Double Glazing Canvassers - Aaaaarrrgh!

vikingaero

I have a sticker in my window next to the front door saying that we do not buy at the door etc. My house is fully double glazed. It has UPVC fascias and soffits. You can see the conservatory at the side of the house as you approach it.

On Friday I took my Dad to A&E and spent from 4pm to 2am there. Mrs V had work on Saturday so I had the kids from 6am until she finished work at 5pm. Then I popped over for visiting time from 6.30 to 7.30pm. Went to Hospital this morning to take a few things to Dad and came back for a nap at lunchtime whilst Mrs V took the kids out.

30 minutes later I was fast asleep, dribbling nicely and dreaming of Gemma Atkinson, when the doorbell rings. I answer it to be met by Mr Blobby with a clipboard assuring me that he wasn't selling anything, but would I like to make an appointment with their sales reprobate to discuss anything double glazing? :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: He realises he's woken me up and says: "Our quotes are valid for 3 years."

I point to the sticker in the window and tell him that if I ever see him again I'll kicketh his arris. He beats a hasty retreat.

So my question/vent is: Do you have to be stupid, arrogant and illiterate to be a Double Glazing whipping boy?

Mags_cat

vikingaero wrote: »

So my question/vent is: Do you have to be stupid, arrogant and illiterate to be a Double Glazing whipping boy?

Hehe...probably. Or, they need the job more than they need the common sense and morals they (should have been) born with.

My exOH, after being pestered for some time with cold calls from conservatory firms, once invited one of the worst offenders round to give us a quote. He said he could hear the pound signs chinking round in the caller's voice.

When the appointed hour came, he went down to the front door and invited them in to our second floor flat.

Never had another call funnily enough

NEH

Mags_cat wrote: »

Hehe...probably. Or, they need the job more than they need the common sense and morals they (should have been) born with.

My exOH, after being pestered for some time with cold calls from conservatory firms, once invited one of the worst offenders round to give us a quote. He said he could hear the pound signs chinking round in the caller's voice.

When the appointed hour came, he went down to the front door and invited them in to our second floor flat.

Never had another call funnily enough

My hubby had a call like that once he told them he already had double glazing they said well what about a conservatory and he said well I'd be interested if you can fit a conservatory to a top floor flat... :rotfl:

advent1122

I open the door and tell them I am not in.

Humphrey10

Had one call at the door a few years ago, said did we want double glazing, I replied by reflex that we didn't need new windows. He took one look at the rotten frames on the upstairs windows and said 'yes you do'!

marleyboy

I remember giving up and inviting them round after a call when I lived on the top floor of a "council owned" tower block, I couldn't believe it when they turned up, I just said "its a council flat mate"