I hate telemarketers, as they usually call during dinner. It Australia the majority I get are Indians. One thing I do is act extremely interested and then blatantly shut them down and hang up. Another thing I do is scream into a megaphone right into the phone.
I have never really had to deal with door to door sales men, as I don't live in a town/city, but I did have one instance where a middle age woman came to my house in an effort to sell me "dolls". She showed me the boot of her car, and their were about 20-25 different kinds of dolls,probably handmade. I just said no thanks.
So Flood, have you had any instances with telemarketers/door to door salesmen, and if so, how did you/how do you deal with them?