AIBU to hate these people knocking on my door?

[FeralFruitloopFairy]

In the past week alone we have had THREE people knocking on our door, wanting me to give them my bank details so they can sign me up for £15+ a month for their charities.

One knocked after dark and when I politely made the excuse I couldn’t find my purse he then said “that’s ok, you have your phone just give your bank details from your online banking app”

They start by saying they don’t want money “today”, the one who knocked today I said I don’t want to give my bank details as soon as he spoke but then he said it’s ok you don’t have to you can do it through a text on your phone. He meant there and then before he left.

I’m bloody sick of them, if I didn’t have Christmas presents coming I’d not answer the door! They make me feel so awkward on my own doorstep. I know they have a job to do and it’s a way to gain trade but if I’m going to donate to charity it will be to ones close to my heart not just cos I was pressured on my doorstop.

I had one and i just said your cause is great but it just don't have the money to be adding on another bill at the moment. He was polite and left.

Became there's no need to be a dick.

I just politely but firmly say that I don't sign up to anything in the doorstep but the best of luck and have a nice day.
You can get your point across without being an asshole. They're just doing their job.

Get a doorbell. Check it, if it’s them, don’t open.

Their whole schtick is trying to brow beat people into giving money to them, and it works because people feel cornered and are too polite to tell them to fuck off. I feel absolutely no need to be polite to people like that, they're up there with TV license "enforcers".

I hate them, hate being jumped on in high streets and shopping centres, bus stations

Just don't answer the door? I have a peep hole so I always look.
I don't care if it's rude, they are on your property you can do what you like.
Saying things like I can't find my purse isn't letting them know you aren't interested. It's better just to not answer the door rather than waste their time.

This is why we have a Ring doorbell!

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??

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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!!

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,

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

Friendly smile.

Close door.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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).