Cold calling

[Bahco]

Getting fed up of people knocking the door trying to sell me what I don't need. They seem to have an answer for every refusal too.

I need one of those signs saying no cold callers/ Jehovahs witnesses etc. Has anyone seen any on sale that are professional looking.

The local council do them but they are those dayglo naff ones!

Any ideas.

 

[joe-90]

I just say I don't want it - not even if it's free. No answer to that.

 

[yaleguy3]

Just answer your door holding a bible and then start asking them if they are happy.
'Are you happy , would you like more fulfilment in your life. Seek the way of the Lord etc etc' they will soon leave.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Open the door naked and with a smile.

They wont stand there long.

Andy

 

[Infidel]

I just let the dog bark and slaver all down the window, and if they persist we open the door (with the dog fully under control) and ask how fast they can run to the gate.
There was a slight hicup a few months back when a particularly persistant git was giving out and I let the dog go, the bloke started to leg it the dog ran past him to greet the paper boy who promply made a big fuss of him at the gate and told the bloke he was a whimp.

 

[imamartian]

Getting fed up of people knocking the door trying to sell me what I don't need. They seem to have an answer for every refusal too.

I need one of those signs saying no cold callers/ Jehovahs witnesses etc. Has anyone seen any on sale that are professional looking.

The local council do them but they are those dayglo naff ones!

Any ideas.

just say "i'm not interested thank-you", and then don't listen to anything else they say, and shut the door. All they can do then is to physically stop the door closing, and that means they're breaking the law.

 

[FLIPPINeck]

i`v got 2 official cards , 2 mind you , stuck in the front window right next to the front door and the prats still knock on the front door , now if it was a blind man i could understand....................

 

[Blasphemous]

Just get a 'spy hole' and don't answer the door to ANYONE you don't know. If you didn't need WHATEVER they are peddling 5 minutes ago, you didn't need it when they came to your door.

There have been times when we've been sitting in the front room watching TV and someone has walked passed, looked in and seen us and knocked... we ignore it. They knock louder, we turn the TV up. They soon get the message.

 

[Gasman28]

The missus normally answers the door, but on some occasions, I get called to get rid of unwelcome people.
I rub toothpaste around my mouth( foaming of course ) grab a baseball bat and stare into their eyes whilst nashing my teeth. Usually works, especially with Jehovas bl00dy witnesses.

 

[ColJack]

A white t-shirt stained with blood and a bit of fresh blood on your hands is usually enough to scare them off.. ( good "fresh blood" is watered down beetroot juice thickened with sugar to make a deep red syrup.. )..

alternatively if there are a couple of you there then a not too hushed "SHHHHH!!!!, try to act normal, they don't know we don't live here" just before you open the door gets them on the backfoot rather quickly..

 

[joinerjohn]

I had just got into the shower one evening (December and the temp was about -3) When there was a knock at the front door. I ignored the first knock, only for someone to knock again. I got out of the shower, wrapped a towel around my body, unlocked the door, to find two gentlemen there from Powergen.
One asked who my power supplier was and I told him I don't have time for this. He says "It won't take a couple of minutes mate.". I just said,,, "Yep it won't take any time at all,,,, Now f**k off.". Shut the front door, got back in the shower.

 

[Blasphemous]

I like it John.

 

[wobs]

We get a lot of charities touting for business, and we say we never give to anyone at the door.

The worst though is nPower, as many are not just pushy, but dishonest.

Most cold callers are just doing a carpy job, and don't generally deserve abuse just for knocking. A polite "no thank you" or something usually works. Manners cost nothing, even if it is irritating to be disturbed.

However, some (like nPower) can cross that line where you no longer feel the need to be polite. A simple "do you take no for an answer" usually works.

I once got some religeous nuts at the door just after I'd been reading some evolution literature, and debunking of many of the Bible stories. Suffice to say I had some fun with them, by not just being polite, but pulling apart their entire belief system.

One chap I knew had some J Witnesses at his door, but he was a Socialist who sold Solialist Worker in town on a Saturday. He invited them in and talked to them about politics for about 1hr!

I do mean to make a sign for the door, but can't decide on the right wording.