For the second time in as many days a handsome young Indian man has rung my doorbell trying to persuade me to change my service provider for electricity and then telephone. They were very polite but spoke imperfect English and were walking from door to door looking for customers. I did not engage with them, telling them I wasn't interested, but I wondered if they were recently transplanted from a call centre in Bangalore.
Do Telstra and AGL really think this marketing strategy is going to work!! These poor young men have been inflicted on Australian households probably because we're all now entered on the Do Not Call Register. I cannot see how this is going to win customers for these companies. When I don't want to receive phone calls, I turn off my phone - but now they're ringing my doorbell on a Saturday afternoon (when I'm having a nap)! I'll be ringing these companies on Monday morning to advise them that this new strategy is hardly likely to endear them to the public. Makes you wonder who came up with this stupid idea!!
