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JazzyBBG · 24/02/2019 10:08

A lady my mum knows (call her Lisa) sells a product through an MLM channel that I like. The lady I used to buy off has packed it in. Made the mistake of buying off Lisa. Lisa now hounds me. Emails, post, texts inviting me to parties at peoples houses I don't know and don't want to go to. Half expecting her to turn up on my doorstep. I had started to ignore as best course of action.

She just rang my bloody landline at 9.30 on a Sunday morning to ask if I was going to the parties. I have no idea where she got my landline from for starters as I never give it out but second of all take a hint. I told her I was finding her too much and could she leave me alone undeterred she continued to tell me all about the parties. Said thanks goodbye put phone down. Five minutes later a text saying "sorry you think I'm a pest here are the party dates let me know if you can come" how do you get these people to take a bloody hint? I would actually like to buy some stuff off her but she just winds me up so I will find someone else. Do I reply or not?

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Frogsdinner · 24/02/2019 10:10

Fuck off and annoy someone else sounds like a good reply

Blessingsdragon1 · 24/02/2019 10:11

No

Darkbaptism · 24/02/2019 10:11

Something along the line of

I want to continue buying your product but will find another seller if you keep harrasing me.

kbPOW · 24/02/2019 10:11

I would just reply that you do not consent to having your number on her database and did not give it to her, so she needs to remove it and not contact you again or you will report her to the Information Commissioner's Office for breach of GDPR.

She's obviously desperate and very thick-skinned so hinting or even being firm isn't enough.

MatildaTheCat · 24/02/2019 10:12

I’d say something that closes the door entirely. I’ve found another brand/ product that’s better for me thanks, I’ve gone off it, I’m skint and found a new budget version, sorry I won’t be able to buy anything from you and don’t want to waste your time so please can you remove me from your client list?

Just once then ignore or block.

Thehop · 24/02/2019 10:12

Pest is no longer the word lisa, this has become harassment. Please don’t contact me again.

Jupiters · 24/02/2019 10:13

No, I'd block her. If you like the product there are plenty more sellers out there.

Comefromaway · 24/02/2019 10:13

I was also going to say threaten GDPR.

Chickychoccyegg · 24/02/2019 10:13

Tell her to fuck off and block her on everything might work, although she may still turn up at your door Grin dont worry about being polite, she's not!

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JazzyBBG · 24/02/2019 10:14

Unfortunately not many people sell this one. But she keeps inviting me to other people's houses to their parties I mean I don't know if they even know she is doing that!

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JazzyBBG · 24/02/2019 10:15

Doorbell just went I genuinely thought it was her 😂 (it wasn't)

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UghFletcher · 24/02/2019 10:15

Fuck off and leave me alone should work

You will be able to find another person who sells this if it's an MLM, they are always lurking somewhere

PregnantSea · 24/02/2019 10:15

I would still try and be polite-ish at this point, only because it's your mum's friend so it's just easier. I would text back and say "I don't know where you got my landline number from but please delete it. This is all too much for me, I'm not interested in these products anymore so please stop contacting me about it".

If that doesn't work and she continues harrassing you I think you've well and truly reached the stage where you can legitimately tell her to fuck off.

foreverderbyshire · 24/02/2019 10:15

I like thehop's reply. Text her back and in simple language, tell her she is harassing you, and you would like to be removed from all of her contacts. Find a similar product elsewhere!

MiddleClassProblem · 24/02/2019 10:16

Just say you don’t like the parties but when you need more products you will definitely contact her.

Aeroflotgirl · 24/02/2019 10:17

I would tell her to stop contacting you, or you will go to the Police and block her number.

AuntieStella · 24/02/2019 10:17

"As you have repeatedly ignored my wishes , and continued to contact me in a way I niw see as harassing, I do not wish you to contact me again, and I want you to delete all contact details from all your databases and records.

"Any further contact from you will be referred to ICO for misuse of data and breach of GDPR"

Babynut1 · 24/02/2019 10:18

I would just email her saying because of her continuing pushiness and harrassment then you will no longer be buying from her and have found someone else to buy it from. Tell her to remove your details and she is not to contact you again.

CharlotteUnaNatalieThompson · 24/02/2019 10:19

If you want to keep buying the product but just want her to leave you alone I'd send a combination of thehop and darkbaptism's messages:

Pest is no longer the word lisa, this has become harassment. I want to continue buying your product but will find another seller if you keep harrasing me. Please don't contact me again except in response to my orders.

Comefromaway · 24/02/2019 10:21

As you are he customer and have bought products from her she can legitimately use the contact info YOU GAVE HER (and not info obtained from elsewhere) for the legitimate business purposes of informing you of products and events you may also like. But she can ONLY do this if at the time of collecting the info she informed you of this and exactly what your info would be used for (I bet she hasn’t even got a privacy statement)

So if you do want to continue to buy occasionally inform her that she is in serious breach of GDPR, you will overlook it on this occasion but she is absolutely not co contact you again. If you with to buy anything more you will contact her.

sackrifice · 24/02/2019 10:22

'Hi, Can you let me know where you got my home phone number from, as I didn't give it to you and that would be in breach of GDPR. Thanks'

LoniceraJaponica · 24/02/2019 10:26

One of DD's friends has just started selling an MLM range of products. The products themselves are fine, but the constant FB stuff is annoying. I feel sorry for her because she is just about to lose her job, so I think she picked this up to earn some cash. Unfortunately for her I have been reading about this particualr concern and she will make about £500 a year.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 24/02/2019 10:32

Yep! One more communication from you.

You are telling her you are invoking your right to be forgotten and she should delete from her records and and all trace of you as an individual, a customer. She does not have to confirm she has done so, she simply needs never to contact you in any way, ever again.

If she needs to know the legalities of this she can contact the ICO and she can read upon GDPR.

ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

blog.linnworks.com/gdpr-ecommerce-checklist
www.pamtree.com/network-marketers-are-you-ready-for-gdpr/

You can look up the MLMs own Privacy Policy and send that to her too...

BuildingBackUp · 24/02/2019 10:53

"Any further contact from you will be referred to ICO for misuse of data and breach of GDPR"

I do wish people would stop spouting this nonsense.

I mean yes - technically - you could do this. The legislation is there.

In actual, working reality, the ICO sometimes need a kick up the arse to take reports seriously against national corporations. They’ll not be battering down the door of the local Avon seller 🙈

Comefromaway · 24/02/2019 10:58

Well I reported local theatre group who refused to remove my details and they were given a warning.

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