Door to Door Sales

[Joeman]

I just tell them I rent the house and away they go.

 

[HCP3]

I just tell them I rent the house and away they go.

Yep. I don't answer the door but if they catch me in the garage that's exactly what I say.

 

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I've been taking a different approach lately. I'll chit chat with the people for 45 minutes to an hour. I'll let them start with their sales pitch then I explain why I'm not interested. If they don't leave then and the conversation still goes on and I'll break them of character and usually get them to talk about their upbringing, childhood to say. Once I sense there was a negative time in their childhood I'll focus on that and get them to open up. Then they realize the conversation has gone off topic. They'll bring it back to their sales pitch and I'll divert it again. Once they realize I'm not buying they start wrapping it up. At that point I start yapping and just won't shut up even after 3-4 goodbye handshakes. I did get a chick one time with meth mouth and she wore the whole makeup kit from Ross on her face. She started with the sales pitch and I just politely said no thanks, don't waste your time on me then walked back in the house and considered pouring bleach on my eyes.

 

[napanutt]

We have yappy dogs. Before we moved they’d go off at strangers at the door. They were loud. I’d gesture “ I can’t hear you” and slam the door.

 

[Orange Juice]

What were they selling?

It’s either window replacements, or landscapers.

 

[BabyRay]

When I was about 10 years old, I responded to one of those ads in the back of comic books, and sold Christmas cards door-to-door to earn a baseball mitt. My parents had no idea I’d done this until the mitt showed up, and about flipped out when they found out. I really believe they weren’t sure if they should be pissed off at the safety risk I had taken or pleased with the entrepreneurial spirit.

 

[WYRD]

Our house has a small courtyard before the front door. When we moved in I raised the 3 ft wall up to 7 ft and built a solid gate. Now they can't get to the front door. There is a ring camera at the gate that we just monitor who comes to the door. One of the best home improvements yet.

I used to like people but people ruined that for me