Rules governing doorstep charity collectors

doctor48

I had a chap from Macmillan knock on our door wanting us to sign a direct debit. He was very rude to my wife so I asked him to leave. He argued and initially would not go. Eventually he did and argued as he went.
That night I had a nail put in my car tyre. Coincidence?

Pollycat

doctor48 wrote: »

I had a chap from Macmillan knock on our door wanting us to sign a direct debit. He was very rude to my wife so I asked him to leave. He argued and initially would not go. Eventually he did and argued as he went.
That night I had a nail put in my car tyre. Coincidence?

No idea about coincidence but I would report him to the charity.

I did this a few years ago when some guys 'working for' Greenpeace were very rude.
I had got the guy's name from his badge and got a very apologetic reply from Greenpeace.

tealady

I just tell them that I NEVER buy anything at the door and also tell them to leave.
If it is at night I take my phone with me, the threat of calling the police if they won't leave usually sends them on their way.

Primrose

Apply to yiur local council to become a No Doorstep Selli g zone where such notices are putnup on lamp posts. Then all yiu have to do is point to the nearest lamp post bearing the sign. I believe some councils also have local by laws about street to street charity collections so worth checking with them. If you're bothered by these collectors why not ring the 101 Police non emergency number, and report them as being possible fraudulent collectors? Although whether there are any police out on patrol in your nearby area at that hour of night is another matter !

MothballsWallet

Pollycat wrote: »

No idea about coincidence but I would report him to the charity.

I did this a few years ago when some guys 'working for' Greenpeace were very rude.
I had got the guy's name from his badge and got a very apologetic reply from Greenpeace.

You probably only got the apology from Greenpeace because you got the guy's name in the first place

Slinky

Primrose wrote: »

Apply to yiur local council to become a No Doorstep Selli g zone where such notices are putnup on lamp posts. Then all yiu have to do is point to the nearest lamp post bearing the sign. I believe some councils also have local by laws about street to street charity collections so worth checking with them. If you're bothered by these collectors why not ring the 101 Police non emergency number, and report them as being possible fraudulent collectors? Although whether there are any police out on patrol in your nearby area at that hour of night is another matter !

We're a no cold calling zone and still people knock. Particularly annoying are the Safestyle people who hunt in packs.

cloudy-day

Primrose wrote: »

Apply to yiur local council to become a No Doorstep Selli g zone where such notices are putnup on lamp posts. Then all yiu have to do is point to the nearest lamp post bearing the sign. I believe some councils also have local by laws about street to street charity collections so worth checking with them. If you're bothered by these collectors why not ring the 101 Police non emergency number, and report them as being possible fraudulent collectors? Although whether there are any police out on patrol in your nearby area at that hour of night is another matter !

We have this too but they do still knock. I am polite but short with them - there are signs on every lamp post, impossible to miss.

Last week I answered the door as I was expecting a Tesco delivery. Conversation as follows:
Saleman: Good evening Madam and how are you?
Me: Can I help you?
S: I can tell you're in a hurry Madam....are you considering new windows?
Me: No thanks, good night (closing door)
S: How rude! How ignorant cutting me off like that!
Me (reopening the door): Are you joking? This is a 'No Cold Calling Area'. What is your name and the name of your Company - I will be reporting yoiu to the Council.
S: But Madam, I'm just trying to help you with our fantastic range......

At this point I had closed the door, but did catch the name of the Company (yes good old Anglian Windows) so phoned the Council. The very nice lady said I wasn't the first to complain, haven't heard from them since.

I'm usually polite with cold calling phone calls (even though we're on PTS) but do put the phone done after saying 'no thanks, and please remove us from your list'. One of them once had the cheek to call me back, having a go because I was rude to cut her off mid sentence. I'm ashamed to say I told her to 'f*** right off' before putting the phone down! :rotfl:

sheramber

Doorstep collectors ( 'chuggers') are employed by an agency to collect on behalf of the charity.

The charity pay the agency a fee for each donation signed up.

The chuggers are normally paid a wage.

Direct debits mean the charities can plan ahead on having that money available.

tesuhoha

Slightly different I know but I got one on Easter Sunday at lunchtime.

I said I don't give to charity and she said she wasn't after money. She was a Chinese woman and she asked me if I could spare some time to hear about the Children's Head Injury Trust. I said no I couldn't. She asked me if my neighbours had told me about them. I said no and tried to shut the door. She tried to persuade me otherwise and asked if she could come into the kitchen or living room for just five minutes. I said no we are having lunch. She repeated it will only take five minutes in your kitchen. I said to her no, we are having a family lunch in the kitchen/diner. This was partly true but it wasn't a family lunch. However , a lot of people would have been sitting down at that time.

I'm just wondering if she thought I lived alone and if I had invited her in, how safe my purse would have been.

Pollycat

tesuhoha wrote: »

I'm just wondering if she thought I lived alone and if I had invited her in, how safe my purse would have been.

Set the Bengals onto her.