If a salesman knocked on your door and asked politely if you have a few minutes to see what he has to offer before he gave a sales pitch, (Question1)how would you react since he politely asked if you had a few minutes to listen to him in the first place?
For me, I politely said, "sure what it is you have to offer?" and actually took my time to decide i wasn't interested. He wasn't pressuring and he was fine with my decision. (Question2)Would you enjoy more salesmen to be like this when they approach your door or would you still prefer to rid them completely?
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2006-08-17 19:52:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
i..look out the window to see if its the door salesman
and then i be really quiet till he goes away ^_^
2006-08-17 20:14:51 · answer #1 · answered by camile p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do appreciate non pushy salesmen, but if I really want to get rid of him I would say "not interested" and slam the door. Door to door is not safe these days.
2006-08-17 20:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by Sweetbulbs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMFAO... well, i spose this doesn't count as "soliciting" but it may be considered as soliciting the mormon bible...
So anyways, we always see these young clowns dressed in black and white suits, riding around on bicycles, going door to door like every damn day. Yeah, we all know, it's the MORMONS!!! So this one day, one of them comes to the door. And I didn't really feel like dealing with the lengthy convo about horse poo, so I decided to act an *** to this one mormon guy. So I opened the door, and then he starts babbling on about the mormon religion. So I pretended to be doing some kind of voodoo crap with a doll and kept screaming in his face, "I WORSHIP THE DEVIL!" and all this other bs, telling him he was going to hell. The guy was so scared, he dropped his little huffy bike and ran off like a puss! It was sooo damn funny! I couldn't help myself - the guy almost crapped himself right at our doorstep. Needless to say, we never have any more problems with the morons, oh, sorry, I meant mormons!
But anyways, if you wanna get rid of any people coming to your doorstep, this is what I do...
1) Don't even bother answering the door - you just stand at the door with your bro's and sisters looking out the peephole laughing your *** off at the vision of someone's big head in the peephole.
2) If you open the door like an idiot, and they start babbling on, tell them you've got somewhere you need to be right now - that means work, school, gym, or if worst comes to worse - you've got a bad case of the sh!ts and you gotta run! :) Works like a charm!
3) Open the door and slammit quick.
4) Start having a pretend fight in the house with your bro's and sis's. Make loud noises with people screaming at each other, things crashing, and just all kinds of cursing going on.
5) Act like you're retarded, or else pretend you speak some other language... we always opted for Japanese. Gets 'em every time!
6) Do something really gross - like pick your nose, dig your pants, or something really sickening - and then offer to meet and greet by extending your hand - i'm sure they can't resist!
7) Tell them there's a party in your pants and they're invited - especially if it's someone of the same sex as you, and they're straight.
Well anyways, i've only tried numbers 1, 4, and 5 ... and they sure as hell work... so go out there and try some of the others, and tell me if they work! And kudos to the one who tells the salesman, "I have diarrhea!" ... that's like bonus points! :) Goodluck on your quests!
2006-08-17 21:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by aussiechic2oo6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't react to one because I wouldn't open the door.
If I WAS confronted by one (even a polite one), I would politely explain that I don't deal with door to door salespersons.
2006-08-17 20:04:14 · answer #4 · answered by jodneko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think your method is great, although if you don't want them to take up your time, say POLITELY that you're not interested and that if they have a flier then it would be great if you could have one. If nothing works, say you are busy and you'd love it if they could come another time.
2006-08-17 19:59:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it were a guy I would send him on his way in short order. However, a pretty girl I would invite her in for coffee, and let their talk for several days until she got exhausted. But unless it was something really unusual I would not buy her product anyway.
2006-08-17 20:02:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell them hang on a second and close the door and then don't open it again. they hate that.
also you can purchase a "no soliciting" sign for you're door which makes it illegal to knock in some states
2006-08-17 19:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by mypurpleelephant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well thats great Buddie,,,but I haven't the time to answer doors and hehehaw around.... I'm usually very busy and dont want to be bothered... Anyways,,,my pad is nestled far far away from humanity,,,besides,,,if they can make it past my dog,,,then I guess that person would be well worth speaking with.....
2006-08-17 20:01:49 · answer #8 · answered by mandy c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont like door to door salesmans. actually i like no salemans at all. so i would politely say that i am not interested at all.
2006-08-17 20:03:28 · answer #9 · answered by vivianne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
punch them in the face and tell them to stop trying to sell me things in the middle of the night and tell them to get a real job
2006-08-17 19:59:01 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋