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Where can I get one of those " NO COLD CALLER " signs for my door from??

I'm sick to death at the moment, every tea time same thing ...

Knock on door " do you want to change Electric/gas/phone supplier "

I am not usually a nasty person!! but one fella got the bad end of me yesterday!!

He had called round and I told my son to answer door and tell him I was busy on the phone.

10 minutes later he came back!! so I went door and said " No I am not interested " .......... he said " but, but, but " I just said " Look no But's or if's I am not bloody interested in any fantastic deals you say you can do " and shut the door on him!! :mad: He was from Scottish Electricity

Please tell me where I can get one from, then if they call, I will slam their bloody head into the sign so they can have a closer look!! :mad:

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write one out yourself

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Got mine from the community beat warden in a pack from a community fun day a few years back - still the darn door sellers dont bother to read or ignore 'em so usually they get the sharp rant of 'cant u read the sign - pee off'! Otherwise contact trading standards & see if they do them.

Get a big scary dog be easier:D lol

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They are on ebay
eBay.co.uk - no cold callers stickers, Safety Security, Home Garden items at low prices

Anti-Salesman/Callers Sign - Stop Them Cold Callers!!! - eBay Other Safety Security, Safety Security, Home Garden (end time 15-Oct-07 20:56:04 BST)

NO COLD CALLERS SIGN/NOTICE - eBay Other Retail Shop Fitting, Retail Shop Fitting, Business, Office Industrial (end time 25-Oct-07 12:29:02 BST)

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Try the police station.

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I have a dog, but she is getting very old now!!

Maybe I will just send the big scary husband next time :D

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i have a big dog you can have

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Write your own or Find one on the web to print out, might need to edit with MS Paint.

Might find something here.

DoorstepCrime.com - Doorstoppers.info

or Ebay as suggested.

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I once saw a sign that said ...NEVER MIND THE DOG BEWARE OF THE WIFE.................MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME, Its the same with tele salesmen ,,but why do they always pick teatime and when your watching corrie etc,,,,maybe its because they know your in..ggrrrr

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Easiest way is to go to the door in a bad mood. Women and bad moods usually frighten the hell out of me :D

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Well he got the gist of my mood yesterday, what part of " NO " do the numpties not understand??

if I wanted to change Phone/Electric/Gas/windows or have Life insurance and health insurance I would go in the cupboard, take out the yellow pages, look through the index, find number, get the phone, push the little bloody buttons and CHANGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :mad: god they wind me up :mad:

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Scottish Power were at my door yesterday too. I am a Scottish Power customer already, so that makes me think that these callers are NOT representing the company, but are likely to be opportunist thieves.
A campaign against it starts soon in Blackburn
Residents say ‘NO’ to Cold Callers: Lancashire Constabulary

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they think they are doing you a favour by calling at your home, but they are nout but annoying, i know how you feel, i get loads asking me if i wanna buy my home, it doesnt matter how many times ive told them i cant buy it its not for sale, but they tell me to have a try anyway,think they have to have a certain amount of people on their books or they get the sack

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I'm fed of those as well. If it's not them then it's have you had an accident. " No"
Then they come back with.
" Are you sure."
Erm think I'd know if I'd had an accident or not.

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just tell em yer moving abroad in a couple of months, seems to work for me.;)

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I have reported the caller I had to scottish Power, and said if they are responsible for such calls, the practice is bringing their business into disrepute

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Brilliant! I figured out "Cold Caller" all by myself.

I made one myself for junk mail: "What Part of No F***ing Junk Mail Do You Morons Not Understand." It didn't do any good but it looks great. I also have a picture of my Rotti with the legend "I Live Here". This discourages most unwanted callers. And when I say "Hera, JWs" she runs to the door and puts on her fierce act.:eek:

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My daughter/Brown Owl works for Scottish Power, formerly MANWEB, in the office at Warrington. She thinks all the salesmen should be shot!

I made my own sticker, printed it off in very large red letters and stuck it on the porch door. It says,
NO Salesmen, Reps, Lottery canvassers, Random charity collectors. If we haven't got it - we don't want it.
On the odd occasion when one of the above still rings my doorbell I don't say anything, hand them a bundle of junk mail, leaflets etc., which tends to accumulate in the porch, and shut the door. ;)

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What about using your little big sis to scare them away, if she can return to reality for long enough :rolleyes::D

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Just complained by email to trading standards because their sign they gave me just DOESN'T WORK, i get them regardless & sick of pointing out the obvious all the time & i dont want to get to the point of not answering door to anyone [sometimes council & other people that call at the door] - not all door sales people have same dress code as found out earlier today from a very dodgey looking person from safe style today caught me out after seeing off my collector, whom resembled someone i knew whom isnt very nice, so just tad annoyed about the risk, cos doubt these sales people are vetted!!

What does it take these people to get the word no & fluff off!!! Personally door sales should be illegal or least criminal cos i felt a bit intimidated & off guard on my own, thats the worry for elderly or vunerable folk:mad:

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MY god, how weird, Stanleymad posts this, and I get some at the door :mad:

They were from a window company, don't know which one, I didn't give them chance to tell me. 2 not so professional looking guys. :mad: I just said " No thank you " and shut the door.

The thing is, I always feel ignorant, but if you don't shut the door in their face, you can't get rid of the buggers.

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Blimey Slinky it were 2 one in a black coat sort of looks sales guyish - the other was more worrying blue sports coat work pants & boots with a bob hat on:eek:

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They were the same ones :(:( The one that came to the door looked ok, it was the one loitering outside my gate that looked very dodgy, as you say, the one in the hat :(

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Yeh glad i aint paranoid well lol, unfortunately i got the bob hat geezer he really resembled someone evil no joke a bit too close to home for me:mad: I await mail from TS not that will make no difference as there wasn't a lot i could do cheeky bistard was trying to make chit chat i couldnt wait to shut the door not nice & dim wasnt it:rolleyes:

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Well I'm just glad I shut the door straight away now.:(

You know the thing that kept going through my head was " Oh sh.. my back door is un-locked " now that tells you the kind of impression I got of them.

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I got pestered last week by a sneaky looking bloke wanting to service my hoover. I always keep my door chain on, so didn't feel threatened.
The patter was 'I think I missed servicing yours last year - do you want it doing now?' My reply 'No and dont call next year either'

PS I keep a shrill alarm by the door too

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Yep i got that feeling or that they'd come back - even ID is useless can be frauded & means cost to you to ring the company up & hope its the right one:mad:

I put it in my complaint - must be bad if a proper sign by trading standards dont work obviously they dont fear it & hope u answer he door anyway.:mad:

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Had a chain somewhere for the door tho its an awkward door to fit it on days like these i miss a burgular alarm with door panic button i used to have at old house - gee u could hear that from wales:D

Just not going to answer door during day on me own unless its someone i deffo know:rolleyes:

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yes your best putting your chain on the door to many doggy people around now adays.

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Doggy people? :confused:

You mean people who look a bit 'wuff' ?

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LMAO .... are they them people that drive to naughty dark places and sit in cars, flashing lights?? :D:D

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i agree thats what i would do

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Got my reply from trading standards a bit of disconcerned reply but tried:(

Further to your enquiry to this Department regarding the continual calling
of doorstep sellers.

I must advise you that such sellers are entitled to call at your door, and
are not necessarily committing any offences in doing so.

This Department discourages consumers from doing any kind of business on
their doorstep, and I would applaud you in turning away callers, or refusing
to answer the door.

If you feel in any way threatened or intimidated by a doorsatep caller
please do not hesitate to call 999, as the Police are committed to assisting
Trading Standards with this kind of nuisance.

Thank you for your enquiry

DUTY OFFICER
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TRADING STANDARDS SERVICE

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I wonder if we are within our rights to chuck a bucket of water over their heads??

Might have to google that inquiry :D

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I dont get why 'they are entitled to knock at my door' surely if i dont want them too then they shouldnt:confused: LOL @ cold water i will have to take the safety catch off the upstairs window:eek:

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Run a hose pipe through the house ..... that way you just need to poke it through the door :D

If you do it from up stairs, use something better than water ;):D

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Will tell son the toilets out of order then :rofl38:

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When I lived in Church I used to clear lads off the garage roofs in the back street by using a pressure washer.

This didn't deter them because they eventually burnt down both garages.

I didnt have my pressure washer handy at the time of the fires - was glad to see the end of those garages (knew there were no cars in them at the time)

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i meant to say dodgy people lol

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Just because u are with them doesnt mean that the representatives know that, i have had people knocking on my door from npower and im a customer already, they knock on everyones door to see if you want to be with them.they dont know where all customers live, if you know what i mean

I got my sign from council last year, they were giving them free

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i got me own sign for em, one i picked up from churchill:D

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i had a sign up, one for cold callers and one for junk mail etc..., they still posted and knocked on the bloody door!!
in the end just tell em to **** off and shut the door, it works for me;)