Door-to-door collecting after dark

I do not give money to anybody at my front door because I have no idea who they really are.

I also hate strangers ringing my doorbell at night but luckily I have a video entrance system so I do not have to answer my door.

Also if somebody comes during the day offering to eg fit a security alarm I now say that I rent the house. That gets rid of them.

I won't/ don't answer the door after dark unless I know it's a genuine caller who's previously phoned ( family ) I also have the safety of an emergency link which is a godsend.

This type of thing really unsettles me. I’ve now bought one of those No cold callers stickers off eBay (only about £1) and put it by my bell!

I think we had a thread fairly recently where someone posted that they had a charity representative knock on their door fairly late, maybe 9pm. The general consensus then, as it is now, this strategy is most unwelcome, particularly for those living on their own. I don't think it should be done, at best it's intrusive and at worst it's frightening to have an unexpected caller, particularly on a dark night.

We never answer the door of an evening unless we are expecting family there should be a code of practice in force to make it illegal some of the worst offenders are Age UK which is unbelievable.
To be honest it takes me all my time to answer the door or the phone during the day if I can't be bothered to talk to anyone.

I remember that Terribull , definitely unacceptable practice. Age UK should know better.

I would not give to door to door collections either and think that the practice is unacceptable.