Ringtons cold calling - new tactic

Tommo781

meer53 wrote: »

A lot of people who order from Ringtons door to door salespeople are pensioners who won't have access to the internet. Where my MIL lives, in a sheltered accomodation complex, they all love Ringtons. Also, the Ringtons rep might be the only person they see or speak to during the day.

As for the OP, personally i can't understand why you would have a doorstep argument with someone about why they have knocked at your door. Or make a complaint, but thats just me. I'd just be polite and say i'm not interested thanks, i always find that if you're polite with people, they accept what you're saying.

I totally agree with your first point. I have nothing against Ringtons as a company at all, and as I have said previously I know they are reputable.

My issue is very much that this particular woman ignored a sign that was right in front of her eyes when she rang my bell, and then tried to say she wasn't trying to sell me anything. I really don't like being lied to. The reason I started this thread was to warn FMs in case others in their sales force were using this tactic. It may be just this one woman, or several others too, I don't know. But believe me she was tenacious and wasn't going to take a "not today, thankyou" as a reason to get her hand out of the door opening.

Obviously I don't know where you live, but maybe you are luckier than we are. We live in an ordinary house, in an ordinary street. We are plagued with cold callers. Before we had the sign, it was not unusual to get 4 or 5 a day! It really does get very wearing.

meer53

Tommo781 wrote: »

I totally agree with your first point. I have nothing against Ringtons as a company at all, and as I have said previously I know they are reputable.

My issue is very much that this particular woman ignored a sign that was right in front of her eyes when she rang my bell, and then tried to say she wasn't trying to sell me anything. I really don't like being lied to. The reason I started this thread was to warn FMs in case others in their sales force were using this tactic. It may be just this one woman, or several others too, I don't know. But believe me she was tenacious and wasn't going to take a "not today, thankyou" as a reason to get her hand out of the door opening.

Obviously I don't know where you live, but maybe you are luckier than we are. We live in an ordinary house, in an ordinary street. We are plagued with cold callers. Before we had the sign, it was not unusual to get 4 or 5 a day! It really does get very wearing.

I live in an ordinary house in an ordinary street too. I get cold callers, UPVC fascias, cleaning products, roofers, Betterware, Kleeneze etc. If i'm in, i just say i'm not interested. They're only doing their job, they don't bother me.

If your sign is working on the whole, chill out, not everyone will take notice of it.

Tommo781

meer53 wrote: »

I live in an ordinary house in an ordinary street too. I get cold callers, UPVC fascias, cleaning products, roofers, Betterware, Kleeneze etc. If i'm in, i just say i'm not interested. They're only doing their job, they don't bother me.

If your sign is working on the whole, chill out, not everyone will take notice of it.

I wish I could be as perfect as you clearly are. We all have different personalities and different temperaments. That doesn't make any of us right or wrong, or qualified to tell others what to do!

Personally, I expect anybody who is trying to sell something to me to be sufficiently literate to be able to read a clear notice and respond accordingly.

meer53

Tommo781 wrote: »

I wish I could be as perfect as you clearly are. We all have different personalities and different temperaments. That doesn't make any of us right or wrong, or qualified to tell others what to do!

Personally, I expect anybody who is trying to sell something to me to be sufficiently literate to be able to read a clear notice and respond accordingly.

I'm not saying i'm perfect or that i'm telling you what to do. I'm just giving my opinions, there's no need to be quite so defensive.

Nothing in life is perfect, just because you put a sign up doesn't mean people will take any notice.

In my opinion (and thats the important part of this sentence) life is too short to sweat the small stuff. How you deal with it is your business.

Tommo781

meer53 wrote: »

I'm not saying i'm perfect or that i'm telling you what to do. I'm just giving my opinions, there's no need to be quite so defensive.

Nothing in life is perfect, just because you put a sign up doesn't mean people will take any notice.

In my opinion (and thats the important part of this sentence) life is too short to sweat the small stuff. How you deal with it is your business.

Exactly! It IS my business. And it IS my property. No sales person has the right to even be there, let alone ignore our notice. And actually, you did tell me what to do. You told me to chill out.

But if you like any Tom, !!!!!! or Harry disturbing you, that is your business.

Lip_Stick

I can't for the life of me understand why a salesman would knock at a door with one of those signs, and expect to be given the time of the day. It's a waste of time for all concerned and is extremely arrogant of the seller to think it doesn't apply to them.

Tommo781

Lip_Stick wrote: »

I can't for the life of me understand why a salesman would knock at a door with one of those signs, and expect to be given the time of the day. It's a waste of time for all concerned and is extremely arrogant of the seller to think it doesn't apply to them.

Thankyou for completely understanding my point.

Flyboy152

tomwakefield wrote: »

I'm just imagining spending a day being visited by the Hovis salesman, the Cravendale salesman, the Twinings salesman, the Westaways salesman, the Birdseye salesman, the Lurpak salesman, the Tropicana salesman, the Colgate salesman, the Listerine salesman, the Andrex salesman,...

It would be pretty cool though, wouldn't it?

"I really need to take a dump, but that damned puppy is late."

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Flyboy152

Lip_Stick wrote: »

I can't for the life of me understand why a salesman would knock at a door with one of those signs, and expect to be given the time of the day. It's a waste of time for all concerned and is extremely arrogant of the seller to think it doesn't apply to them.

We were being plagued by cold callers on our street, so we contacted Trading Standards and they helped us organise a "No Door Step Selling Zone." We had noticed attached to the street lamps and stickers in the windows. In the main it stopped the usual callers such as the cleaning cloths sellers and the dodgy roofers etc., but the electric companies just ignored them. They said that if the sticker looked a bit faded they were allowed to call. :eek:

unholyangel

Lip_Stick wrote: »

I can't for the life of me understand why a salesman would knock at a door with one of those signs, and expect to be given the time of the day. It's a waste of time for all concerned and is extremely arrogant of the seller to think it doesn't apply to them.

Possibly because some of them are sadistic in nature and know that chapping on such a door is likely to wind up the resident?

The OP (no offence meant) does seem the type who gets easily wound up. I used to get wound up easily too, but now I've found out how much more easy life can be (and fun too) if you just shrug a lot of stuff off.......much better for your blood pressure too

The key with anything really is whether the "fight" is worth it. In this case, a lone saleswoman....personally I would say no. If he were being inundated then of course, different story. But there are ways to deal with them rather than getting yourself riled up.

Of course whether the OP agrees or not with what I've said is up to him.