Door to Door Salesmen on Xmas Day

dixie_dean_2

marleyboy wrote: »

I think "generally" the reason it irks some people, is because were they even slightly "interested", they would have shopped for it themselves. Nobody needs a tap on the door to be reminded of things that they might just want. I dont recall Tesco or Asda ever tapping on doors just in case we forgot the Eggs.

I think in most cases, those of us who have gone to the trouble of notifying these cold callers that we are not interested in the form of a "No Cold Callers" notice, assume this should be sufficient in letting them know. However, it would appear this is not enough, leaving a householder no other option but to make it even clearer to them.

Nobody likes nor wants to spend their day going backwards n forwards opening the front door, just to say "No thank you!", others may say "its only two minutes of your time", forgetting to note that it is indeed two minutes of OUR time, of which we should be entitled to use in our own way without any interruptions from dyslexic junk salesmen. Who are so desperate to sell such tat, they are reduced to knocking on doors uninvited, in order to find a buyer.

There are a few separate points there. You could argue that if people wanted something then they would go and buy it but then you could also that lots of people do buy door to door so it may be convenient for them. Either way, door to door sales has been around since the 1950s (totally made that up but a long time) so I don't think you will stop it.

Next point, yes, I agree, if you have a sign saying you're not intrested it is annoying this is ignored. However, you say the only option is to "make it even clearer". What good does that do? Does it stop them knocking on the next door? Does it make the company have a total rethink on strategy? Does it make you feel better? You might think so but by the sounds of it it just stresses people out a lot. A polite "No thanks" and you just carry on your day without creating all that stress and negativity.

As to "nobody wants to spend their day going back and forwards"...christ (sorry Christians) where do you live? Surely once a week is probably more accurate. You may argue that it's still your 2 minutes but I would still say that you're better off accepting that getting stressed.

shandypants5

As a victim of a "door handle tryer" burglar who helped himself to lots of my stuff, while I was actually in the house, I would be very suspicious of anyone knocking my door uninvited on Xmas day.

Maybe they were just testing houses to see who was out visiting relatives so they could break in through a back window?

Oh and I would have told them to P**S OFF and have a nice Xmas" too.:D

patman99

Don't forget, the Daily Fail is a Tory newspaper, and it has now been scientifically proved that Conservative supporters are just plain thick.

Dr.Rock

FATBALLZ wrote: »

When I lived in a house I ended up putting a sign telling cold callers not to bother, the reason I put up the sign was to give them the chance to leave without me having to be rude to them, but there were still a handful of idiots who thought they knew better. Quite frankly if you ignore the polite warning you only have yourself to blame if you get told to go f!!! yourself because you've more or less shown that being polite with you doesn't work, so the resident has few alternatives other than to tell you to !!!! off. I personally didn't swear at the idiots who ignored my sign, rather just rubbished what it was they were saying because as ever with door to door sales it was complete crap, but I don't blame people for getting abusive with people who ignore polite requests not to bother the resident.

Is this really so hard to do, or do some people just like it when cold callers come round so they can vent their frustrations on them.

marleyboy wrote: »

others may say "its only two minutes of your time", forgetting to note that it is indeed two minutes of OUR time, of which we should be entitled to use in our own way without any interruptions from dyslexic junk salesmen.

If you ever get this then quick as a flash you should ask who you should send the invoice to for your time. Use the moment the caller is speechless to shut the door on them.

spike7451 wrote: »

I had a Sky salesperson call one day asking me if I was interested in signing up to Sky..I replied "I take it you didn't see the Sky dish on the front of my home?" to which he mumbled & went away...

Even better, I've had a salesman knock on my UPVC door to ask if I was interested in buying UPVC doors and windows.

dfh wrote: »

Homosexuals cannot be Christians because they have gone against the word of Jesus.

What EXACTLY did Jesus say about homosexuals then that preculdes them from being Christian? What did he say that precludes anyone from being a Christian?

CheeseCat

dfh wrote: »

All hail the Daily Mail. i love it's columnists like Richard Littlejohn and Melanie Phillips with their wit and eloquence. The Daily Mail should replace Christianity as our religion. The whole nation loves and worships the Daily Mail.

:rotfl::rotfl:I am assuming this is a joke post? Surely??

The only time I read the Daily Mail is online at work when I fancy a laugh at what its paranoid readers are finding to worry about on that particular day.

It'd be a bit like a comic if it wasn't so tragic.

marleyboy

dixie_dean wrote: »

As to "nobody wants to spend their day going back and forwards"...christ (sorry Christians) where do you live? Surely once a week is probably more accurate. You may argue that it's still your 2 minutes but I would still say that you're better off accepting that getting stressed.

Sorry, even once a Month is ONE TIME too many, as I have said, these are MY minutes to do what I want with, I am under NO commitment to give up ANY of my time to these begging salesmen, who are having so much trouble selling their tripe, they resort to trying to sell it at my door.

There is a nice sign posted on my door for these people to read, if they STILL insist on knocking, I would EXPECT that I am likely to make it a little more clearer for them, if it in some way offends or upsets them, TUFF TITTIS!!!!!!

dizziblonde

I get really hacked off with cold callers - especially ones who don't take "no thank you" as an answer. I resent my peace and quiet being interrupted, resent losing my train of thought on whatever I was doing having to find where the heck I've left my door keys, go to the door making sure the cat doesn't get out, answer the door to be greeted by some smarmy idiot in a cheap suit and too much hair gel wanting to talk about double glazing/religion/politics or whatever. It's even more of a pain in the backside with the front door lock being half broke at the moment so it doesn't unlock from the inside, meaning I've got to go out the back, unbolt the side gate and what not -for something I've got no interest in at all.

Double-glazing salesmen are my particular pet-hate. Surprisingly, I know my window has condensation on it, I also know which ones are still single-glazed... when I want to go shopping for double glazing, I'll come to you - this is my doorstep, not your flipping show room. I'd have gone ballistic at being disturbed on Christmas Day as well to be honest.

Having said that - last election I had a sign up saying "no election leaflets or canvassers - ignore this and I'll vote for the other guy" and that one DID get obeyed!

RSPCA door-to-door ones were the worst - deciding to go for the public shame in front of your neighbours approach of yelling "SO DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT DISABLED ANIMALS" when told no thanks politely.... trouble for them was at that point the amputee cat wandered to the door to see what was going on (and what was in it for her) - I was like "yeah look how badly this disabled animal's treated here and naff orf."

spike7451

Apart from the J.W's,the one's that annoy me the most are the charity collectors (sorry,this is going to urine some off but hey-ho,it's my opinion!) looking for money..sorry,in this financial climate,charity begins at home & I have my own charities I give to & no one else! (RAFA/RBS/H4H/CPL & ASSISI)

But even worse are the ones looking for your old clothes!! I must get at least a empty begging bag a week shoved thru my letterbox!!..Then when & if you leave clothes out for them they never collect them & when you don't,they knock on your door!!....

dfh

CheeseCat wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:I am assuming this is a joke post? Surely??

The only time I read the Daily Mail is online at work when I fancy a laugh at what its paranoid readers are finding to worry about on that particular day.

It'd be a bit like a comic if it wasn't so tragic.

Thank God someone got it. The clue should have been in the 99%. And to think some people started foaming at the mouth and reporting the posts :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

patman99

I for one don't mind the charity bags dropping through my letterbox. I turn them inside out then fill them with my empty tin cans ready to go to the scrap-man.

I see the ConDems are planning to allow people to dictate policy via e-petitions, if this happens, I will be setting-up a petition calling for the outlawing of all types of cold-calling including door-to-door, telephone and email. When this happens, I will post the link on here.