To not answer the door to this man?

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Earlier there was a knock at the door and I made the mistake of answering. It was a guy with flyers saying they were doing work a few doors down and had we thought about getting a certain job done on our house. We have thought about it so I was genuinely interested in how much it may cost. He asked would I like a price, and I naively thought he’d give me a quote there and then so when I agreed he said he’d be back at 5pm to measure and provide a price. I don’t want this, but was stupidly too polite and just said ok to get rid of him- I had half an ear on my toddlers bedroom because they were napping. I don’t want him to come back, I know he’ll be pressurey with following up and 5pm is right on top of my toddlers dinner time.
AIBU to just shut all curtains and not answer when he returns? 🙈

That's what comes of forgetting the Mumsnet Golden Rule: Never answer your door when someone knocks! Just sit very quietly until they go away.

Has anyone locally been scammed? Check on nearby fb notice boards. Generally the police advise not to deal with door to door people. Genuine tradesmen do not usually knock.

I feel like I've been scammed. I read the whole thread and OP hasn't been back to update 😡

Next time anyone cold calls just say that you rent as a PP suggested. Usually they can’t get off your drive and onto the next house quick enough.

I called the office number on the flyer and cancelled, I was dubious as to whether the message would even get through to him, but he didn't come back.

Better to be upfront.

When I was in my early 20s, my mum had a friend whose son was trying to start a painting business. He saw me on my way to the bus stop one morning, and asked if my mum was interested in having our house repainted. She didn't, but I stupidly said "oh maybe, yeah!" (I was a total people pleaser back then and had no idea how to say no thanks) .

Long story short, he totally harassed me from then on. He would lay in wait for me as I left for work every morning. He'd perch on a wall, and when I walked past, he'd jump off and say "you promised..." It was really intimidating.

We all lived really near each other, and it became very uncomfortable.

You've absolutely just got to be upfront. They're cheeky enough to ask, so you too have to have the confidence to say no.

However I'm very keen on tradesman looking for work so wouldn't be turning them away I've got a load of things need doing but can never find people

Because tradesmen don't need to go door stepping they have more work than hours.

It will be overpriced and poor quality. Ring the number/text the number and cancel