Just had a door knocker wanting to know if we want to have our double glazing taken out & replaced... with double glazing



:hihi: Duuuuuuhhhr:loopy:let me fink....Daaaaahhrrr:loopy:

BUT we have not 1, not 2 but 3 signs up on the door & window that clearly say "we do not buy & sell at the door", "NO cold callers", and the third is a list of things that starts "We do NOT need.... (double glazing is included in the list)..."

Now, does this mean that Safestyle employees cannot read?
Does it mean they are above the wishes of their potential customers - in which case Cletus, pass me my gun...

OR was that one just genuinely STUPID?!?!? :rant:

Should I do a poll? :hihi:

Were the signs on the inside or outside of the door.

you could read them from the outside ;) :D

Its no wonder though when you look at this (http://www.seekee.co.uk/safestyle/safestyleimages/safestyle1.jpg) and this (http://shinymedia.headshift.com/images/images/kenmorley.jpg).

I hate Ken Morley btw, vile man.

You have a couple of watertight arguments there AJ :hihi:

A double glazing salesman called at our house WHILST MR CHOPSIE AND MY STEPDAD WERE FITTING NEW DOUBLE GLAZING. Mr C had to get down off his ladder and circumnavigate the pile of shiny new window frames out ready to be fitted in order to go and talk to him/tell him to bog off.

Now that's either eternal optimism or complete idiocy...

They've probably been trained to knock anyway, just in case that day you thought you might just need new double glazing and would have welcomed the approach.

I had them asking if i would like my facias and soffits replacing, when i pointed out they had been replaced he asked it I would like new ones, i again pointed out that they are only 8 months old ... he asked anbout replacing my upvc windows, i asked why and he simply shrugged his shoulders ...... and then asked if i wanted a conservatory, at that point i slammed my stained glass UPVC front door right in his face

Just had a door knocker wanting to know if we want to have our double glazing taken out & replaced... with double glazing



:hihi: Duuuuuuhhhr:loopy:let me fink....Daaaaahhrrr:loopy:

BUT we have not 1, not 2 but 3 signs up on the door & window that clearly say "we do not buy & sell at the door", "NO cold callers", and the third is a list of things that starts "We do NOT need.... (double glazing is included in the list)..."

Now, does this mean that Safestyle employees cannot read?
Does it mean they are above the wishes of their potential customers - in which case Cletus, pass me my gun...

OR was that one just genuinely STUPID?!?!? :rant:
It's not just safestyle. A Bettaware (sp) woman got very cross with me for throwing her catalogue in the bin. I pointed out the sign on our door and she said "How am I supposed to know, some of my best customers have those signs!"
I suggested that they add another sign on their door saying Bettaware welcome though.
Anyway, she still does it and I still put them in the bin. I've even found her going through my blue bin rather than knock on the door and ask :loopy:

It's not just safestyle. A Bettaware (sp) woman got very cross with me for throwing her catalogue in the bin. I pointed out the sign on our door and she said "How am I supposed to know, some of my best customers have those signs!"
I suggested that they add another sign on their door saying Bettaware welcome though.
Anyway, she still does it and I still put them in the bin. I've even found her going through my blue bin rather than knock on the door and ask :loopy:

Thats dedication for you.

Thats dedication for you.

Hmm, thinking about it; Next time I catch her I'm going to tell her that she won't find my address or name in that bin as I shred everything, but that I don't take kindly to her rifling through my blue bin!!

Meersbrook Betterware woman STAY AWAY!!!!

Hmm, thinking about it; Next time I catch her I'm going to tell her that she won't find my address or name in that bin as I shred everything, but that I don't take kindly to her rifling through my blue bin!!

Meersbrook Betterware woman STAY AWAY!!!!

If that was me I'd be sooo tempted to draw some childish, smutty things inside the Betterware catalogue so she'd get a nasty shock. You know what sort of thing I mean :hihi:

I pointed to the sign on my door and was told by the SAFESTYLE window doorknocker 'i can't read'. He then went on to read through the leaflet. Was like a miracle, he learnt to read instantly. All SAFESTYLE doorknockers are aggressive, and can be insulting if you don't stand and listen to them.

Judging by the man who advertises it on TV it would appear they raided a lunatic assylum for their staff.

No double glazing peeps have called round here.....yet.

BUT.......NPower used to call round every week to see if we wanted to switch from our current suppliers (NPower) to ...erm ...well NPower. Funnily enough when we did switch suppliers...they stopped calling :loopy:

AND.....Someone once knocked on the door to ask if we would like our drive block paved. I told him we don't have a drive so he left me a leaflet and his card "In case I changed my mind" :hihi:

NPower are other eejits that have in the past failed to see the notices.

I think they have now got it in their training following the blasting head office got :hihi:

Well when I'm on nights it's like waking Kronos the bear :twisted:

thats a hard job

selling doors door to door


ok ok *gets coat*

Next time tell them you're a Jehovahs Witness and invite 'em in for a cuppa.

Hmm, thinking about it; Next time I catch her I'm going to tell her that she won't find my address or name in that bin as I shred everything, but that I don't take kindly to her rifling through my blue bin!!

Meersbrook Betterware woman STAY AWAY!!!!

For a while I had a sign taped up on my door just above my letterbox. It said 'If you are posting a catalogue through this letterbox do NOT expect to get it back unless I have requested the catalogue from you. If I didn't request it, this is the last you will see of it.'

It worked quite well actually.

Repeatedly accepting the offer from assorted double glazing companies to spend their time measuring up and going to all of the effort of trying to sell me their windows, then getting to the point where you sign on the dotted line before telling them you can't afford them was time consuming initially, but worked fabulously as a long term investment- they've all left me alone for years now.

Repeatedly accepting the offer from assorted double glazing companies to spend their time measuring up and going to all of the effort of trying to sell me their windows, then getting to the point where you sign on the dotted line before telling them you can't afford them was time consuming initially, but worked fabulously as a long term investment- they've all left me alone for years now.

:hihi: I'm warming to this idea :hihi:

I remember having ( I kid you not!) a sign that read (along the lines of..)
"My Doberman can reach the bottom of the drive in around 2.6 seconds - Do you feel lucky? )

It was comical to see cold callers actually pausing before (not)knocking. And yes I actually did have a Doberman :hihi:

Repeatedly accepting the offer from assorted double glazing companies to spend their time measuring up and going to all of the effort of trying to sell me their windows, then getting to the point where you sign on the dotted line before telling them you can't afford them was time consuming initially, but worked fabulously as a long term investment- they've all left me alone for years now.

Just wait for the day when you find you really do need double glazing and no-one will come out to give you a quote....you have been blacklisted lady :twisted:

Bwahaha :hihi: