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[Louise]

A while back I decided to stop using a local supermarket because every time I went in I had someone trying to sell me something usually Talk Talk phones

 

On one occasion when the supermarket chain had started pet insurance I was acosted in the aisle (I was buying cat food) by a woman who was trying to sell me their pet insurance and when she ascertained I had none went on the be really quite agressive with their product

 

Mind you I went very calm and told her that she may as well stop because all that would happen was I would be very very rude to her and she still wouldn't get a sale At that point she gave me a sneer and said have a nice day in a very sarcastic tone

 

That was the last straw

 

This weekend a different supermarket were trying to persuade me to enter a prize draw for a washing machine and pushing a fabric softener (fairy I think)

 

I don't need a new washing machine and I can't use fabric softener full stop but they just don't care and keep pushing I hate supermarkets and if this continues that will be another one struck off the list

 

Anyone else had this sort of problem

[The Dogmother]

I've never seen it here, but I buy mostly online now any way.

 

That wouldl drive me mad Louise.

[Guest]

We don't seem to have that in our supermarkets either, but trying to get down the main shopping street is an absolute nightmare. You have to run the gauntlet of all sorts of salespeople from phones to charities and people trying to get you to have various catalogues

 

I am usually on my lunchbreak and about 5/6 different people will try and stop you then the same people try again when you go back after finishing your shopping

 

I am very tempted to print a badge that tells them very nicely to 'push' off

 

Rant over, back to looking after poor Jules who is laid up with a very bad cough and sore throat

[Cinnamon]

I HATE it in WH Smiths when they offer you half price chocolate whenever you buy anything

 

Ditto Clares Accessories, where I always seem to 'qualify' to buy some nasty little nick nack on the till, because I have bought something.

 

And Phones4U, where I 'have' to take out the phone insurance, just for a month....I can cancel it after that.Then, when you phone to cancel it, as I just have,they REALLY give you the old sales talk on it

I ended up today just saying 'cancel the insurance NOW', just to shut the woman up about how much I needed it !!!

 

Haven't had much of a problem at Supermarkets though......................

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I've been on the phone this morning renewing my car and house/contents insurance. Two separate phone calls - one tried to get me to take out breakdown cover (I'm with the AA already). The other tried to get me to take out Response 24 cover (or whatever it's called) and also cover for taking valuables out of the home (we don't have anything that valuable ). "Oh but what if a stone fell out of your engagement ring?" "No thanks, I've been wearing it 20 years and not had a problem yet".

 

They were pleasant but I just wanted to renew my policy not buy new ones .

[Egluntyne]

We don't seem to have that in our supermarkets either, but trying to get down the main shopping street is an absolute nightmare. You have to run the gauntlet of all sorts of salespeople from phones to charities and people trying to get you to have various catalogues

Same here. You can't get down Fargate in Sheffield without at least 4 people mythering you. I give them false details ....If I can be bothered to stop.

[Redwing]

We have a lot of sales reps where I work and one team has a motto:

 

'People buy from PEOPLE'

 

They sell more than the 'traditional' reps.

 

On a related note I secretly believe that ANH is a non pushy but very dedicated sales rep for Stalosan F

[Ain't Nobody Here]

On a related note I secretly believe that ANH is a non pushy but very dedicated sales rep for Stalosan F

 

. That made me laugh out loud . Have I been mentioning it a bit then ?

 

Blame Egluntine, I'm sure it was her who brought it to my attention .

[hillfamily]

Our local Tesco has sales people hiding in the aisles ready to jump out and try to sell you something If I'm forced to go in there it is under duress, with limited time, because I've run out of something, Waitrose is a 20 mile round trip and Ocado aren't coming for 2 days - NO I do not need my telephone, car/house/pet/hoilday insurance, loan, savings or bank account with them.

 

The other one that gets me is the Post Office. Since the closure of my very handy local PO, I now have to go into town and join a 25 min queue to post a parcel - which would go a lot quicker if they just let people post their parcels instead of trying to sell them something else

[Fizzle Knit]

I have the problem in sainsburys where there are RAC men in the entrance and utility sales-people in the shop itself. I don't generally mind the RAC ones because they tend not to be pushy, but the power people will come up demanding to know who your gas supplier is which I think is down-right rude. I have a problem with Morrison's as well where they have people selling gas in the entrance. Can't stand the chuggers in the high street either!

[Seagazer]

I'm not too bothered with the ones in the supermarkets and swift no and striding forward usually sorts it out.

 

Its the ones we encountered on holiday in Turkey. It was awful, if you dared look at the shop window, they thought that you should be going in, you more or less had to give them your life history, where you were from etc. If you said no thank you and moved on they shouted out something after you. There was a small road with restaurants on it and they all had people standing outside with the menus. We've had this before in other countries, you just say no and move on and its no problem. Not here it wasn't. My OH got stuck with one man for about 15 minutes. Was taken into the restaurant to be shown the tables and the kitchen!! In the meantime I was on the phone to my son and all the rest of them were lined up and kept coming up to me to tell me to use their restaurant. I pointed out I was on the phone but they still carried on. OH said we'd be back to the first restaurant but it took about 20 minutes to get passed the others. Then of course after we'd had our walk we had to walk past them all again to get back to the original one. I absolutely hated it and wouldn't go out of the hotel again. Not a good experience. We're not softies either so not quite sure why it happened

[missuscluck]

Urrrr, this drives me NUTS. When our Tesco used to be a Safeway back in the day when my kids were small they had a lady who must have been employed by the supermarket to sell a different product every day.

 

She was pushy and wouldnt take no for an answer so eventualy I was rude to her and she never bothered me again

 

When you are trying to get the shopping done as quick as poss with toddlers you just dont need it. If I want to buy it I know where it is thanks.

[Snowy]

Urrrr, this drives me NUTS. When our Tesco used to be a Safeway back in the day when my kids were small they had a lady who must have been employed by the supermarket to sell a different product every day.

 

She was pushy and wouldnt take no for an answer so eventualy I was rude to her and she never bothered me again

 

When you are trying to get the shopping done as quick as poss with toddlers you just dont need it. If I want to buy it I know where it is thanks.

What a pain - I haven't encountered supermarket sales people yet, but I also tend to shop online (or in Aldi!) due to the aforementioned children. Missuscluck, I'd be tempted to say "How about selling something useful for a change? Say, half an hours babysitting while I get the shopping done?"

[missuscluck]

Aldi is a joy to get round quickly. You know exactly what is where. No choice of brands and not to big. Done in a flash. Hurrah for Aldi

 

I think the lady in question would have given the kids nightmares!

[abwsco]

Our Sainsbury's has had dreadful women in pushing their electric and gas. Infact if they bother me again when I'm in I'm going to complain to head office!

[Louise]

It was sainsburys with the woman and the pet insurance and I nearlly did complain but then just complained with my feet

[Goosey Lucy]

I kept getting accosted in Sainsburys by people trying to get me to change my energy supplier.

 

I now live on an island where there is only 1 Tesco, no Sainsburys, Morrisons, Asda or Somerfield. We have a few Co-op stores, maybe a Spar or two and a Supermarket combination of Iceland, Tchibo and Waitrose. Not a hassler in sight. And everything fresh is labelled on the shelf in pounds and ounces

[KateP]

We get loads of salespeople knocking on our door to try and get us to change utility companies. No matter how many times we tell them that we don't want to change and even if we did, we wouldn't sign up at the door, they just keep coming back. They always say "well our details show you are paying too much", but when I ask them, they don't even know who our supplier is, how much we are paying and usually manage to get my name wrong.

 

I totally agree with other people who have mentioned the market research/charity people in the street. Can't stand them, especially when I'm on my lunch. One of my friends just shouts "no" and puts her hand up to them but I can't quite bring myself to be that rude even though I do hate them!

[Redwing]

Kate P - tell then you are on a key meter - they completely freak out and start backing away like they can smell the 'poor' on you!

 

I don't know what it is about key meters, we love ours - no direct debits!

[KateP]

Kate P - tell then you are on a key meter - they completely freak out and start backing away like they can smell the 'poor' on you!

 

 

Sounds good, I will try that next time!

[Cate in NZ]

I dislike pushy sales people too (I agree whole-heartedly with the Turkey thing too Seagazer, quite put us off visiting there again ), but it is there job. Probably not a job that they particularly enjoy, but if they need to work, and that's the only job they can find. I tend to just flash a quick smile and say "no thanks" and walk, very briskly on.

 

That said it was never a major problem in my local supermarkets or the high street in my old home town, and it simply doesn't seem to happen over here. Which is nice

[chelsea]

its the people calling to the door that get on my wick!

 

I just dont answer the door anymore, but they call usually at tea time (which is most inconvenient to people) or on the weekends (when people just like to relax and do weekend things), it really irritates me.

 

If I want something I will source it myself!

[dancing cloud]

Heaven help anyone getting in my way at the supermarket I'm not exactly a friend of patience and my food shopping is usually done at a speed Lewis Hamilton would be proud of, so chances are I'd have mowed them over before I even found out what they were selling

 

I have a trading standards sticker in the window that says no cold callers and that still doesn't deter them from trying. If I can see it's no one I know, I don't open the door, but I'll try to remember the key meter trick for next time one gets past me

[stoice]

Similar to sales people...

My MIL was house sitting (And hen sitting) all last week while we were enjoying a week away in (not so) sunny cornwall. When we got back she wondered if we often got callers/salesmen as she'd encountered three in one week (Maybe I'm lucky that I'm at work during the day then! )

The one that bothered me the most was a charity worker (can't remember which one though) MIL said she looked official - although i'm not sure if she checked for an ID - then wanted her to part with her bank details to donate regular payments!!! Thankfully she said no. I don't care if she was official or not, there's no way I'd hand out those details on my doorstep! I just feel for the old/easily confused members of society. A few months ago my Nan was burgled after two men forced there way in saying they were from 'the water board'. They make me SO mad