Is there anything I can do?

[KT27]

I bought our house last month and moved in. Since I have been here I have had at least 10 Kirby Vacumn Salespeople visit my home. I have a brand new house, with brand new carpet and a Dyson that we got as a shower gift. I don't want a Kirby, I don't want a free demonstration & I don't want a FREE GIFT!!!!!! I cringe everytime the door bell rings. When I open the door to a sales pitch, I tell them I am not interested, I don't want a demonstration. And I shut the door. What can I do? Should I call the company? Put up a sign? Any ideas. This is frustrating! They came by yesterday (on a SUNDAY at 5:00pm in the afternoon GRRRR)

~Katie

 

[jcsbama]

They're probably just working the neighborhood. Hopefully, they will go to a new area soon. If there is a local store, I would probably try calling them and tell them not to come to your house again.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Thanks for the reminder of livin' in the city.
Another reason I'm glad I live in the boonies
I think havin' one of those No Solicitors signs
trashes a house, but I DO understand it.
Good Luck.

 

[mrsv98]

Put a "No Solicitors" sign on your door...problem solved.

 

[mickeyboat]

You could put up a small "No Soliciting" sign in hopes that the cycle sill stop and they will move on.

Good luck. I hate when salespeople and politicians come to the door. Yesterday a guy running for State Rep knocked on the door with his daughter (a realy cutie). They handed me a pot holder and some information and then just stood there. I told them I would take a look at the information, and siad good-bye. DH said he would not vote for someone that would come knocking on doors on Sunday evening.

Denae

 

[alabamaalan]

Hang a sign near your front door

 

[sajetto]

Ugh, I hate that


I know it looks kind of crummy, but I'd put up a no soliciting sign too. I think its really the only way to keep the annoyances from ringing your doorbell.

 

[MamaLema]

Hang a sign near your front door

 

[Patch'sD]

As it is now the Halloween Season, My suggestion would be to do the Following.

Hang figure from noose by front door. Place Sign around the neck of figure.

Sign on Figure: Last Kirby Salesman.

Message should be recieved and it helps put the right mood for the Trick or Treaters.

 

[elizke]

A couple of years ago I had a few door sales that actually were very unpleasant. One of them handed me a pamphlet for whatever he was selling and when I said no he grabbed it back from me.

So I made my own no soliciting sign. It's kind of small, but plenty visible. It's very tasteful. I made a nice looking "frame" for it (printed frame) and it says "NO SOLICITING PLEASE (except for local school groups.)" That way the neighborhood girl scouts know they can still sell me cookies.

 

[Mono~rail]

A few years ago, I had to put a No Solicitors (sp?) sign on our door. They were such a huge PITA! Unfortunately, we have a friend who talks to every door to door salesperson and telemarketer she encounters. She gives them our number as a sales lead.

 

[bubie2.5]

Hang a sign near your front door

 

[Jrsy Boy]

You can also try a "welcome" mat like this one:

But don't hold your breath that they'll bother reading it. We started with one of these buy now have a "no solicitors" sign, too. Even at eye-level, that doesn't always get the point across either. If we know it is a sales call, we just don't answer the door.

 

[lclark0621]

Good Luck!

We bought our old house brand new 5 years ago. We sold it in July. I swear not a week went by in 5 years, that we did NOT have a Kirby sales person ring our bell.

They tried EVERYTHING to get in. One time I answered the door holding my newborn son. The girl was a fast thinking & tried to get me to let her in to do the demonstration because she was pregnant & they got something if they did x number of demos.

It never failed. I even started saying "Look just tell them you did a demo on me & I was not interested". They would tell me they couldn't do that.

I agreed to 2 demos in the 5 years. You know, not ONE ever needed me to sign anything or say anthing to get their free whatever they claimed they were getting if they got "one more demo".

They would come at all times of the day. They would ring the door bell several times. They would bang on the door. It was insane.

I put up no solicitation signs. I put up signs asking people not to ring the bell because my son was sleeping. NOTHING stopped these people.

I started answering the door holding my German Shepherd on a leash. My Shepherd is a big dog & quite scary looking. I would give him the comand to "speak" & not break the command until the Kirby people left the door.

When the people asked if he was friendly, I answered "No". When they asked if he would bite, I answered "Yes".

My dog would NEVER attack anyone without a command or in defense of a family member. And his "speak" bark is not an aggressive bark. Well at least we know it is not, because we have heard his aggressive bark, so we know the difference. But he sure sounds scary.

So the last couple of times Kirby rang the bell, I let my dog's leash slip just a little & he stepped out of the door. All the while he is following his command of "speaking" to us. He thinks since I have given him a friendly command, this person is ok & wants to say hello.

Well I have NEVER seen sales people run so fast in my life. After that they FINALLY stopped coming!!

I am so glad our new home is in a gated community. NO MORE door to door sales people!

 

[laurajetter]

Ugh, how annoying. Short of putting up a sign and calling the store I don't know what else you can do.

FUNNY STORY:
One time I actually allowed a rug shampooer demonstration. I was possibly interested, so I wanted to see what it was like. It was some really inexperienced high-school age kid giving the demo. Inexperience is one thing, but this kid was horrible and should've been trained better before giving the demo.

Any how, I decided I didn't want to make such a huge purchase without discussing it with my husband first, so I turned down the offer. It was the end of the night and the kid said he already made 2 sales and all he needed was a third today(for some reason or another). I again turned him down, so he left momentarily. He came back with an adult supervisor in a business suit who then proceeded to continue pushing the sale. I kept saying no, and gave my reasoning. I said I might purchase one, but I really needed to talk it over with my DH.

This supervisor was relentless and downright rude. He was getting visibly frustrated, angry even, and he wouldn't take no for an answer. I was getting frustrated myself and just wanted them gone. Up to this point I had been petting my dog, but I stopped for a moment and she went up the the supervisor. She started licking him and jumping on him. Normally I go grab her when she does this, but not this time! I let her go at him.

You could see the look of disgust on the supervisor's face as Hershey's slobber was getting all over his perfectly tailored suit and dog hair was flying! He ran to the bathroom to wash himself, and as he did he hissed at the kid to pack up his stuff and get out of here. Hahahahaha! Served him right, I don't feel bad AT ALL that he got all messed up, he was harassing me in my opinion, and I couldn't leave because it was my house!!

 

[laurajetter]

Ugh, how annoying. Short of putting up a sign and calling the store I don't know what else you can do.

FUNNY STORY:
One time I actually allowed a rug shampooer demonstration. I was possibly interested, so I wanted to see what it was like. It was some really inexperienced high-school age kid giving the demo. Inexperience is one thing, but this kid was horrible and should've been trained better before giving the demo.

Any how, I decided I didn't want to make such a huge purchase without discussing it with my husband first, so I turned down the offer. It was the end of the night and the kid said he already made 2 sales and all he needed was a third today(for some reason or another). I again turned him down, so he left momentarily. He came back with an adult supervisor in a business suit who then proceeded to continue pushing the sale. I kept saying no, and gave my reasoning. I said I might purchase one, but I really needed to talk it over with my DH.

This supervisor was relentless and downright rude. He was getting visibly frustrated, angry even, and he wouldn't take no for an answer. I was getting frustrated myself and just wanted them gone. Up to this point I had been petting my dog, but I stopped for a moment and she went up the the supervisor. She started licking him and jumping on him. Normally I go grab her when she does this, but not this time! I let her go at him.

You could see the look of disgust on the supervisor's face as Hershey's slobber was getting all over his perfectly tailored suit and dog hair was flying! He ran to the bathroom to wash himself, and as he did he hissed at the kid to pack up his stuff and get out of here. Hahahahaha! Served him right, I don't feel bad AT ALL that he got all messed up, he was harassing me in my opinion, and I couldn't leave because it was my house!!

 

[trip]

Has the Culligan man stopped by yet?..... I think that housing sales a closely watched by salesmen. All you can really do is either not answer the door or as soon as they start their "sales speech" cut them off with a "not interested" and close the door. Don't give them a chance to speak again. Never let a salesman in your house unless you arranged for them to come.

 

[Monte Cristo]

It's very interesting to read the stories about the door to door salesmen people have. Here in RI, in my experience, it's unheard of. A politician here or there....a religous group, every now and then, but never door to door sales people....(knocking on wood). I have already told DW to NEVER let anyone in the house we don't know, out of paranoia.

Like others have said, put out the sign....you could always call the police if you saw them coming.


MC

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Put a "No Solicitors" sign on your door...problem solved.

Uh, huh. No problem solved. They still knock & I am not kidding.

I want an intercom so I don't even have to open the door.

 

[minkydog]

Good Luck!

I started answering the door holding my German Shepherd on a leash. My Shepherd is a big dog & quite scary looking. I would give him the comand to "speak" & not break the command until the Kirby people left the door.

When the people asked if he was friendly, I answered "No". When they asked if he would bite, I answered "Yes".

My dog would NEVER attack anyone without a command or in defense of a family member. And his "speak" bark is not an aggressive bark. Well at least we know it is not, because we have heard his aggressive bark, so we know the difference. But he sure sounds scary.

So the last couple of times Kirby rang the bell, I let my dog's leash slip just a little & he stepped out of the door. All the while he is following his command of "speaking" to us. He thinks since I have given him a friendly command, this person is ok & wants to say hello.

Well I have NEVER seen sales people run so fast in my life. After that they FINALLY stopped coming!!

More than once Minky has run a saleman off my porch. He is a huge black poodle with gleaming white teeth--very intimidating with his "big dog" bark.