Arm yourselves!
It turns out that we’re not the only ones who despise this practice (not the people, mind, they’re just doing what they do because they couldn’t get a job at Maccas...) and a couple of organisations are trying to mobilise an opposing force. It’s simply a door version of the good old No Junkmail sticker.
The Consumer Action Law Centre in Victoria is trying to push for door-to-door badgering to be discontinued, and the good people at ShopAround will even send a sticker out to you free (I’m guessing Australia only.) In case you’re thinking that’s too much like a free lunch, it makes sense when you realise that they’re in the electricity and gas supply comparison game, and guess what sort of companies most frequently doorknock? Sounds like a more than fair deal to me.
It’ll be interesting to see how effective it is.
The Audacity!
Read today in the state tabloid (and it is a tabloid
these days) that the Office of Fair Scamming
Trading is going to allow door to door sales critters to knock on
doors until 8pm. Why? Because businesses are
whining that the Do Not Call register (which
doesn’t work anyway, yes I’m looking at you, 02
8xxx xxxx spammers) is hampering their efforts to
get in our face.
Hey Marketards. Listen. If we want to buy something,
if we want to consider buying something,
we’ll do our own research and make the call. Want to
rule yourself out of that process, fine, send your
door to door critters and start your badgering. Be
sure to tell us your company name when the door is
closing so we know not to conduct business with you.
Our home is sanctuary. It’s where we spend time
relaxing, letting the world go on without us. I’m
sure we’re not the only ones.
Don’t. Just, don’t.
