Those that knock on your door?
 

Not just religious groups, sales people, etc.
How do you deal with them, what tactics?
We have been getting a ton of them around here lately for some damn reason.

No, I do not want you to show me that cleaner on my car...:mad:

I used to work shift work and had a no solicitation sign, so I have real issues with these people.
I think this and phone solicitation should be illegal if uninvited.

I try to be polite, but am forceful if they do not listen after the second or third time. I miss our old place, we had a timer for the sprinklers on the back porch.

I usually put it in terms of their time: "Yeah, well thanks, but I'm really not interested, don't waste your time with me, go talk to someone who might give you a sale."

i pretend that the door is really the telephone and i ignore it. :)

Most people just stand at the front gate and holler coz they wont come in with the dogs :)

One day, I went out to see what the dog was going on about (no fenced yard) and walked around the corner to see my dog with both paws planted on the side of this car, snarling up into the small opening where the window was down....the religious chick says..."will he be alright if I get out?"....ch'yeah right, take your chances luvie!!

Sorry, in answer to your question..... Sometimes I mess with the religious callers but usually I just tell them politely I am in no way interested and bye. I just smile as I shut the door.

I open the door say and before they open thier mouth I say "not interested" and shut the door. Well that is unless they are The Publishers Clearinghouse Prize Patrol. :D

Welcome to the Cellar, ravenranter.

My guess is that I resemble a just-released convict, cuz most get this look of shock then fear :eek3:, then leave in a big hurry. I have to chase down the UPS guys and the pizza delivery boy, which are the only drawbacks I see.

The only sales people we ever get here are kids selling candy and such for school. We tend to purchase from them as we're sort of community minded that way.

When the Mormons and the JW's come, I just smile and tell them that we're devout Pagans.

I do the "not interested" thing. Sometimes, if it's a guy and he won't take no for an answer, I'll stare at his crotch while he's talking. They get uncomfortable and leave pretty quick after that. Usually. :doit:

When I was a kid and we used to get JWitnesses a lot, my Mom stopped it by answering the door holding a book on Satanism while wearing a pentagram necklace. :D

I like your mom already.

I haven't had anyone unsolicited come to my door in forever...I guess that's a good thing? I'm approachable...I'm a good guy. Damnit! Why won't strangers knock on my door?

I second this. Or I politely smile, say no thank you, and close the door. Sometimes I will let them do their spiel, especially if they are a teenager or something, then say no thank you.

Only ones who would be welcome would be girl scouts selling cookies, and they hardly knock on doors anymore. I used to do that with my girls. Hell, I used to schlep mints around door to door as a campfire girl.

Welcome ravenranter!:welcome::celebrat:

Anyway, it really is too bad noone has come up with something that not only sounds like a barking dog, but can duplicate the solid thump against the door made by an agitated Doberman.

I've had kids come to my door selling magazines to fund a halfway house (prefer making a donation after checking out charity). I had one girl selling cookies who wasn't from our neighborhood whose mom was driving her around. The strangest one was a woman whose meat truck 'broke down' and as a result was 'forced to make a deal' on the contents.

Our old house was a few blocks from a Kingdom Hall and the Jehovah's Witnesses did pay us a visit. I was perfectly happy to discuss religion with them the first time they showed up. They never showed up again.;)

Oh shit...I totally forgot about this!

Right after I moved back to St. Louis 2 years ago, some guy showed up at my parents' house pulling a similar scam...in my case, the people that originally "bought" the meat were "unable to pay for it." He seemed awfully desperate to unload the shit...probably because it was already spoiled or close to it.

i put them in the pit with the rest of the donors.

it rubs the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again.

thanks for the welcome to the cellar! :)

Oh, when I come to the door now, I am always visibly armed... when they see the holster most usually cut the conversation short. This has become a real boon with dealing with this kind of thing.
We are dealing with a serious influx of these "wanna' buy beef and fish wholesale?" scumbags and kids soliciting for drug programs that cannot be checked-out. Those are usually for drug dealers, churches that are not official or cults. The last two being the same thing.
They always say that they helped them get off of drugs, but they look malnourished, dirty and overworked.

Do you come to the door armed during halloween?

Haha. Some years ago (before my Bro taught me the fun to be had just inviting them in for a drink and challenging as many of their precepts as you can before they give up and leave) I had a very large dog called Sarah. Now, Sarah was big and had a big slavery mouth complete with big slavery bark.....but was in fact very sweet. When I opened the door to the jovos she'd hurtle out fangs dripping and I'd grab her collar and heave her back (making it look much harder to do than it in fact was) and call her Satan instead of Sarah.

I find standing in the picture window, 4 ft away, watching them ring the doorbell but not answering it works well. If they persist, "Get the fuck off my property", is reasonably effective. there is no reason to be polite to them, they don't think twice about treading on your life.

Telephone solicitation is illegal if you tell them not to.

I do, but I prefer to carry concealed.

As far as the salesbeasts ... no one's found the bodies yet.

(I live in a complex with a no soliciting rule that is generally obeyed.)

I used to be a door to door salesperson. I have to say that in my experience most people were pretty nice to deal with and it was very rare that anyone ever shut the door on me.

It was actually a pretty cool job for an 18yr old, and it paid really well as far as I was concerned.

These days if someone knocks on my door, I usually see if it's anything I'd be interested in, but if it's anyone about religion, I just show them my crucifix and they're usually on their way.

I sold raffle tickets to raise money for football and I was treated pretty well.

My Grandfather used to turn the hose on Jehovas (sp?) Witnesses.

I have this urge to answer the door in the total buff one Saturday and then see how far they get through their spiel!


"Ahh, who's your God now, you evangelists?!"


...one day.

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Me too!

Unless I'm expecting someone, I'm ignoring it just like the damn phone.

I hope that is a joke.
Did you pass by houses with no soliciting signs?

Bet you a dollar it wasn't.

Actually I used to do door-to-door sales (and telesales and showroom sales) and I always passed by the No Canvassers signs.

rkz...hardly anyone over here has them, but the ones that do we bypassed. On that note though, it was always funny if the owner of one of those houses happened to be in the yard while we were doing our rounds. They were ALWAYS the ones who'd beckon us over and ask what we were doing.

I guess no one wants to miss out. ;)

Or just wanted to know why you were casing their neighborhood.

Perhaps, although in my experience it was more to do with them wanting to make sure Mrs Jones wasn't going to get something they weren't.

I wouldn't really call it it a joke but it wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

"I'm sorry, I don't have anything to spare right now"

Sometimes I call the cops if they are suspicious or unlicensed.

"Can you spare your eternal soul"? Will be the reply.

About a million years ago, my job required calling on the occupants of townhouse/unit dwellars. It wasn't selling stuff, but had to do with building alterations - so people were interested and generally wanted to talk to you. Much of this was done in the poorer areas of Bris. Days ranged from totally boring to scary to hillarious and to downright weird. I'd never do it again. There's just too much stuff you don't need to see about people's lives.

I just had a run-in with meat people, too! Although he was straight forward that he was selling meat out of the freezer in the back of his truck. I misunderstood at first and thought he was delivery guy that needed directions. I live in an apartment/townhouse community and I was by the dumpsters, yes, he was trying to sell me meat while I was buy the fly buzzing, nasty smelling dumpsters. When I finally realized what he wanted, I informed him that solicitors were actually not allowed on the property (there is a big sign at the entrance he came through). His response "So you aren't interested?" Um NO!!