Comments on: Salesman at my Door: Kirby Alert!

By: Salesman at the Door, Please go Away

Salesman at the Door, Please go Away — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:14:42 +0000

[...] Maybe it’s because of my experiences. I wrote months ago at my psychology blog about the Kirby salesman that refused to leave. There have been countless others. One problem is that they are bad salesman. [...]

By: Lee Mustoe

Lee Mustoe — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:35:42 +0000

HA HA! I’m in tears of laughter. I only found this researching keyword related blogs for carpets. I am that salesman in the last post that travelled 10 miles through heavy traffic only to find somebody who thought nothing of keeping me from my tea (probably pizza) for a couple of hours on a mere whim of boredom sometime earlier in their day (don’t experienced salesmen just know when the caller hasn’t got any money).

Did you hear the true story of the UK vacuum salesman that knocked on a cottage door, brazenly emptied a small bag of dust and grit on the old lady’s floor and proclaimed "If my vacuum can’t pick that up in seconds I’ll eat every bit of it myself". The old lady went inside the house and reappeared with a spoon saying "we haven’t got electricity"
Life is a scream eh folks!!!

By: Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:23:39 +0000

Yeah, we are like that too. I think most people wouldn’t let them in if they were saying they were trying to sell vacuums … especially if they have brand new vacuums! The way they got in was deceptive. maybe someone reading this will benefit from our experience!

By: Jessica The Rock Chick

Jessica The Rock Chick — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:45:02 +0000

I’m amazed that they continued to keep cleaning the carpeting even though you insisted you weren’t going to buy the machine! I say, if that’s what they want to do, even though you made yourself clear, well that’s their problem.

Once I called one of those come to your house with carpet samples companies. They guy brought like 3 books of samples, but nothing that I wanted. I told him I wanted a chocolate color in my living room and a darker blue in my son’s room. He didn’t have either of those colors. How can they not have a dark brown and a dark blue?

I was polite and thanked him for coming over. This guy would not leave. He wanted me to consider using different colors (the ones he had in his books) and said "If I leave, I’m not going to make a sale."

I told him he’s not going to make a sale even if he stays, so he might as well go. He wouldn’t budge. Finally, the hubby threatened to call the police and he left.

I don’t ever let any kind of salesperson in my house after that. If I want something, I’ll go to the store and buy it.