What would you do to avoid those door - to - door salesperson?

hi, i actually hate those door to door salesperson especially when i am busy at home,sometimes i will just ignore them and tell that i am not really interested on what they sell to me,or just tell to them that i have already bought it and gradually leave that sales person.

I told them I was not interested and they kept coming back. I ended up getting a No Soliciting sign and put it on my house beside my door. That stopped them pretty much!

That was very sad to a sales person like us not to open the door wen we knock on door. But we cannot blame those owner of the house because there are some of sales person who do not respect them. The best thing is tell them you are not interested directly and do not show interest to what they are selling just a casual entertainment and nothing more because as a salesman we are really force people to buy our product. And we are trained to do this things, coz here we earn money, but we must know to respect people who do not like to buy. Anyway some are respectable sales person and it is depend to what product they are selling. Like me i am a real estate agent and now as Vacation Consultant. These are belong to high class or we can say a class A B but i cannot say that others are dont have class. As i said it depends upon. Coz now as a sales person and agent it is now belong as career. The most important is we know how to respect what ever we belong and what is our job. Respect others.

1. don't answer the door 2. don't open your door 3. pretend you don't hear anything even if they are knocking too loudly but if ever I opened the door (by mistake. thought it was a member of the family) if one would just start mumbling about something and then asking for a donation I always feign that I'm the household help and that my employers are out and I have no money. then close the door. :)

I don't really encounter those here. I can suggest you a few things, though. Wear a shirt with red stains on it. When the salesperson knocks, open the door and whisper to her, "Please don't tell anyone." and then run to the backyard.

I do not mind talking to them if I do not have anything to do. Otherwise, I just pretend I am stupid not understanding a thing they are saying.

i do open the door to them and just tell them that we don't need the product and if they ask for water then i just handle them a bottle of water. we keep a pet plastic bottle of pepsi in which i give them the water so that if they take it with them then it doesnt worries me. They are also human and face such bad weather and many people speak badly with them. They don't trouble much here as they take plain no as no after two times.

I don´t answer the door, but have a device where the person speaks and I answer. I always answer sorry, I´m in the middle of frying an egg. Some other time. I do the same with religious groups. I firmly believe noone is entitled to invade my privacy. If I want to buy something (or belong to a congregation) I don´t need anyone to push me into it.

The thing that i am doing is getting a notice put on my door so that they do not keep calling.I was told that you can print them off the internet to state on the notice no cold calling.When they come close to your door they will see the notice and they should walk away.I am also fed up of people that come to the door that waste my time and sometimes they just will not take no for an answer.

I would simply not open the door and if they persist and I peak out the door window and see them I simply say, sorry but I am not interested. We have to look in order to know who is at the door so avoiding for us is not an option as we won't know who it is unless we look. With so many pretenders today I personally will not entrust someone unannounced at my door. So being polite in saying sorry but not interested usually works.

I usually ignore them by not answering the door. Once in awhile if I am bored or need a break, I'll listen to them and observe how they deliver their message. Most have been to sales training sessions (and I have as well), so I like to hear their approach. I will compliment the really good ones [/em]

I remember when I was younger we just wouldn't answer the door. If my older brother or sister was baby sitting they would say nobody's home I guess just to mess with them. I never spoke to one before. I have never seen one in this area as yet. If I do I probably wouldn't answer the door.

Most of the people in UK got this label on the door " no sales person here" or something like that. And it helps because most of them respect that. So you don't have to discus with them or listening about their products etc.

I would not open the door. Wait for the them to go away and eventually they will get tired of knocking and believe there is no inside. If they catch up with you entering your door from the outside just decline politely and gently close the door.

You could also make a sign that says No Soliciting. That might help, but make it big enough so they notice it at the door. If they continue to bother you with the sign up, point to the sign, say No Thank You and close the door. Hopefully they will get the hint. These people can be a big pain. I know that the suburb I grew up in and the one I live in now, sales people have to have a permit to come door to door. But I would say to try the no soliciting sign. Good Luck!

Not answering the door would be an option. Sometimes door to door salesmen can be very pushy to come inside your home and make a salw whether you want them to or not. If you don't mind these kinds of altercations, you should be more than willing to open the door. if you can resist the temptaation, then you never heard the knock on the door or the doorbell ringing. the choice is yours to make.

You can always pretend to speak Polish or Romanian! But the best method is to grab whatever it is that they are selling, or the literature if they don't have anything physical. You then proceed to drop it clumsily several times, tear the paper and if it is in separate sheets you mix them up - placing many pages upside down, then rush off with it at high speed saying you are going to show it to your friend who lives down the street. Nine times out of ten they wont follow you!

when i was in the Philippines i usually hide when i hear from the close-by neighbor that there are salespersons. when they go to our house, i pretend that i am asleep or no one is in. i know it is not good but i really dont like to meet them.