I accidently ran across this complaint site while doing research. Instead of being hostile to these sales representatives people should understand a few things that you should do first. 1. Check their IDENTIFICATION. Door to Door sales reps for any major multi-billion dollar company like Comcast, Charter, Cox Time Warner and AT&T Direct T.V. have a lot to lose if something bad happens at someones house because the company didn't do a background check to make sure this person is an upstanding citizen and not a criminal. Most cities require permits which means the local police due a background check on top of the one the contractor company does. Door to door reps who work for a contractor making a commission on sales at 100% and no salary are a special breed of people and some of the most loving and friendly people you will ever meet! Why? Well because that is just the nature of a person who wants to put themselves at risk of constant REJECTION day after day to bring you a better value than you could get on your own. We come to your house uninvited! Would it make financial sense to an individual (or a major corporation) to come uninvited to your home, your domain, your place of refuge, thinking that you are all mentally challenged and can't tell a better value for something that you use everyday? The truth is that most of the time that sales person has a better value to offer you if you would take a few minutes to listen instead of judging that person or condemning them for doing a job that is not only the very foundation of this great nation but the main reason of its very existence. America was discovered by a salesman, and named after a salesman. Then we were populated by a salesman. Sir Walter Raleigh sold coffee house to coffee house in London selling those ignorant, fearful, superstitious people on the ideal that they should leave their secure home of England and come to America where they would have religious freedom and a chance to become land owners. We were freed by a salesman. George Washington. We work on 100% commission and you call door to door salesmen and women fools, desperate, and hard up? Well what about those soldiers who knew they may not get paid and knew that if they lost that they would be hung as traitors. Only one third of the colonists really wanted independence and ALL of them knew that England had the most powerful army and navy in the world. Sales people are important, they make the difference because they inform you of your choices. If they knock on your door you should be especially proud of them that they take a chance on you not knowing if you are going to be a good or bad citizen when you answer the door. They have no ideal what has happened in your life that day and time, and they can't see through your walls to determine if today is a good day to knock on your door or not. Sales people are sincere, because they rely on you for one third of their sales REFERRALS. So please stop stereotyping door to door salespersons because at the end of the day you may think that you are satisfied with your current provider, but you may just be like everyone walking the earth and not know until you know (what he has to offer).
And to the guy who said that someone knocked on his door when it was 10 degree outside, why not do like that kind man did to me when I was 225 miles from my home and working in Mishawaka, IN. and it was so cold that I even questioned my own mental state for being out there, he invited me into his home door way and said "I don't intend to buy your service, but you need to come in here and get warm because your boss shouldn't have you out here working when it's this cold. Does anyone know how good that made me feel about people? It reinforced my belief that I should love everyone because everyone deserves to be loved. Even us bothersome door to door salespeople. And for those of you who wonder why we do it. Well I don't know why you go to your job, but the life style, the ability to determine my own worth, have the time to enjoy it and the love I get in return when I help people get more for less and make their home entertainment even better than it was before they simply answered a few questions to see if I could help them or not is why I do this. Sales is not something I do to you, it's something I do for you. God Bless America. Without salespeople we would just be another Cuba.
Although I don't work for C-4 anymore and didn't have the best experience, I can blame on one at C-4 because they are running a successful business and the opportunity they offered me was solid. I respect them for all that they did and don't blame them for being smart business people. I blame you wanna be something but don't know what complainers about everything. If you think the problem is out there then that is the problem. If you didn't get paid you didn't understand the contract. All contractors for any company except AT&T have charge back periods. If you had followed the marketing plan you wouldn't have to worry about a few dollars sitting in an escrow account while you wait for your sales "chargeback" period to end. I have had bad experiences with owners and managers of companies but I would never put their name out here because I wouldn't want to pee on someone else's dream of time and financial freedom by discouraging them from pursuing a career in door to door sales and marketing. It changed my life from a retired broke autoworker to making more money a day than I made in a month at Ford Utica Trim Plant, MI. All in a mere 7 years. I retired after 25 years at 43 years old. This industry has really changed the lives of my family for generations to come.
