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Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: Gellchom Date: September 13, 2020, 7:28 pm
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[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1840.msg57312#msg57312
date=1600007976]
[quote author=Aleko link=topic=1840.msg57306#msg57306
date=1599985312]
[quote]I hope it's over. They rang again. As I'm making my
decision, he rings again and knocks loudly. I did everything he
needed to do to satisfy his boss. Including telling him that I
was getting irritated with all the rings. ::) I will not be
answering my door again. If it happens again, a sign will
appear. I am really not a fan of this tactic. It feels like they
now know that they have come back eight times to get a response.
[/quote]
I'm afraid I'm imagining this guy walking away shaking his head
and saying "So she was actually at home every time I came round
before? Why couldn't she just have answered the door and said
'Not interested' the first time? Why did she put us both through
this?"
[/quote]
Unfortunately, that's not true, as he returned again yesterday.
"Not interested" (and all of the other questions that I
answered) was not enough to stop the visits. Are you saying that
it's my fault that they have visited now seven times in a week
and a half?
[/quote]
That’s really strange. I always just say thanks but we are not
interested, and i have never once had anyone come back after
that. Either it was a mistake or they were way out of line. But
why would they waste their time?
#Post#: 57336--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: oogyda Date: September 13, 2020, 9:43 pm
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I'm sorry to hear he came back. And it was the same guy, no
less!
I really thought it would be like ripping g off a bandaid.
Unpleasant for a bit, but then it's over for good.
#Post#: 57410--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: Aleko Date: September 15, 2020, 10:01 am
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[quote][quote]I'm afraid I'm imagining this guy walking away
shaking his head and saying "So she was actually at home every
time I came round before? Why couldn't she just have answered
the door and said 'Not interested' the first time? Why did she
put us both through this?"[/quote]
Unfortunately, that's not true, as he returned again yesterday.
"Not interested" (and all of the other questions that I
answered) was not enough to stop the visits. Are you saying that
it's my fault that they have visited now seven times in a week
and a half?[/quote]
I'm gobsmacked that he came back. As Gellchom said, what on
earth was the point?
But I stand by my original response. When you didn't answer the
door the first time, these salespeople couldn't possibly know
whether that that was because you weren't interested; you might
not have been at home, or perhaps (as actually was the case) you
weren't dressed fit to answer the door, or whatever. I think
it's perfectly reasonable (and indeed possibly mandated by their
employers) for them to return and try again. When they found
that three days running they never got an answer when they
called at 2pm, they reasoned that perhaps you were always out
then and tried coming back later, hoping that you'd be back from
work or wherever you'd been. They weren't to know that you
aren't allowed to put up a sign saying 'Not interested, don't
call again.'
But any time they come to your door afteryou finally opened the
door and told them no, they are harassing you and you can
certainly complain to Verizon about it.
#Post#: 57861--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: NewHomeowner Date: September 23, 2020, 10:51 am
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Gee, I've never been happier that I live in an over-50 condo
complex with a 'no soliciting' sign at the entrance of the
complex. Over the years, most common door-knockers have come
to realize that they are NOT WELCOME in here. A lot of the
residents are very elderly and can't even get to the door in a
reasonable amount of time, and a lot of them take naps, and we
do not want them being disturbed. So when some well-meaning
but very misguided religious people knocked on my door, I had no
problems telling that they were not allowed in this complex and
they needed to leave Right Now. They left.
On the flip side, that also means we don't get local restaurant
menus stuck in our doors, and no overpriced Girl Scout cookies.
Small price to pay, especially these days. I can order what I
want from GrubHub, and the GS cookies can often be found set up
near the entrance of various stores, or I can just go online and
send a donation, and buy the equivalent cookies at my favorite
grocery stores.
SO....what I'm getting at is that you are perfectly within your
rights to answer the door and yell at them, very loudly. Don't
be afraid to have your cell phone with you, with the local
police on speed dial. We support you.
#Post#: 57862--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: NewHomeowner Date: September 23, 2020, 10:52 am
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[quote author=bopper link=topic=1840.msg57144#msg57144
date=1599687029]
There can never be too many ding dongs
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[/quote]
I agree wholeheartedly. Ding Dongs are Da Bomb! *drool*
#Post#: 57873--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: DaDancingPsych Date: September 23, 2020, 1:20 pm
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[quote author=LadyJaneinMD link=topic=1840.msg57861#msg57861
date=1600876279]
SO....what I'm getting at is that you are perfectly within your
rights to answer the door and yell at them, very loudly. Don't
be afraid to have your cell phone with you, with the local
police on speed dial. We support you.
[/quote]
I am not sure that I agree with you. True, I was annoyed by the
constant visits, but I am not sure that it grew to needing any
of this. While I didn't welcome the visits, I was not fearful of
my safety. If that was the case, then yes, I think your
suggestions would have been appropriate.
#Post#: 58095--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: DaDancingPsych Date: September 26, 2020, 3:26 pm
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I went to leave this afternoon and I saw the Verizon guys going
door-to-door again. (Seriously, I can't make this up!) Truth be
told, I stewed over what to do if when I returned if they
approached me.
I was actually driving to the store to pick up a back of
landscaping rocks. The bag's weight is such that I can carefully
get it in and out of the trunk of my car, but I can't really
carry it much of a distance. I decided that if I returned home
and they were there that I would agree to hear their sales
pitch, if they assisted with removing the bag and talked while I
gardened. (The answer was still no, but I would at least
listen.) Not appropriate? Luckily, I saw that they had made it
to the other end of the street by the time I returned 30 minutes
later. But I thought my idea was funny! ;D
Truth be told, I am waiting for them to return late this
afternoon. ::)
#Post#: 58104--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: Gellchom Date: September 26, 2020, 5:38 pm
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[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1840.msg58095#msg58095
date=1601151972]
I went to leave this afternoon and I saw the Verizon guys going
door-to-door again. (Seriously, I can't make this up!) Truth be
told, I stewed over what to do if when I returned if they
approached me.
I was actually driving to the store to pick up a back of
landscaping rocks. The bag's weight is such that I can carefully
get it in and out of the trunk of my car, but I can't really
carry it much of a distance. I decided that if I returned home
and they were there that I would agree to hear their sales
pitch, if they assisted with removing the bag and talked while I
gardened. (The answer was still no, but I would at least
listen.) Not appropriate? Luckily, I saw that they had made it
to the other end of the street by the time I returned 30 minutes
later. But I thought my idea was funny! ;D
Truth be told, I am waiting for them to return late this
afternoon. ::)
[/quote]
I would totally do this.
Sometimes I tell people I would listen to their sales pitch, but
first they have to tell me whether they are registered to vote
and then promise to register if they are not and then to vote.
#Post#: 58128--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: DaDancingPsych Date: September 27, 2020, 5:00 pm
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[quote author=Gellchom link=topic=1840.msg58104#msg58104
date=1601159912]
[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1840.msg58095#msg58095
date=1601151972]
I went to leave this afternoon and I saw the Verizon guys going
door-to-door again. (Seriously, I can't make this up!) Truth be
told, I stewed over what to do if when I returned if they
approached me.
I was actually driving to the store to pick up a back of
landscaping rocks. The bag's weight is such that I can carefully
get it in and out of the trunk of my car, but I can't really
carry it much of a distance. I decided that if I returned home
and they were there that I would agree to hear their sales
pitch, if they assisted with removing the bag and talked while I
gardened. (The answer was still no, but I would at least
listen.) Not appropriate? Luckily, I saw that they had made it
to the other end of the street by the time I returned 30 minutes
later. But I thought my idea was funny! ;D
Truth be told, I am waiting for them to return late this
afternoon. ::)
[/quote]
I would totally do this.
Sometimes I tell people I would listen to their sales pitch, but
first they have to tell me whether they are registered to vote
and then promise to register if they are not and then to vote.
[/quote]
I was with a friend who was in seminary school when a (presumed
homeless) man approached us looking for a dollar. My friend told
him that he would give him a dollar if he promised to go to
church on Sunday. I'm not typically the type to push religion on
others, but in this case, I thought it was nice. The church
might be a place that this man could have gotten the sort of
assistance to help with whatever underlying problems that he
had.
#Post#: 58179--------------------------------------------------
Re: Too Many Ding Dongs?
By: NewHomeowner Date: September 29, 2020, 6:28 am
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[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1840.msg57873#msg57873
date=1600885217]
[quote author=LadyJaneinMD link=topic=1840.msg57861#msg57861
date=1600876279]
SO....what I'm getting at is that you are perfectly within your
rights to answer the door and yell at them, very loudly. Don't
be afraid to have your cell phone with you, with the local
police on speed dial. We support you.
[/quote]
I am not sure that I agree with you. True, I was annoyed by the
constant visits, but I am not sure that it grew to needing any
of this. While I didn't welcome the visits, I was not fearful of
my safety. If that was the case, then yes, I think your
suggestions would have been appropriate.
[/quote]
You don't have to be fearful for your safety. You just have to
be sufficiently annoyed with the constant interruptions. You
may not have been, but I was very annoyed just *reading* about
them. No, not at you, at the knockers.
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