREACHERS
OR
POLITICIANS

About 10 years ago, my daughter worked for one of these companies.

They're dropped off in a certain area of a town, and picked up after many hours work. Their wages are dependent on the amount of sign ups they get, and they have to deal with a lot of rudeness and abuse, it can also be a bit dangerous, some people try and get them to come inside the house.

I know they can be annoying, but please try to bear in mind that they're treated like absolute shit.

I just give them a big smile, say 'I'm not interested thanks' and close the door! Or you could get a ring doorbell so you can see them and just not answer the door.

OMG! I had no idea! That's terrible.

As part of the deal, they/their fundraising company get the first several DD amounts as commission before the charity see any money at all - iirc it's the first year's donations.

Depending on the charity's agreement with them, at best, all of that money in those six months will go straight to the business and not a penny to the charity; but at worst, they may even have a guaranteed deal that means they get the first six months' money from your giving PLUS the charity have to pay them the same again for the other six months out of actual charity funds.

Either way, you're just giving them money for themselves and the charity will either get nothing, as well as admin costs (if they're lucky) or otherwise incur an equivalent bill as a result of your actions.

I wouldn't slam the door in their faces, but I don't see anything wrong with saying "No thank you" as you close the door assertively.

The job they've actively chosen is to make money off the back of a charity. They (almost always) aren't people working for a charity that they are passionate about and earning a living from the charity as an employee so that they can continue to do so and pay their bills; they're told the name of some random charity by their supervisors at the start of the day/week and have to persuade people that they care about it, rather than just wanting the money for themselves.

If you speak to a genuine charity worker, they would be just as thrilled however you give to their cause. By contrast, watch these people's faces if you say that you're extremely keen now that they've told you about all the good that they do, but you don't have your bank details to hand, so you promise faithfully that you will go on to the charity's website in the morning and set up your DD.

I look out the window and ask what they want.

Having said that, I have signed up to two chuggers recently. They were lovely young people and I wanted them to get a sale. I add a reminder to my diary to cancel my direct debit after 6 months (and to let the charity know too).

I got a door sign from Amazon saying I never buy from unsolicited callers. Etc. if anyone does knock I just point to it and I never buy anything at the doorstep. These calls really should be banned.

YANBU, these people are bloody infuriating. I rarely get them coming to my house, but I do get badgered on a weekly basic in the street, and on the exit of supermarkets. I pretend I'm on the phone now, or just ignore them. I know they're only doing a job but I am SICK of them. Like FUCK am I giving some random my bank details!

Generation X resting bitch face here. I don't care if I offend randoms who are pissing me off.

It'd be very interesting to know if countries with a reputation for far more 'forthrightness' and bluntness have as many doorstep chuggers as we do in the UK.

Whilst I'm sure the majority wouldn't be abusive, I can't see your average German showing the same 'politeness' (i.e. being a soft touch) and worrying about hurting the feelings of a random person knocking on their door unsolicited and asking for money every month by saying "Nein danke!" as they shut the door smartly.

Don’t open the door to them.. especially not after dark

I just say that I won't sign up to anything on the doorstep, and that they are wasting their efforts.

We have a yellow sticker on the door saying we do not allow cold callers. DH suffers from dementia and there are real risks with vulnerable people and cold callers. I do not usually open the door just ask who it is. If it is anyone selling anything I just say sorry we do not take cold calls and walk away.

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested."

Friendly smile.

Close door.

They aren’t infallible but they do help. I have one and have noticed a big reduction in uninvited callers, and since getting a Ring doorbell I’ve seen people coming up and then going off again after seeing it. I do still get one or two who can’t read, but as soon as I realise who they are I just interrupt their spiel with a firm “no thank you” and shut the door,

Yes we’ve had this despite being in a no cold calling zone! Honestly I’m just rude to them now, I find they’re very good with their tactics, the only way to beat them at their game is being rude after all they knocked on my door taking me away from important duties, once I had a pan left on heat burning!!

Alternatively, tell them that you too work for/hold dear to your heart an amazing charity for (choose emotive cause) - and surely they will want to support such a worthwhile charity.

If they can just give you their name, address and bank details - could they maybe spare £50 a month, as they do such amazing work? No? £30... or even just a tenner a month would do if that's all they can manage... Then, once they've signed up, you'll look in turn at their charity - but it has to be yours first, as you've had people before who haven't kept their side of the bargain.

What? They don't want to just give their personal details and bank account info to some random stranger on a doorstep, asking them to commit to supporting some random charity? Now, isn't that a coincidence!!!

Make sure your hoover is easily accessible for the dust from their shoes...

Really, We have a no cold call zone set up round here and have the notices displayed on our front door. We don’t get any charities calling. We get 2 different charity envelopes put through in a year and the person who collects them lives in the street and knows everyone as per the door to door Collection rules.
We get quite a few leaflets put through the door, but very few people call. If they do, I just point at the sign on the door.

I have a "No cold callers" sticker on my door which is usually respected. However my other line is "I cant donate any money however I can donate my time, do you have a leaflet on how to volunteer?" They usually tell you to Google it and leave you alone.

I can't imagine slamming the door in someone's face. So rude and unnecessary.

I had one the other day. I said I don't do direct debits and he said he wasn't going to ask that, then proceeded to tell me that to make a donation I had to fill a form in with my bank details and date of birth, after telling me all about the awful things that happen to victims his charity helps. I just told him I didn't want to fill out a form and would look at the website. I'm not trusting of anyone on the doorstep anyway as there are so many scammers now.

Because they've got a soul-destroying job, and if you're going to say No then best to be polite about it.

We used to get loads at the start of the uni term, not this year. I wonder if the uni doesn’t advertise those jobs anymore.
I can see them from the room I work from, literally no one on my street answers the door to them, it would be funny if they weren’t getting ripped off.

I had an issue with people selling bloody cavity wall insulation. We can’t have it as the way our house was built, they don’t care, they get a referral payment. I’ve shut the door on them. Now if they say ‘are you the homeowner’ I just say I rent.

I just tell them 'no thanks' and that I like to choose my charities. I also have a policy of not signing up to anything in my doorstep. And fifteen quid is what they are asking for each month??