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Just had lovefilm salesmen at the door
shaggy_x
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I told the two kids 'not interested' and they kept saying can you give us your first name so we can cross you off our list? I found that a bit weird and told them to cross my house number off the list. Anyway I didn't tell him my name and they went away.
Strange sales tactics and from amazon of all companies. I didn't think they needed to resort to pushy door to door sales men to sell their products.
Are they really that scared of Netflix?
Strange sales tactics and from amazon of all companies. I didn't think they needed to resort to pushy door to door sales men to sell their products.
Are they really that scared of Netflix?
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Come to think of it they didn't. I wasn't in a talkative mood or to listen to salesmen on a quiet Saturday afternoon so quickly got them to go away.
You even have to pay extra to remove adverts from a Kindle Fire HD .
Door to door sales and shopping centre harrasment are on their hit list nowadays
Anyway I ignored him when he knocked on my door.
They're always bothering people around our town too. I either just ignore them or pretend I'm off somewhere in a hurry.
Not sure I could pass for 17 now though.
Call me cynical but I saw it as a way of ingratiating yourself.
Mum didn't want to sign up. The lady then moved on to me. I listened to the offer and pointed out, "but surely if it's an online service, why would I not sign up online?" I wasn't too happy about putting my bank details into the sales agent's ipad, which she could lose or do something dodgy with.
I ended up declining the offer and then received a borderline 'well thank you for wasting my time' response. I seem to recall being told I was making a 'huge' mistake.
Given that I've not regretted making the choice since and have heard some less than enthusiastic comments about lovefilm since, I think she was full of herself.
I despise how they often manage to exploit the vulnerable. Those collecting for charity are particularly vile when it comes to this.
I would tell them I am 17 too. However, at 56 I may not get away with it.......but you never know! Dream......:p
I actually had a really similar experience recently. I had two of them at my door a couple of months ago and I'd barely even looked at them before they'd managed to invite themselves into the hallway to 'get out of the snow', shoved an iPad into my hands and barraged me with facts about the service they were providing. When I answered the door the dogs followed me, along with one of my baby nieces, and the girl in the duo pretty much got herself into the house by fussing over the dogs and talking to my niece before quickly moving onto me. By the time she was finished I felt stupid suddenly saying "sorry I'm busy" so I just kind of went along with it until they asked me to fill in my details when I decided to tell them it wasn't my house to get them to sod off. They didn't look best pleased - I think they thought they were about to get their first sale of the month. Tough luck.
I really don't mind door-to-door salesmen but most of them do you the courtesy of a brief introduction about what they're selling and ask you whether or not you might be interested, at which point most of them leave without a problem once you say no. These two were in my hallway and bombarding me with details before I'd even had chance to find out what they were selling me, never mind tell them I wasn't interested.
Similarly to you, I found the way she fussed over the dogs and started interacting with my niece to be a way of 'ingratiating' herself to such a point that, once she'd moved onto giving me the hard-sell, I felt awkward just telling her I wasn't interested and asking them to leave. I don't think I even said a word to her until she'd been in the hallway for about five minutes. Very sneaky.
Aren't you lovely
I've noticed energy company people are among the worst for not taking no for an answer. Only charity collectors surpass them in terms of pushiness. Not even the JW's are anywhere near as bad. :mad:
We live in sheltered housing and a lot of my neighbours are elderly so we get a fair few chuggers and Npower salesmen round and I think it's disgusting seeing as a lot of people round here have a job to even walk to the door. I got one the other day collecting for St Luke's Hospice and said, 'this is a no cold calling area full of disabled and elderly now clear off!! :mad: He never even showed any i.d. I don't know where he went after that but by the time I'd gone back inside and looked out of the window he was nowhere to be seen.
I don't even bother trying to be polite anymore. You encourage one and the next they're all knocking on your door. OP get a sign up saying No Cold Callers, so if anyone does come round they haven't got any excuse for you not to give them a rollicking. Just point to the sign and say, 'what part of No Cold Calling can't you ****ing well understand? I find it works a treat and you never see them again.
I find it hard to believe why someone hasn't passed a law against it. There can't be a single person in the country who likes cold callers. Even those who cold call don't like it happening to them.
It's disgraceful. Some people works nights, or have napping babies/toddlers. To have your door knocked for no good reason is unfair.
I agree, they annoy me when they don't listen when you politely tell them no thanks. They always seem to knock at an inconvenient time too
Yes they always seem to do it around tea time or just as I'm putting by son to bed or even worse disturbing us while were trying to get him to sleep. Although to be honest no time is ever a good time for annoyances like that.
I don't understand why they haven't either. You can have your phone number put on a list that stops unwanted calls, there should be one for your address too.