Spill the beans...on which firms ignore your 'no cold callers sign'

savemoney

Double Glazing firms the amount of bare faced lies they given me like "we are not here to sell anything but we are doing a council survey on energy efficiency and using heat sensing cameras, and oh I noticed you windows are old? to we have to inform you that as we are working in the area and your area is neighbourhood watch (it is not) we have to let people know we are working in your area, do you need new windows?

Chuggers and Southern Electric a regularly pest

We get almost daily now takeaways all go in bin without even reading them

Biggest company by far are worst offender is talk talk, both on phone and door

They ignored my requests on cold calling on phone I must have told them a dozen times. I left the company after that so lost business forever. I had to buy truecall to stop them pestering me. They still do it at least once a month at the door despite the sign they really are a utter sham-bulls of a company

reluctantworkingmum

pulliptears wrote: »

And would it really be worth taking anyone to court for an Avon book that costs pence to create and is only relevant for 4 weeks?

I'll bin the next one and let you know I'm trusting you can bake cakes with hidden files just incase

Nothing posted through my door ever gets found again - let alone returned - years of lost catalogues and no-one has ever said or done anything so I think you are safe!!
(cakes without files are SO much nicer.....

anon123456

tell you what i'm 26 and often get the " are your parents home". I normally cannot repeat my response in public domain..

Sorry Evolution, to me it is still invasive delivering something i did not request to arrive at my house, the moment it lands on the welcome mat it is my property to do so as i wish. I purposely will bin anything through the door i did not want.

Kahealani

After our visit from the last double glazing creepies, I printed out the No Cold Callers sign for our front door. Since then we've been harassed by the usual suspects. And they just don't care when you point out the sign. NPower & TalkTalk were still trying to sell my husband stuff after he told them we were already customers. The worst though has been The British Heart Foundation. It was after 9pm when they came knocking and after being shown the sign, told my husband it didn't apply to them to which he asked "And you really think I'm going to give you anything now?"

I know charities depend on donations, but really they are just hurting themselves with such bad practice!

pcw12kcox

Evolution1969 wrote: »

As an Independent Kleeneze Distributor with a large team of distributors myself I would like to add the following to this discussion. Kleeneze is approved by the Office of Fair Trading. They have stated that No Cold Calling areas and signs do not apply as we are not entering selling or buying transactions on the door step. 90% of our customers do indeed have these signs but are happily ordering products on a regular basis so it is confusing for both new distributors and householders alike. As distributors come and go it is not guaranteed that you will not get a catalogue posted through your door by simply telling the distributor as there are no territory restrictions and the next distributor would not know this information. I advise all my distributors to post a catalogue through unless there is a sign on the door that says No Catalogues. Kleeneze distributors pay for their catalogues, are often people working hard to make ends meet and save money rather than relying on benefits and I have 600 customers in my own local area alone that value the free door to door delivery service from an 88yr old British company. Please put a sign requesting No Catalogues on your door if you really don't want any, don't bin them it is hurting hardworking people financially and damaging the environment, we reuse them. If someone ignores a No Catalogues sign then go ahead and recylcle. Thank you everyone

So, if I understand you correctly, because Kleeneze can't be bothered to record centrally those who complain about receiving catalogues, then they will continue to be pestered with further catalogue drops and follow ups? I fear this lazy approach does not give the company - or the representatives a good reputation.

lincroft1710

pcw12kcox wrote: »

I fear this lazy approach does not give the company - or the representatives a good reputation.

Did it or they ever have one?

bestyman

Evolution1969 wrote: »

As an Independent Kleeneze Distributor with a large team of distributors myself I would like to add the following to this discussion. Kleeneze is approved by the Office of Fair Trading. They have stated that No Cold Calling areas and signs do not apply as we are not entering selling or buying transactions on the door step. 90% of our customers do indeed have these signs but are happily ordering products on a regular basis so it is confusing for both new distributors and householders alike. As distributors come and go it is not guaranteed that you will not get a catalogue posted through your door by simply telling the distributor as there are no territory restrictions and the next distributor would not know this information. I advise all my distributors to post a catalogue through unless there is a sign on the door that says No Catalogues. Kleeneze distributors pay for their catalogues, are often people working hard to make ends meet and save money rather than relying on benefits and I have 600 customers in my own local area alone that value the free door to door delivery service from an 88yr old British company. Please put a sign requesting No Catalogues on your door if you really don't want any, don't bin them it is hurting hardworking people financially and damaging the environment, we reuse them. If someone ignores a No Catalogues sign then go ahead and recylcle. Thank you everyone

Dictionary definition
cold call
n(Business / Marketing) a call made by a salesman on a potential customer without making an appointment


vb cold-call(Business / Marketing) to call on (a potential customer) without making an appointment

Mine go in the bin

happyhomelife

Talktalk - only went away when they saw our router and realised we're already with them
All window companies
NPower
British Gas
endless religious groups
even more endless charities

what really annoys me is their starter "its alright its nothing to worry about" - mine is not the face of a worried person, its an annoyed person - Go Away

sarahrc

I spend a lot of time wishing I had a house and that I didn't live in a flat... This threads making me feel much better!

olliedog

Swalec ignored the sign and when I pointed it out he said that he wasn't selling gas or electricity but selling the telephone service so it didn't count!!!!!