I don't normally bother answering the door for them.
I like talking to chuggers, survey people and religionists I meet in town, though.

I generally tell them straight away that there's no way I'll give them any money, but that they're welcome to talk to me anyway if they like. They always do, and we often have quite nice conversations once their need to make a sales pitch is gone.
(MooCow_Byter, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:51, archived)

That's like talking to Big Issue sellers, something I should
do more often.

BTW, housewarming bash :D
( Druid, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 23:02, archived)