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Charity door to door collections

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Sago Mon 29-May-23 14:47:43

biglouis

I believe this only refers to telephone calls.

Get one of those very aggressive notices stating no charity/political/religious or sales callers. Then if you want to be snippy you can ask them "Do you have a problem reading and understanding English?" and direct them to the notice.

In persistent cases Ive been known to follow it up with

"You are obviously one of those people who never pays attention. Perhaps if you'd paid more attention in school you would have got yourself some qualifications and not ended up in a s**t job like this!"

Now I just dont answer the door if Im not expecting callers or packages.

Ouch!

biglouis Mon 29-May-23 14:44:12

I believe this only refers to telephone calls.

Get one of those very aggressive notices stating no charity/political/religious or sales callers. Then if you want to be snippy you can ask them "Do you have a problem reading and understanding English?" and direct them to the notice.

In persistent cases Ive been known to follow it up with

"You are obviously one of those people who never pays attention. Perhaps if you'd paid more attention in school you would have got yourself some qualifications and not ended up in a s**t job like this!"

Now I just dont answer the door if Im not expecting callers or packages.

Judy54 Mon 29-May-23 14:28:37

Can Charities still legally knock at your door asking for donations or for you to sign up for regular payments? We recently had a very persistent young man from a large well known charity who did not want to take no for an answer. We explained that we supported smaller local charities and were unable to support the charity that he represented. Reluctantly he left the doorstep with a shrug and a sigh! I thought that this type of cold calling had been stopped.