Getting rid of persistent sales people

16 Jan 2006

Quote by byron
The following have worked for me:
1. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to Iraq tomorrow with the Army"
2. "I'd love a patio, but what would the people in the flat below think?"
3. "I'm not falling for that - come on, where's Dom Jolly?"
4. "I can't stand here and talk - I'm and English teacher. Someone out there might be using a split infinitive"
5. "So good to see you. We need another person to take our coven up to 13"
6. "Do you ever hang around the locker room at the gym?"
7. "But the Police promised me a new identity!"

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: I like numbers 6 & 7 the best lol

As for me well if I someone tries to stop me the street I just say no thanks and keep on walking, if someone phones me I just say no thanks and put the phone down...
Shireen

16 Jan 2006

Shireen, a friend of mine hs a good one: When telesales interupt his evening, he politely says "Can you hold on a minute, puts the phone down, goes and makes a cup of tea, comes back and says "I'm not interested, but thanks for keeping the other annoying assholes from phoning me. Bye"

17 Jan 2006

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Shireen

17 Jan 2006

We've used a lot of the ones already mentioned, but a couple of personal favourites are......
Sorry this is a public phone, I happened to be walking by and answered it rolleyes

or when they ask to speak to the owner of the house..
OK I'll just put you on hold a minute, then place the phone by the stereo, and turn the sound back up. smile

Both work quite well.
The all time classic was something I heard H say once to some guy that just persisted in continuing with his sales patter...........
"Haven't I just said that I'm not interested? Don't you understand that No means No? God I'd hate to go out with you" :)
I was in stitches for ages after that one. :)
M

17 Jan 2006

There was a sales firm near here which was getting it's sales people to pretend that they didn't speak much English so that they would get their sales pitch out uninterrupted.
Which would have worked except that they ran intoa mate of mine.
It went something like this:
Salesman "Excusing me, I not speaking much English, am Polish"
My mate (in Polish) "That's OK, would you like to come in and have cup of coffee?"
Salesman "Huh?"
My mate (still in Polish) "Do you understand a word I'm saying? If you do, hold up your right hand"
Salesman "I not speaking the English"
Mate (In English) "Dude, I just spoke to you in Polish. Half the people that live around here are of Polish descent. Do you really want to continue this bollocks or will you just fuck off?"
Salesman then left. At a run.

17 Jan 2006

another one i also like but what is only to a selected market (concervitries) is when they go on about the bollocks and they want to use your house for the photo's ect..
just say yeah would love to see you come and fit one, never seen a concervitrie 15 floors high on a side of a flat!
rich