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What are some tips for dealing with solicitors (door-to-door salespeople)? Our neighborhood gets a lot of them. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by snazzy0933@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What are some tips for dealing with solicitors (door-to-door salespeople)? Our neighborhood gets a lot of them.

We have a “No solicitors” sign hanging on the front door. Nevertheless, they knock, ring the doorbell, or worse, yell through the front window when it is open, trying to get our attention.

We have a Ring video doorbell and have enabled the automatic “Sorry, we’re not interested” announcement after 15 seconds. These pushy SOBs ignore the sign and the announcement.

When I ultimately find out they are soliciting and I ask why they ignored both the sign and the doorbell announcement, they usually say something like, “I’m not selling anything. I am just working with some people in the neighborhood…” or some such BS.

My wife and I work from home and have had to explain the window shouting to coworkers in meetings. We also have two small children who could be trying to nap at any given time. We have good reasons to not want to be disturbed at home and these assholes disregard that wish.

I will write a negative review online if I find out their name and company they are representing. Any other ways to get these people to leave us alone?

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[–] justhach@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Turn it on them. Start preaching about religion, politics, or any other divisive topic until they are uncomfortable enough to leave on their own volition.

[–] esty@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

yesssss start preaching whatever religion comes to mind. doesnt matter if you believe. talk their ear off and MAKE THEM REGRET IT

[–] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Have you heard the good word?

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Even better, start preaching to them about something that actually matters like doing something about climate change or inequality. With luck you might convince them too. Though they might turn it around and try to use it to sell stuff to you so you have to be pretty adamant about yourself. What are they going to say, they are the ones who intruded on your home.