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Just curious. This is about that time of the year where door-to-door people are going around (windows, roof, sidings, AC units, etc.). Do people make by the hour, by the number of sales, or what?
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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In our small city of 45,000 they are required to pay for a city permit which includes a state patrol background check, and can be arrested for not having a permit or for knocking/ringing if there is a "no soliciting" sign posted. Since that law was past there have been very few around.
The (mostly) kids (17, 18, 19 year olds) and 20 something year olds knocking on your door hawking vacuum cleaners, magazines, makeup, books, coupon booklets, AT&T U-verse, energy savings plans, etc work on 100% commission. There is no base pay. The same is true for the ones that hawk knock-off perfume in parking lots and the ones that go B2B trying to sell office supplies, auto cleaning supplies ,etc.
If they don't sell, they don't earn any money. I have total disdain for the entire D2D, 100% commission industry and I feel sorry for the young, naive, desperate people that take up these jobs. But, I still will not allow any of them in my home. Not in this day and age. It is not safe from my perspective and from theirs, they should feel the same way. I don't know who they are or what they are capable of and vice versa.
In my experience, when I get a D2D salesperson at the door, I do not let them in and I decline their sales pitch. However, I do offer them bottled water or a can of soda, especially if it is hot.
Last edited by Seraphim7; 07-25-2014 at 01:35 PM..
Reason: left something out
Most D2D goods sales are pyramid schemes and the peddlers are not receiving a base salary of any kind. Their success depends upon salesmanship, product relevance, area demographics, and community tolerance for this type of sales. D2D service sales are a different story; typically those employees are receiving a low base wage and/or little to no commission, and are possibly also involved in performing said service.
It just depends, really. Some "for instances:"
Driving around selling cases of meat from a freezer in the back of a pickup truck can be lucrative in areas with high rates of taxpayer assistance recipients.
Selling coupon packs for movie theaters and national brand pizza delivery chains can be lucrative in middle/upper-middle class family-oriented neighborhoods, especially around holidays.
Selling lawn services to non-gated middle/upper-middle class neighborhoods can be lucrative depending upon prevailing occupations and/or concentration of elderly residents within the area.
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