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watch out for pro - oops - am bit new so posted 2 by accident
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Had door stepping incident last night:
Guy at the door quickly shows me card with photo, tells me he's not selling anything and asks if I am the homeowner only he's not 'legally' allowed to give me this information if I;m not. I won't say but ask to see his identity again and note that he is from a marketing company, so ask him how unusual is it for a marketing company NOT to be selling? He tells me inspectors will be coming around next week to inspect the durability of the walls of these Victorian terraced houses. He finally hands me a 'voucher' for some percentage or other off protecrive coating for walls.
At this point I burst into laughter and say that NOW I UNDERSTAND and THIS is what he is selling. I hand him back the voucher and say that this is terrible stuff and very damaging not to say unsightly looking kind of varnish stuff - bad for old brickwork. Then he gets nasty and we close by him leaving whilst we both shout! But the elderly may be confused by the 'inspector' line - so watch out
Guy at the door quickly shows me card with photo, tells me he's not selling anything and asks if I am the homeowner only he's not 'legally' allowed to give me this information if I;m not. I won't say but ask to see his identity again and note that he is from a marketing company, so ask him how unusual is it for a marketing company NOT to be selling? He tells me inspectors will be coming around next week to inspect the durability of the walls of these Victorian terraced houses. He finally hands me a 'voucher' for some percentage or other off protecrive coating for walls.
At this point I burst into laughter and say that NOW I UNDERSTAND and THIS is what he is selling. I hand him back the voucher and say that this is terrible stuff and very damaging not to say unsightly looking kind of varnish stuff - bad for old brickwork. Then he gets nasty and we close by him leaving whilst we both shout! But the elderly may be confused by the 'inspector' line - so watch out
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